{"id":172392,"date":"2025-08-24T18:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T18:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/172392\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T18:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T18:57:10","slug":"acclaimed-pianist-inon-barnatan-to-lead-popular-summerfest-for-another-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/172392\/","title":{"rendered":"Acclaimed pianist Inon Barnatan to lead popular SummerFest for another 5 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Inon-Barnatan.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Inon-Barnatan.jpg\" alt=\"Inon Barnatan\" class=\"wp-image-340138\"  \/><\/a>SummerFest Music Director Inon Barnatan. (Photo courtesy La Jolla Music Society)<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/The La Jolla Music Society announced that acclaimed American-Israeli classical pianist Inon Barnatan will lead the popular SummerFest music festival for another five years.\">La Jolla Music Society<\/a> announced that acclaimed American-Israeli pianist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inonbarnatan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inon Barnatan<\/a> will lead the popular <a href=\"http:\/\/TheConrad.org\/summerfest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SummerFest<\/a> music festival for another five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInon\u2019s artistic vision has propelled SummerFest to new heights, uniting a vibrant community of world-class musicians, jazz artists, and dancers who are eager to share the stage with him,\u201d said LJMS Artistic Director Leah Rosenthal in a statement. \u201cI am delighted to continue this journey together over the next five years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was made Saturday night, at the beginning of the last concert of SummerFest 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery SummerFest has felt like both a homecoming and a new beginning,\u201d said Barnatan. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to extend my role as music director and to keep exploring the music, ideas, and collaborations that make this festival so unique. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trust and enthusiasm of this community and the support from the staff of LJMS mean the world to me, and I\u2019m excited for all that lies ahead,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Barnatan, an internationally acclaimed concert pianist, has been music director of SummerFest since 2019. In that role he creates the theme and programming for the summer festival concerts and selects the artists who will perform.<\/p>\n<p>He is a regular soloist with many of the world\u2019s foremost orchestras and conductors, and has played with the BBC Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Chicago, Baltimore, Fort Worth, Indianapolis, Nashville, San Diego and Seattle symphonies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The LJMS said SummerFest 2025 was the most successful to date, including 20 concerts over four weeks and more than 50 free events.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 40th anniversary of SummerFest will return to The Conrad in La Jolla in July and August 2026. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SummerFest Music Director Inon Barnatan. 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