Pianist Eden Agranat Meged presents a programme featuring some of his favourite works. While each work stands on its own, the juxtaposition of the different pieces uncovers fascinating connections between them, casting a different light on the music – it’s not always what it seems at first glance.

Although Chopin is often categorized as a Romantic composer, his music is deeply rooted in tradition while simultaneously pointing toward a new musical future – rather than being strictly aligned with the styles of his contemporaries. In Mozart’s Rondo in A Minor, the composer is at his most “Chopinesque”. With each repetition of the refrain, the music is elaborated with increasingly improvisatory ornamentation, resonating with Chopin’s Mazurka, Op.17 No.4.

The Barcarolle, Op. 60 demonstrates the operatic influences that shaped Chopin’s style throughout his life, while beginning a daring new chapter of experimentation in harmony and form.

Scriabin’s two Mazurkas Op.40 and his Fourth Sonata Op.30 mark a period of transformation in his compositional voice. While rooted in Romanticism and strongly influenced by Chopin, these works begin to move toward the mystical and revolutionary sound world that would define his later music.

Brahms’s five-movement Piano Sonata No.3. is symphonic in scope and ambition. Composed when Brahms was just twenty years old, the work is a bold artistic declaration paying homage to the master of the form, Beethoven, while also reflecting the influence of Brahms’s older contemporary, Robert Schumann.

This performance will last approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes, including an interval.

About Eden Agranat Meged

Eden Agranat Meged achieved international recognition by winning 3rd Prize at the International Bach Competition in Leipzig. He also received the Steinway Prize, joining the Steinway Prize Winners’ Concert Network.

Competition successes also include 1st prizes at the Royal Academy of Music’s Lilian Davis Beethoven Competition, Harriet Cohen Bach Competition and the Harold Craxton Chamber Music Competition. Eden received the first prize at the Coulsdon and Purley Festival Concerto Competition. In Israel, Eden was awarded 1st prizes in the Pnina Salzman Competitions and received scholarships from the AICF and the Zfunot Culture trust.

Highlights of this season include invitations for solo performances with orchestras throughout Argentina, Israel and the UK, and his Wigmore Hall début recital.

Eden has performed at international festivals across Israel, Europe and the USA. He has performed concerti with orchestras including the German Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra, Entre Ríos Symphonic Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony, Haifa Symphony, Ashdod Symphony and Israel Stage Orchestra.

Eden’s musical journey began at the Jerusalem Hassadna Conservatory with Anat Paul and continued at the Kfar Saba Conservatory with Adela Umansky. He graduated from the JMC Excellence Piano Programme under the guidance of Murray Perahia. Eden subsequenty graduated with First Class Honours from the Royal Academy of Music, studying in the class of Ian Fountain and is now starting the Artist Diploma course at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with full scholarship, under the guidance of Ronan O’Hora. Eden has participated in masterclasses with Emanuel Ax, Imogen Cooper, Richard Goode and Menahem Pressler.