Igor Levit
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Igor Levit(Russian:Игорь Левит;born 10 March 1987)[1]is a Russian-German pianist who focuses on the works ofBach,Beethoven,andLiszt.He is also a professor at theMusikhochschule Hannover.He lives in Berlin.[2]
Biography
[edit]Born in Gorky (nowNizhny Novgorod) to a Jewish family, Levit began playing piano at the age of three. He received piano lessons from his mother Elena Levit, a piano teacher,répétiteurandgrand-discipleofHeinrich Neuhaus.[3]As a child, he had his first successes on the concert stage in his hometown. His family moved toHannoverin 1995. From 1999 to 2000, he studied at theMozarteumin Salzburg withHans Leygrafand, from 2000 to 2010, at theHochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien HannoverwithKarl-Heinz Kämmerling,Matti RaekallioandBernd Goetzke .[4]
Levit has appeared in major concert halls and music festivals around the world. During his studies, he won prizes in several international competitions including second prize at the International Maria Callas Grand Prix in Athens (2004), first prize at the 9th Hamamatsu International Piano Academy Competition inHamamatsu(2004),[5]the second prize at the piano competitionKissinger Klavierolymp(2004),[6]the silver medal and three other awards at theArthur Rubinstein International Piano Master CompetitioninTel Aviv(2005). In October 2011, he appeared in a 45-minute documentary aired on3satabout his love for the music ofFranz Liszt.He was aBBC Radio 3 New Generation Artistfrom 2011 to 2013.
Levit was appointed to a professorship at theHochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover(Hannover University of Music, Drama and Media) starting in the winter semester 2019/2020.[7]In 2021, Levit contributed a cover of the Metallica song "Nothing Else Matters"to the charity tribute albumThe Metallica Blacklist.[8]
Awards
[edit]- 2009Luitpold Prizefor young artists at the FestivalKissinger SommerinBad Kissingen[9][10]
- 2017Beethoven Ring[11]
- 2018Gilmore Artist Award[12][13]
- 2020Gramophone Classical Music Awards- Artist of the Year[14]and Instrumental Category Winner (Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas)[15]
- 1 October 2020Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany[16]
Hauskonzerte
[edit]During theCoronavirus pandemicof 2020, Levit began streaming concerts from his home in BerlinMitte.[2]He posted these to Twitter as a series ofHauskonzerte:[2][17]
- 12 March 2020: Beethoven'sPiano Sonata No. 21in C major, Op. 53 ('Waldstein')
- 13 March 2020: Frederic Rzewski'sThe People United Will Never Be Defeated!
- 14 March 2020:[18]Bach'sChaconnein a transcription for left hand by Brahms[19]
- 15 March 2020: Beethoven'sPiano Sonata No. 23in F minor, Op. 57 ('Appassionata')[20]
- 17 March 2020:[21]Beethoven'sPiano Sonata No. 14in C-sharp minor "Quasi una fantasia" ('Moonlight')[22]
- 18 March 2020: Schubert's "Six moments musicaux"[23]
- 19 March 2020: Schubert'sPiano Sonata in B-flat major,D. 960[24]
- 20 March 2020: Schubert'sPiano Sonata in A major,D. 959[25]
- 21 March 2020: Schumann'sFantasie in C major,Op. 17[26]
- 22 March 2020: Shostakovich'sPiano Sonata No. 2in B minor, Op. 61[27]
- 23 March 2020: Beethoven'sPiano Sonata No. 31in A-flat major, Op. 110[28]
- 24 March 2020: Arrangements of Bach'sNun komm' der heiden Heiland,BWV 659, andIch ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ,BWV 639; and Busoni'sBerceuse,BV 252, andFantasia nach Johann Sebastian Bach,BV 253[29]
- 25 March 2020: Beethoven'sPiano Sonata No. 17in D minor, Op. 31/2 ('Tempest')[30]
- 28 March 2020:[31]Mozart'sPiano Sonata No. 17in B-flat major, K. 570[32]
