Because Beethoven’s last five piano sonatas still carry a kind of valedictory air, it’s often thought that one needs to reach a certain age before taking them on publicly. The Russian-born pianist ...

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 ...

In the current issue of the magazine, I have a Salzburg chronicle, though, like other Americans, I was not able to go to the Salzburg Festival this summer. The festival kindly provided some ...

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, ...

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 ...

You can tell a lot about a person by what they first say when they enter a room — and how they say it. When the German pianist Igor Levit made his debut album for ...

I have never known a time when there wasn’t a young Russian or Moscow-trained pianist of promise on the scene. It is no different now. Twenty-four-year-old Daniil Trifonov, gold medalist of the ...

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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 ...