Dominik Wagner, Elias David Moncado, Itai Navon at Summer Arts Lounge

Program

Joseph Haydn - Piano Trio No. 39 Hob. XV/25

Astor Piazzolla - 4 Seasons de Buenos Aires

Krzysztof Penderecki - Duo concertante

Giovanni Bottesini - Gran Duo Concertante

Dominik Wagner (double bass)

"Born in 1997 in Vienna, Dominik Wagner takes Bottesini's tonal beauty, vocal and melodic attractiveness so passionately seriously, and masters the required artistry with such breathy lightness that one would think the double bass is the softest-sounding and most virtuosic string instrument."

Dominik Wagner has already performed with renowned orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the WDR Symphony Orchestra, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, and the Camarata Salzburg in concert halls in Berlin (Konzerthaus and Philharmonie), Vienna (Musikverein and Konzerthaus), Munich (Herkulessaal and Gasteig), Hamburg (Elbphilharmonie), and New York (Carnegie Hall), among others. He is associated with the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra as a WKO Young Artist.

Elias David Moncado (violin)

“one of the biggest talents of his generation” – Anne-Sophie Mutter

23-year-old German-Spanish-Malaysian violinist Elias David Moncado is scholarship holder of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Stiftung since 2023. Further musical highlights in his young solo-career are his concerts as a debut artist at Nikolaisaal Potsdam from 2020-2022, as well as his debuts 2022 at Meguro Persimmon Hall Tokio and Hitachi Systems Hall Sendai.

Elias David Moncado was a soloist of numerous orchestras like Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonie Baden-Baden, Göttinger Symphonieorchester, Brandenburger Symphoniker, Freiburger Philharmoniker,
Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra, MAV Budapest Symphony Orchestra and Wroclaw Opera Symphony Orchestra.

Itai Navon (piano)

Itai Navon preforms frequently as a soloist and a chamber musician in many concert halls across Europe, including Wigmore Hall in London, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Berlin’s Konzerthaus and Pierre Boulez Saal, Ehrbar Saal in Vienna, Beethovenhaus in Bonn, and deSingel Art Centre in Antwerp.

Born in Jerusalem in 1996, Itai Navon began his piano studies with Esther Narkiss at the Conservatory of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, and continued with Emanuel Krasovsky in the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv. Itai is a graduate of the Barenboim-Said Akademie, where he studied from 2018-2022 with Sir András Schiff. Currently, Itai is studying at the Kronberg Academy in the “Sir András Schiff Performance Programme for Young Pianists”. 

He has received valuable advice from renowned pianists such as Alfred Brendel, Murray Perahia, Emanuel Ax, Robert Levin, Kirill Gerstein, Enrico Pace, Dénes Várjon, and more. Itai is supported by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and Szloma-Albam-Stiftung. 

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