The album's program is built around a unifying motif: a successively rising and falling semitone, which is present in the principal melody of all selected works.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The album's concept aims to demonstrate that all music, even by 'avant-garde' artists, is part of a continuous historical flow, connected to the past while moving towards the future.
Performer Biography
Matan Porat has studied with renowned pianists Emanuel Krasovsky, Maria João Pires, and Murray Perahia, and is a winner of the 2009 Prime Minister Award for composers.
Performer Biography
Matan Porat, a Tel-Aviv born pianist and composer, has performed as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and in venues like Carnegie Hall and the Barbican.
Interpretation
Matan Porat intentionally avoids chronological order to show how the listener's perception of a piece changes based on the preceding and succeeding works.
Interpretation
Pianist Matan Porat's program was inspired by Domenico Scarlatti's Sonata in D minor K.32, which he felt had a similar variation potential to Bach's Goldberg Variations.
Interpretation
Matan Porat structured the album like a sonata, with an introductory section, a slow movement, a scherzo, and a large-scale piece, culminating in Scriabin's Vers la flamme.
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