Tzimon Barto
Tzimon Barto is one of those rare musicians to have established a notable parallel career in another artistic field: along with achieving great success as a concert pianist, he has drawn acclaim for his first book, A lady of Greek origin, a work of 28 poems, all of disparate style. To say Barto's intellect is rare would be an understatement: he speaks five languages; reads ancient Greek, Hebrew, and Latin; and is a scholar of literature, philosophy, natural science and the Bible. Barto's piano repertory is broad, encompassing works by Bach, Rameau, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Gershwin, de Falla, Joplin, and many others.
Barto was born Johnny Barto Smith, Jr., on January 2, 1963, in Eustis, FL. At 5 he began taking piano lessons from his grandmother, and at 9 he wrote an opera, including the libretto. He studied music at Rollins College and the Brevard Music Center. From 1981-1885 he studied at Juilliard under the iconic piano pedagogue Adele Marcus, who suggested that her student change his name to Tzimon Barto.
Barto won the Juilliard concerto competition and twice won the Gina Bachauer Competition. At the behest of composer Gian Carlo Menotti, Barto, having also studied conducting, was invited to appear at the 1985 Spoleto Festival as both conductor and pianist. The following year Barto led performances there of Menotti's opera, The Saint of Bleecker Street.
1989 was a pivotal year in Barto's career: he debuted at the Vienna Musikverein in February with conductor Christoph Eschenbach, and his first recording -- featuring the Prokofiev Third Concerto, the Ravel G major Concerto, and Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue -- was released on EMI. At the invitation of Herbert von Karajan, he appeared at the Salzburg Festival the following year. Barto became a familiar presence on the concert circuit thereafter, regularly appearing at major venues in the U.S. and abroad: New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Paris, Berlin, and St. Petersburg. Numerous recordings appeared in the 1990s and early years of the new century as well.
In 2001, his book A lady of Greek origin was published and later a stage version of it was presented in Frankfurt, Germany, and Vienna (2005). Barto's collection on CD of keyboard works by Rameau, entitled A Basket of Wild Strawberries, was released in spring, 2006 on the Ondine label.
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Discography
21 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Bach: The Well (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I)
Classical - Released by Naive on Mar 31, 2023
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RAMEAU, J.-P.: Keyboard Music (A Basket of Wild Strawberries) (Barto)
Classical - Released by Ondine on Jan 1, 2006
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Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on May 5, 2015
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Chopin: Preludes & Nocturnes
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 1, 1997
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RAVEL, M.: Gaspard de la nuit / Miroirs / Jeux d'eau (Barto)
Classical - Released by Ondine on Jan 1, 2007
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Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
Classical - Released by Naive on Sep 15, 2023
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Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 BWV 871 from The Well (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II)
Classical - Released by naïve on Jul 28, 2023
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Brahms: The Piano Concertos
Tzimon Barto, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on Sep 29, 2014
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The Schubert Album
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on May 9, 2010
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Prokofiev: Pierre et le loup - Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux
Lambert Wilson, Michel Plasson, Mikhail Rudy, Tzimon Barto
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Jan 1, 1992
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Liszt, Brahms & Lutosławski: Paganini Variations - Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody
Tzimon Barto, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchester, Christoph Eschenbach
Classical - Released by Ondine on Feb 4, 2014
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HAYDN, J.: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 10, 38, 42, 60 (Unexpected Encounters) (Barto)
Classical - Released by Ondine on Oct 27, 2009
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Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 17 BWV 862 from the Well (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I)
Classical - Released by naïve on Feb 17, 2023
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Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 6, BWV 851 from the Well (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I)
Classical - Released by naïve on Jan 27, 2023
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Concerto pour piano n°1 - Variations rococo
Tzimon Barto, Dimitri Maslennikov, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on Nov 1, 2011
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Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 2 BWV 847 from the Well (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I)
Classical - Released by naïve on Dec 16, 2022
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Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 15 BWV 884 from The Well (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II)
Classical - Released by naïve on Aug 25, 2023
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Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 21 BWV 866 from the Well (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I)
Classical - Released by naïve on Mar 10, 2023
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Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 3 BWV 848 from the Well (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I)
Classical - Released by naïve on Jan 6, 2023
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Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord, Mass., 1840-60"
Tzimon Barto, Jacques Mayencourt, Christiane Palmen
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on Mar 4, 2016
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Kfr: Almanach 2002 & 2004 (Schumann, Liszt & Kurtag) (Live 2021)
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin on Aug 7, 2011
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