- 29 March 2020: Transcriptions of Mahler'sAdagietto,Billy Joel's "And So It Goes",Frederic Rzewski's"A Mensch",and Frederic Weatherly's"Danny Boy"[33]
- 30 March 2020: Beethoven'sPiano Sonata No. 18in E-flat major, Op. 31/3[34]
- 31 March 2020: Liszt'sSonetto 123 del Petrarcain A-flat major; Brahms'Intermezzoin A major Op. 118/2; and Liszt's transcription of Wagner's"Isoldens Liebestod"[35]
- 1 April 2020: Schubert'sImpromptu No. 3in G-flat major andAllegretto in C minor,D. 915; Brahms'Ballade in B major,Op. 10/4[36]
- 2 April 2020: Beethoven'sPiano Sonata No. 21in C major, Op. 53 ('Waldstein'), streamed from theSchloss Bellevueconcert room[2][37]
- 3 April 2020: Two of Mendelssohn's "Songs Without Words";Jobim's "Luiza"; Schumann's "Du bist wie eine Blume ";andJanis Ian's "Stars"[38]
- 4 April 2020: Solovyov-Sedoi & Matusovsky's "Moscow Nights";Gershwin's"Rhapsody in Blue"[39]
- 5 April 2020: Tchaikovsky's "The Seasons"(except" September ")[40]
- 6 April 2020: Tchaikovsky's "September" (from "The Seasons"); Beethoven'sPiano Sonata No. 8in C minor, Op. 13 ('Pathétique')[41]
- 7 April 2020: Satie'sGnossienneNo. 3 andGymnopédieNo. 1; Fred Hersch's "Valentine";and Beethoven's"Rondo alla ingharese quasi un capriccio"in G major, Op. 129 ('Rage Over a Lost Penny')[42]
- 8 April 2020: Shostakovich's24 PreludesOp. 34[43]
- 9 April 2020: Three of Scott Joplin'sRags;[44]Bolcom's "Graceful Ghost Rag";Schubert's"Hungarian Melody";and Curran's"For Cornelius"[45]
- 10 April 2020: Dessau's "Guernica";Rzewski's"Which Side Are You On?";and Cardew'sThälmann Variations[46]
- 11 April 2020: Liszt's "Il penseroso"in C-sharp minor andDante Sonatain D minor[47]
- 12 April 2020: Beethoven'sPiano Sonata No. 32in C minor, Op. 111[48]
- 13 April 2020: Beethoven'sDiabelli Variations,Op. 120[49]
- 14 April 2020: Beethoven's6 Variationsin F major, Op. 34; andPiano Sonata No. 6in F major, Op. 10/2[50]
- 15 April 2020: Beethoven'sPiano Sonata No. 26in E-flat major, Op. 81a ('les Adieux')[51]
- 17 April 2020:[52]Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition"[53]
- 18 April 2020: Schumann'sArabeskein C major, Op. 18; transcription[54]of Mahler'sAdagiofromSymphony No. 10[55]
- 19 April 2020: Bach's "Contrapunctus I" fromThe Art of Fugue;Busoni'sFantasia contrappuntistica[56]
- 20 April 2020: Stevenson'sPassacaglia on DSCH[57]
- 21 April 2020: Alkan'sPrelude No. 8in A-flat minor, Op. 31 ('The Song of the Madwoman on the Seashore'); Hindemith's "Suite 1922"[58]
- 22 April 2020: Beethoven'sPiano Sonata No. 23in F minor, Op. 57 ('Appassionata')[59]
- 23 April 2020: Liszt's "Feierlicher Marsch zum heiligen Gral aus Parsifal",S. 450; Prokofiev'sPiano Sonata No. 7in B-flat major, Op. 83[60]
- 24 April 2020: Liszt's "O du mein holder Abendstern",S. 444; Prokofiev'sPiano Sonata No. 4in C minor, Op. 29[61]
- 25 April 2020: Liszt's paraphrase of "Valhalla"(from Wagner'sDas Rheingold); Prokofiev'sPiano Sonata No. 9in C major, Op. 103[62]
- 26 April 2020: Schumann'sTheme and Variationsin E-flat major for piano ('Geistervariationen'); Feldman's "Palais de Mari"[63]
- 27 April 2020: Reger's "Variations and Fugue on a Theme by J.S. Bach",Op. 81[64]
- 28 April 2020: Beethoven'sPiano Sonata No. 2in A major, Op. 2/2[65]
- 29 April 2020: Three of Mendelssohn'sSongs Without Words;Debussy'sSix épigraphes antiques;Second movement of Schubert'sPiano Sonata in A major,D. 664[66]
- 30 April 2020: Beethoven'sLändler;[67]Beethoven'sPiano Sonata No. 30in E major, Op. 109; Chopin'sScherzo No. 3in C-sharp minor, Op. 39[68]
- 2 May 2020:[69]Bach'sGoldberg Variations,BWV 988[70]
- 3 May 2020: Six of Brahms'Choral Preludes,Op. 122 (transcribed byBusoni)[71]
