Igor Levit

About the artist

Igor Levit (Russian: Игорь Левит), born 1987 in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod), is a Russian-German pianist. Levit began playing piano at age three, and as a child he had his first successes on the concert stage in his hometown of Nizhny Novgorod. His family moved to Hanover in 1995. From 1999-2000 he studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Hans Leygraf and from 2000-2010 at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover with Karl-Heinz Kammerling, Matti Raekallio and Bernd Goetzke.[1]

Top songs

1. Nothing Else Matters
2. Peace Piece
3. Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"
4. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto
5. Suite for String Orchestra No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: Air (Arr. for piano by A. Siloti)
6. Elegies BV 249: VII. Berceuse
7. Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia
8. Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: II. Allemande
9. Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: I. Praeludium
10. Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: III. Courante

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