Life

Igor Levit is a German-Russian pianist, with a focus on the works of Bach, Beethoven and Liszt, and a professor at the Musikhochschule Hannover.

Born on March 10, 1987 in Gorky, (now Nizhny Novgorod), Levit began playing piano at age three, and as a child he had his first successes on the concert stage in his hometown. His family moved to Hanover in 1995. From 1999 to 2000 he studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Hans Leygraf and from 2000 to 2010 at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, Matti Raekallio and Bernd Goetzke.

CD 1:

1. Fantasia after J. S. Bach, BV 253

2. Chaconne From Partita For Solo Violin No. 2, Bwv 1004 (Transcription For Piano)

3. Variations in E-Flat Major on an Original Theme 'Ghost Variations', WoO 24

4. Dreams, Pt. 1: Iii. A Mensch

CD 2:

1. Solemn March to the Holy Grail from Parsifal, S 450 (Transcription for Piano)

2. I. Fantasia

3. II. Adagio

4. III. Fuga

5. Isoldens Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde, S 447 (Transcription for Piano)

6. Elegies Bv 249: Vii. Berceuse

7. Peace Piece