Igor Levit

Igor Levit

Igor Levit is a Russian-German pianist who focuses on the works of Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt. He was a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist from 2011 to 2013. His fourth album was a 2-CD set released in 2018 entitled Life.

About Igor Levit in brief

Summary Igor LevitIgor Levit is a Russian-German pianist who focuses on the works of Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt. He is also a professor at the Musikhochschule Hannover. Levit has appeared in major concert halls and music festivals around the world. He was a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist from 2011 to 2013.

In 2013, he released a two-disc set of Ludwig van beethoven’s late piano sonatas on Sony Classical Records. His fourth album was a 2-CD set released in 2018 entitled Life, including works by Busoni, Bach, Schumann, Rzewski, Wagner and Bill Evans.