Tremendous energy and engagement from Igor Levit at Wigmore Hall

Por Patrick Maxwell, 22 septiembre 2025

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“Levit made the macabre, schizophrenic toiling of the funeral procession eminently vivid”

Crítica hecha desde Wigmore Hall, Londres el 22 septiembre 2025

Schubert, Sonata para piano núm. 21 en si bemol mayor, D.960

Schumann, 4 Nachtstucke for piano, Op.23

Chopin, Sonata para piano núm. 3 en si menor, op. 58

Schumann, Kinderszenen, Op.15: Der Dichter spricht

Igor Levit, Piano

Igor Levit und Budapest Festival Orchestra: ein Fest für Prokofjew

Sebastian Urmoneit, 24th March

Mit dem Dritten stand wohl das bekannteste Klavierkonzert Prokofjews im Mittelpunkt, eingerahmt von zwei glänzenden Orchesterstücken.

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Igor Levit brings Beethoven and Rzewski to Carnegie Hall

Kurt Gottschalk, 22nd January

Levit introduced the theme at such a clip that one couldn't help but worry about the marathon of musculature he had in front of him, but he persevered, playing with a precision that was almost alarming.

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L’intrigant chant intérieur d’Igor Levit au TCE

Pierre Michel, 9th October

Si le pianiste trouve une sorte d’idéal de beauté intime qui convient très bien à certains aspects de son grand programme romantique, d'autres aspects de son jeu laissent perplexe...

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Bis ins kleinste Detail: Joana Mallwitz und Igor Levit in Berlin

Sebastian Urmoneit, 27th June

Joana Mallwitz malt mit ihrem Konzerthausorchester musikalische Bilder von Haydn, Bartók und Strawinsky.

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Percussive Prokofiev and titanic Shostakovich from Levit and Sternath

Mark Pullinger, 4th April

Igor Levit champions his young mentee Lukas Sternath in a joint Wigmore Hall recital culminating in Shostakovich's own transcription of his Tenth Symphony.

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Budapest Festival Orchestra sprinkles fairydust over London

Roy Westbrook, 11th March

Story time with Uncle Iván as the BFO plays music from the ballet Cinderella to crown an all-Prokofiev evening.

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Patrick Maxwell

Patrick Maxwell is a writer and journalist, based as a historian at New College, Oxford. He regularly reviews books for The Big Issue in Scotland, writes editions of Russian literature for Warbler Press in New York and on news and culture for the online magazine The Article in London. A chorister at Westminster Abbey, he sings in the Choir of New College, and is the Conducting Scholar of Schola Cantorum. Patrick divides his time between Oxford and London.