- 4 May 2020:[72]Beethoven'sPiano Sonata No. 16in G Major, Op. 31/1; Beethoven'sPiano Sonata No. 27in E minor, Op. 90[73]
- 24 May 2020:[74]Ten of Bach'sChorale Preludes(transcribed byBusoni(BV B 27))[75]
Separately from these concerts, on 30/31 May 2020 Levit gave a solo performance ofVexationsby Erik Satie, from a studio in Berlin, over a period of over 15 hours.[76]
Discography
[edit]In 2007, when he was 20 years old, Levit released his debut album, a set of Beethoven's piano concertos, with the Cologne Chamber Orchestra, conducted byHelmut Müller-BrühlonNaxos records.[77]In 2013, he released a two-disc set ofLudwig van Beethoven'slate piano sonatas(Nos. 28 to 32), onSony Classical Records.[78]His second Sony album, a recording ofJohann Sebastian Bach'ssixkeyboard partitas,was namedGramophone Magazine'srecording of the month for October 2014.[79][80]His third Sony album, a 3-CD set of Bach'sGoldberg Variations,Beethoven'sDiabelli Variations,andThe People United Will Never Be Defeated!byFrederic Rzewski,was released in October 2015.[81][82]His fourth album was a 2-CD set released in 2018 entitledLife,including works by Busoni, Bach, Schumann, Rzewski, Wagner, Liszt, and Bill Evans.[83]It was Levit's response to the death of his best friend, German artistHannes Malte Mahler ,who died in a bicycle accident in 2016.[84][85]
His recordings of the complete BeethovenPiano Sonataswere released bySony Classicalon 13 September 2019.[86]Levit was named Gramophone's 2020 Artist of the Year.[87]His recordingOn DSCH,pairingShostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues Op.87 withRonald Stevenson's epicPassacaglia on DSCH,was issued by Sony in 2021.[88][89]
- Levit, Igor (2020),Igor Levit Encounter,OCLC1199777487It "feature[s] arrangements by Busoni of chorale preludes by Bach [and by Brahms], Brahms’sVier ernste Gesängearranged byReger,Reger'sNachtliedarranged by Julian Becker, and finally Palais de Mari,Morton Feldman’s final work for solo piano. "[90]
- "Paavo Järvi and Igor Levit perform Beethovens Piano Concerto No. 5 = Paavo Järvi und Igor Levit mit Beethovens Klavierkonzert Nr. 5".2020.OCLC1296623187.Retrieved4 August2022.
- The 2021 Vienna Philharmonic Summer Night Concert: With Daniel Harding and Igor Levit,2021,OCLC1334798677
- Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Schumann and Beethoven – With Igor Levit: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra,2021,OCLC1252973781
- Levit, Igor (2022),Tristan.Tristanfeatures Hans Werner Henze'sTristan,written for piano, electronic tapes, and orchestra; and, arranged for piano, Wagner's prelude toTristan und Isoldeand the Adagio from Mahler'sTenth Symphony.[91]
- Levit, Igor (2023),Fantasia.Fantasiafeatures Bach, Liszt, Alban Berg, and Busoni.[92]
Albums
[edit]Year | Title | Record Label |
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2007 | Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 | Naxos |
2013 | Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas | Sony Classical |
2014 | Bach Partitas | Sony Classical |
2015 | Bach Beethoven Rzewski | Sony Classical |
2018 | Life | Sony Classical |
2019 | Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas | Sony Classical |
2020 | Encounter | Sony Classical |
2021 | On DSCH | Sony Classical |
2022 | Tristan | Sony Classical |
2023 | Fantasia | Sony Classical |
2023 | Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte | Sony Classical |
Writings
[edit]- Levit, Igor; Zinnecker, Florian (2022).Hauskonzert(in German). München: btb Verlag.ISBN978-3-442-77173-8.OCLC1309075504.
- Levit, Igor; Drake, Carolyn; Grätz, Ronald; Neubauer, Hans-Joachim (2022).Mein Leben mit der Gegenwart ein Gespräch(in German). Göttingen.ISBN978-3-96999-011-7.OCLC1309976330.
