IGOR Levit, one of the greatest pianists of our time, performs with the Irish Chamber Orchestra in University Concert Hall on Tuesday March 15 and again in the capitalโs Mansion House on Wednesday 16.
These 8pm concerts will be led by the ICOโs artistic partner, Jorg Widmann, whose own composition features in a programme dominated by piano and clarinet. Mendelssohn and Weber complete the works selected.
Levit hails from Gorky, Russia but moved to Germany. He graduated from the Hannover Academy of Music, Theatre and Media with the highest academic and performance scores in the history of the institute.
Photo: Marco Borggreve
โHe has an incredible recording pedigree, having tackled three of the biggest variation cycles in the piano literatureโ, according to the orchestraโs Charlotte Eglington, โBachโs Goldberg Variations, Beethovenโs Diabelli Variations and Frederic Rzewskiโs The People United Will Never Be Defeated.
โIgorโs 2013 Beethoven disc won him the BBC Music Magazine Newcomer of the Year 2014 Award, the Royal Philharmonic Societyโs Young Artist Award 2014 and the ECHO 2014 for Solo Recording of the Year. His recording of Bachโs Six Partitas was nominated for two Gramophone Awardsโ.
Igor Levit on piano/ celesta will be joined by conductor Jorg Widmann on clarinet and harpist Geraldine OโDoherty. Book for Tuesday March 15 at www.uch.ie
