Levit, 33, is not one to do things by halves. During the ensuing months he produced about 50 live-streamed concerts from the grand piano in his living room, traversing the repertoire from Bach (via ...
When the German pianist Igor Levitt was featured as the soloist at the Nobel Prize ceremony last December, it marked yet another grace note in a career that's quickly grown filled with awards and ...
There are recordings and then there are deeds. Igor Levit likes deeds. During the lockdown phase of the pandemic, Levit live-streamed nightly recitals from his Berlin apartment, for good measure ...
True, he has the advantage of being the go-to pianist of the moment, but who else would take Satie’s 18-hour Vexations into a recording studio for more live broadcasting, or master the complete ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick For his latest Carnegie Hall appearance, Levit played solo piano transcriptions of symphonic works by Mahler and Beethoven. By Oussama ...
1 Review: BBC PROMS: THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO FROM GLYNDEBOURNE, Royal Albert Hall 2 Review: BBC PROMS: SHOSTAKOVICH’S ‘LADY MACBETH’, Royal Albert Hall The pianist, who calls himself a "Citizen, ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — Igor Levit arrives at ...
In the doomscrolling vortex that was Twitter in the first month and a half of the pandemic, pianist Igor Levit made his page an oasis of stability. Most evenings from March 12 to May 2, 2020, the ...
The latest mammoth release by Igor Levit, a new symphonic work by John Luther Adams and music by William Grant Still are among the highlights. The Salzburg Festival is synonymous with excellence and ...
Some years ago—five? ten? twenty?—“relevant” became one of those bogus words. It is not so much a word as a tic or a pose. The first sentence of Igor Levit’s bio tells us that he is “one of the most ...