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Film
[edit]- Igor Levit, Mein Liszt(in German), 3Sat, 2011,OCLC918114930
- Igor Levit: No Fear(in German), 2023[93]
References
[edit]- ^Swed, Mark (23 April 2015)."Review: Igor Levit, the best Russian pianist you haven't heard...yet".The Los Angeles Times.Los Angeles.Retrieved23 May2020.
- ^abcdRoss, Alex (18 May 2020)."Igor Levit Is Like No Other Pianist".The New Yorker.New York City.Retrieved23 May2020.
- ^Luehrs-Kaiser, Kai (27 August 2013)."Klavier-Virtuose: Igor Levit nahm für Beethoven 32 Kilo ab".DIE WELT(in German).Retrieved8 October2022.
- ^"Igor Levit".Deutsche-Stiftung-Musikleben. Archived fromthe originalon 26 April 2016.Retrieved23 November2011.
- ^"Prizewinners of last Academies".Hamamatsu International Piano Academy. 2018.Retrieved25 April2018.
- ^"The Kissinger Piano Olympics from 1st till 4th of October 2020".kissingersommer.de.Archived fromthe originalon 22 September 2020.Retrieved9 February2020.
- ^Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover."HMTM Hannover: Igor Levit wird Professor für Klavier".www.hmtm-hannover.de(in German).Retrieved5 April2019.
- ^He, Richard S. (10 September 2021)."Every Metallica Blacklist cover ranked from worst to best".loudersound.Retrieved24 October2021.
- ^"Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben".Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben(in German). 28 March 2007. Archived fromthe originalon 26 April 2016.Retrieved24 September2020.
- ^"IFF Hannover: Levit, Igor".IFF Hannover(in German).Retrieved24 September2020.
- ^"Pianist Igor Levit erhält Beethoven-Ring".Pizzicato(in German). Luxembourg. 18 December 2017.Retrieved24 September2020.
- ^Cooper, Michael (3 January 2018)."The Pianist of the Resistance Captures a Surprise Award".The New York Times.New York City.Retrieved13 January2018.
- ^Duke, David Gordon (1 November 2018)."Visit offers rare chance to see renowned performer".The Vancouver Sun.Vancouver. p. B5.Retrieved23 May2020– viaNewspapers.com.
- ^"Gramophone Clasical Music Awards 2020 - Artist of the Year".Retrieved17 March2024.
- ^"Gramophone Clasical Music Awards 2020 - Instrumental".Retrieved17 March2024.
- ^SWR2 (22 September 2020)."Bundesverdienstkreuz für Bürger, Europäer und Pianist Igor Levit".swr.online(in German).Retrieved24 September2020.
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:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^Maddocks, Fiona (24 May 2020)."Igor Levit: 'These concerts were life-saving for me'".The Guardian.London.Retrieved25 May2020.
- ^In Ross' article inThe New Yorker(11 May 2020), Levit implied that he started postingHauskonzerteon 12 March 2020. In the intro to the 2 May 2020 Hauskonzert, he made this explicit. Posts from 12 and 13 March are not accessible.
- ^14 March 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^15 March 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 20 May 2020. Also performed in the 22 AprilHauskonzert.
- ^The 16 March 2020Hauskonzertis not accessible.
- ^17 March 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ^18 March 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^19 March 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^20 March 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^21 March 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^22 March 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^23 March 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^24 March 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^25 March 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^The 26 and 27 March 2020Hauskonzerteare not accessible.
- ^28 March 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^29 March 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^30 March 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^31 March 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^01 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^02 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^03 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^04 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 28 May 2020.
- ^05 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Levit notes in the intro to this post that this is the twenty-fifthHauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^06 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^07 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^08 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^"Original Rags", "Maple Leaf Rag", and "Peacherine Rag".
- ^09 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^10 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^11 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^12 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^13 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^14 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^15 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^Levit did not play a Hauskonzert on 16 April. He notes in the intro that this is Hauskonzert no. 36.
- ^17 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- ^Transcription byRonald Stevenson,per Levit.
- ^18 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^19 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^20 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 5 June 2020. As of thisHauskonzert,Levit moved his piano across the room "because my bicycle needed space" (Guardian interview, 24 May 2020). The sun sets while he's playing this piece: the room starts in light at 19.00 CEZ and ends in darkness at 20.30 CEZ (the sun set that day at 20.14 CEZ in Berlin).
- ^21 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^22 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 7 June 2020. Also performed in the 15 MarchHauskonzert.
