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January 26, 2025

Pianist Series: Igor Levit

Sun, Jan 26, 2025, 20:15

Het Concertgebouw, Main Hall (Amsterdam)

Igor Levit (Piano)

The Concertgebouw’s famous Main Hall is one of the best concert halls in the world, well-known for its exceptional acoustics and special atmosphere. In the Main Hall, you will feel history. Here, Gustav Mahler conducted his own compositions, as did Richard Strauss and Igor Stravinsky. Sergei Rachmaninoff played his own piano concertos in the Main Hall. This is also where musicians such as Leonard Bernstein, Vladimir Horowitz and Yehudi Menuhin gave legendary performances. Right up to now, the Main Hall offers a stage to the world’s best orchestras and musicians. Buy your tickets now and experience the magic of the Main Hall for yourself!

Info & Ticket (www.concertgebouw.nl)

February 1, 2025

Igor Levit

Sat, Feb 1, 2025, 19:00

Theater und Philharmonie Essen, Alfried Krupp Saal (Essen)

Igor Levit (Piano)

Every pianist and soloist takes a risk with Franz Liszt's transcription of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. Few have dared to tackle this pianistic chunk, which demands everything at once: power, virtuosity, a sense of the piece's architecture, and a keen ear for detail. Igor Levit takes on this task. Liszt has long been a favorite in his repertoire. For a TV documentary, he already traced the composer's footsteps around 15 years ago. Levit's program for the Essen Philharmonic is brilliant: First, he takes us back to the starting point of all romantic piano virtuosity, Bach's "Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue".

Info & Ticket (www.theater-essen.de)

February 9, 2025

Igor Levit

Sun, Feb 9, 2025, 20:00

Kölner Philharmonie (Köln)

Igor Levit (Piano)

In the 19th century, piano arrangements played a crucial role in disseminating symphonic works, with Franz Liszt's arrangements of Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies considered the pinnacle. Igor Levit takes on this challenge. He performs Liszt's piano version, a feat that demands everything from a pianist. Levit also presents music by Johann Sebastian Bach and late piano pieces by Johannes Brahms.

Info & Ticket (www.koelner-philharmonie.de)

February 10, 2025

Igor Levit / Piano Recital

Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 19:30

Laeiszhalle, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

Igor Levit (Piano)

When listening to Igor Levit play Beethoven, you feel that you are being taken by the hand, that you are being led in a determined and yet extremely friendly manner on an exploration of a densely built-up terrain. An unexpected attraction captivates at every bend in the road, everything is there in its intimacy, grandeur, in its deep, ethical seriousness. And yet it seems close, accessible, completely present. This also applies when Levit takes on a work that was not actually intended for piano, such as Beethoven’s expansive »Eroica« Symphony: Beethoven is as direct, spontaneous and physical as life itself. But also as existential and uncomfortable as the things that determine our happiness and our worries. Igor Levit achieves that magical balance between the telling details and the meaningfulness of the big picture that characterises the classic Beethoven.

Info & Ticket (www.elbphilharmonie.de)

February 11, 2025

Igor Levit / Piano Recital

Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 20:00

Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)

Igor Levit (Piano)

He has become something of a travel guide through the often rocky and impassable terrain of Beethoven’s music. With his recording of all 32 Beethoven sonatas and the accompanying podcast, Igor Levit has developed into one of the best Beethoven interpreters and mediators of our time. It is absolutely logical that he is now venturing out of the carefully scrutinised cosmos of works originally written for piano and into more unexplored territory: Beethoven’s symphonies in the versions by piano virtuoso Franz Liszt – which were actually considered unplayable – are the common thread running through Levit’s current season. And who could be better suited to scaling these symphonic mountains than the exceptional pianist? After Brahms’ four ballads , his fingers should definitely be warm...

Info & Ticket (www.elbphilharmonie.de)

April 3, 2025

Guest performance

Thu, Apr 3, 2025, 20:00

Philharmonie Berlin, Main Auditorium (Berlin)

Igor Levit (Piano), Renaud Capuçon (Violin), Julia Hagen (Cello)

Info & Ticket (www.berliner-philharmoniker.de)

April 21, 2025

Igor Levit

Mon, Apr 21, 2025, 19:30

Gewandhaus Leipzig, Großer Saal (Leipzig)

Igor Levit (Piano)

Info & Ticket (www.gewandhausorchester.de)

April 27, 2025

Igor Levit

Sun, Apr 27, 2025, 15:00

Konserthuset Stockholm, The Main Hall (Stockholm)

Igor Levit (Piano)

Igor Levit is one of the most significant pianists of his generation (born in 1987) and regularly performs on all the major stages worldwide. He has appeared at Konserthuset Stockholm on several occasions, including during the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, when he performed all of Beethoven's piano sonatas in a series of live-streamed concerts (due to the pandemic).Beethoven is also featured on the program for this concert: the third symphony – Eroica – in Franz Liszt's famous arrangement. The program as a whole consists of what is often referred to as the three great Bs of classical music history: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, and begins with Bach's chromatic fantasy and fugue. It was acclaimed and regarded as a masterpiece even during Bach's lifetime, filled with advanced voice leading and lightning-fast runs.Between Bach and Beethoven, Levit has placed Brahms' atmospheric and youthfully explosive ballades; he was only 21 years old when he wrote them. They are designed as short musical narratives. We know that the first one is based on an old Scottish ballad about Edward, who returns home with blood on his sword. The atmosphere is dark and ominous. However, no source material for the other three has been preserved.

Info & Ticket (www.konserthuset.se)

April 28, 2025

Renaud Capuçon / Igor Levit

Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 20:00

Philharmonie de Paris, Grande salle Pierre Boulez (Paris)

Renaud Capuçon (Violin), Igor Levit (Piano)

A long-awaited collaboration between celebrated French violinist Renaud Capuçon and the always-ambitious piano virtuoso Igor Levit. Together, they tackle Brahms’ three Sonatas for Violin and Piano—a concentration of poetry, brilliance and heroism.

Info & Ticket (philharmoniedeparis.fr)