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Hypnotic wonderment: Marina Abramović and Igor Levit’s Goldberg Variations at Park Avenue Armory

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“Levit’s interpretation of the Goldberg Variations is the best I have heard in my lifetime”
Reviewed at Park Avenue Armory, New York City on 7 December 2015
Bach, Goldberg Variations, BWV988
Igor Levit, Piano
Urs Schönebaum, Lighting Designer
Marina Abramović, Performance Artist
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****1
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