- ^23 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^24 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^25 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^26 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^27 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^28 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^29 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^Levit says in the intro that this Beethoven Ländler of "about 16 bars" has "just [been] found".[This quote needs a citation]
- ^30 April 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^There was noHauskonzerton 1 May 2020. Levit tweeted that he was in Hanover that day to help celebrate NDR Radiophilharmonie's 70th anniversary. He notes in the intro that this isHauskonzertno. 50.
- ^02 May 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^03 May 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^Levit tweeted, "To gather strength from silence, not just music. I've been looking for a reason to 'stop', but there's no other than this: pause. Refill. Learn – and start again. And this 'again' will come soon. Therefore, tonight's 52nd house concert will be the last."
- ^04 May 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^Levit posted no Hauskonzerte to Twitter from 5 May through 23 May.
- ^24 May 2020 Hauskonzert.Igor LevitonX.Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^Barone, Joshua (31 May 2020)."'I Just Let Myself Go': Igor Levit on Surviving a Satie Marathon ".The New York Times.Retrieved10 June2020.
- ^Piano concertos nos. 1 & 2,2021,OCLC1255419542
- ^Levit, Igor (2013),Beethoven: the late piano sonatas,Sony Classical,OCLC1265416894
- ^"Igor Levit, Piano".Presto Classical.Retrieved15 October2014.
- ^Partitas BWV 825–830.Sony Music Entertainment. 2014.OCLC1080919946.
- ^"Igor Levit, Piano".HMV Japan.Retrieved4 September2015.
- ^The Bach and the Beethoven CDs were released as single CDs in 2016.
- ^Life,2018,OCLC1089396971
- ^Jeal, Erica (11 October 2018)."Igor Levit: Life review – pianist's transcendental meditation on grief".The Guardian.London.Retrieved23 May2020.
- ^Blum, Ronald (17 March 2019)."Igor Levit not limited to the piano".The Desert Sun.Palm Springs, California. AP. p. C2.Retrieved23 May2020– viaNewspapers.com.
- ^Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas review – at his best, Levit is outstanding,The Guardian,5 September 2019
- ^"Igor Levit named Gramophone's Artist of the Year".Pianist.7 October 2020.Retrieved27 October2020.
- ^SONY 19439809212, reviewed atMusicWeb International
- ^Igor Levit on DSch,2021,OCLC1287930470
- ^Editorial Reviews
- ^Guardian
- ^"Igor Levit’s latest amazement"
- ^Schilling, Regina (6 October 2022),Igor Levit: No Fear(Documentary), Igor Levit, Andreas Neubronner, Marina Abramovic, Zero One Film, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), ARTE,retrieved10 July2023
Further reading
[edit]- Swed, Mark (23 April 2015)."He holds 88 keys to the future".The Los Angeles Times.Los Angeles. p. 23.Retrieved23 May2020– viaNewspapers.com.
- Weininger, David (14 August 2016)."Continuous variation".The Boston Globe.Boston. p. N3.Retrieved23 May2020– viaNewspapers.com.
- Duke, David Gordon (13 February 2016)."Emerging piano great takes his playlist personally".The Vancouver Sun.Vancouver. p. 65.Retrieved23 May2020– viaNewspapers.com.
- Rhein, John von (14 March 2017)."Pianist Igor Levit makes formidable Orchestra Hall debut".Chicago Tribune.Chicago. p. 4-2.Retrieved23 May2020– viaNewspapers.com.
- McIntosh, Fergus (20 November 2018)."Close At Hand with the Pianist Igor Levit".The New Yorker.New York City.Retrieved23 May2020.
- Welscher, Hartmut (19 February 2020)."Winner Takes All".VAN Magazine.Berlin. Archived fromthe originalon 13 May 2020.Retrieved28 May2020.
- Pirich, Carolin; Stuff, Britta (10 September 2020)."Rock Bottom: Navigating the Corona Crisis with Pianist Extraordinaire Igor Levit".Spiegel International.Hamburg.Retrieved15 October2020.
External links
[edit]- 1987 births
- Living people
- Russian classical pianists
- Male classical pianists
- German classical pianists
- Jewish classical pianists
- German people of Russian-Jewish descent
- 20th-century Russian Jews
- 21st-century classical pianists
- Musicians from Nizhny Novgorod
- Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover alumni
- Russian expatriates in Germany
- Mozarteum University Salzburg alumni
- BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists
- 21st-century Russian male musicians
- Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Musicians from Hanover