Igor Levit makes a (successful) spectacle of Morton Feldman

Igor Levit in The Shed's Sonic Sphere

Igor Levit

Igor Levit in The Shed's Sonic Sphere

By Kurt Gottschalk, 03 July 2023

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“made Feldman into something otherworldly – or perhaps made the world into something Feldmanesque”

Reviewed at The Shed, New York City on 1 July 2023

Bach, Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ - Cantata, BWV177

Feldman, Palais de mari

Rirkrit Tiravanija, Visual Artist

Igor Levit, Piano

Warten als Lebenssinn und Schutz: Hanjo an der Bayerischen Staatsoper

Michael Vieth, 8th May

Hosokawas hochpoetisches Dreipersonenspiel wird im Münchner „Ja, Mai“-Festival musikalisch exzellent erzählt, aber in der Verbindung mit interpretierendem Ballettgeschehen szenisch überfrachtet

***11

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.

*****

Tremendous energy and engagement from Igor Levit at Wigmore Hall

Patrick Maxwell, 22nd September

Igor Levit brings a well-considered programme of Schubert, Schumann and Chopin to London in a performance of commitment and subtlety.

****1

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.

****1

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.

****1

Subsuming virtuosity: Igor Levit at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 12th January

Igor Levit's Carnegie Hall programme evolves into a journey through interconnected musical worlds, revealing unexpected parallels and contrasts.

****1

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Kurt Gottschalk

Kurt Gottschalk is a journalist and author based in New York City. His writings on contemporary and classical music, jazz and improvisation have been published in outlets throughout Europe and America and he has two volumes of short fiction to his name. He produced and hosted the Miniature Minotaurs radio programme on WFMU and currently hosts Afternoon New Music on WKCR.

Igor Levit makes a (successful) spectacle of Morton Feldman in The Shed's Sonic Sphere