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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Igor Levit, Piano Cologne Chamber Orchestra Helmut Müller-Brühl, Conductor Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 Xiaohan Wang, Piano Cologne Chamber Orchestra ...

A brief, soft word of greeting. A conciliatory, instrumental conclusion, the text of which listeners are likely able to recall from memory: Igor Levit plays the "Ode to Joy" theme from the finale of ...

Igor Levit rarely does anything small. The acclaimed Russian-Jewish-German pianist raised eyebrows as a 26-year-old when, for his Sony Classical debut in 2013, he tackled Beethoven’s last five piano ...

Sony Classical announces the release of Pianist Igor Levit's third album - Bach, Beethoven, Rzewski. Available today, October 30, the album includes Bach's Goldberg Variations and Beethoven's Diabelli ...

I admired this new release by the brilliant young pianist Igor Levit even before I’d heard a note of it, if only because of the overdue gesture of placing the greatest keyboard variation set of the ...

The insightful pianist offers a Beethoven bonanza, ranging from the mesmerizing pulse of the popular "Moonlight" Sonata to flashes of wry humor... Igor Levit: Tiny Desk Concert When Russian-born ...

When Russian-born pianist Igor Levit dropped in to play Beethoven at the Tiny Desk, he admitted he was – even after four cups of coffee – "still in my time zone change." A little jet-lagged, he had ...