Igor Levit - Piano and Piano recitals in London

Favourite pieces

Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 2 No. 1 performed in 2020 (September) and 2016.

Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 'Pathétique' performed in 2020 (October) and 2016.

Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat Op. 26 'Funeral March' performed in 2020 (September) and 2016.

Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major Op. 54 performed in 2016 (Autumn) and 2014 (December).

Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Op. 53 'Waldstein' performed in 2020 (September) and 2016.

Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major Op. 106 (Grosse Sonate für das Hammerklavier, or more shortened as the Hammerklavier) performed in 2017 (Spring) and 2014 (December).

Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major Op. 109 performed in 2013 (October and April).

Beethoven's 33 Variations on a waltz by Diabelli in C major Op. 120 performed in 2019 (May, 24) and 2015 (November).

Wigmore Hall, 13-Jan-2023 / 19:30

Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin D795

Simon Bode - Tenor

Wigmore Hall, 16-Dec-2022 / 19:30

Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor Op. 108
Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat D898

Johan Dalene
Julia Hagen

Wigmore Hall, 25-Sep-2022 / 19:30

Brahms, Fred Hersch, Wagner, Liszt

Wigmore Hall, 7-Jun-2022 / 19:30

Simon Bode

Wigmore Hall, 5-Jun-2022 / 19:30

Simon Bode

Wigmore Hall, 6-Apr-2022 / 19:30

Stevenson: Passacaglia on DSCH

Wigmore Hall, 4-Apr-2022 / 19:00

Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87

Wigmore Hall, 8-Oct-2020 / 19:30

Brahms: 11 Chorale Preludes Op. 122
Brahms: 4 Serious Songs Op. 121

Wigmore Hall, 16-Sep-2020 / 19:30

Beethoven, piano sonatas:
- No. 1, No. 12 and No. 25 in G Op. 79 and No. 21
Fred Hersch: Trees

Igor Levit was nominated for a “Best Classical Instrumental Solo“ gramophone award in 2020.

Mr. Levit performed Beethoven's Grosse Fuge, Brahms' Variations on a Theme of Haydn and Bartók's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion with pianist Markus Becker and percussionists Klaus Reda and Andreas Boettger on the 19^th of February 2020 at the Barbican Hall.

Other Igor Levit's concerts, unfortunately, cancelled due to the pandemic

On the 29^th of January 2021 at the Wigmore Hall.

On the 30^th of November 2020 at the Wigmore Hall.

On the 12^th of October 2020 at the Barbican Hall.

On the 14^th of September 2020 at the Wigmore Hall.

On the 1^st of May 2020 with Antonio Pappano at the Royal Festival Hall.

Mr. Levit's concert scheduled for the 7^th of April 2020 was cancelled due to the death of Mariss Jansons.

Milton Court Concert Hall, 13-Feb-2020 / 19:30

Messiaen: Visions de l’Amen
Shostakovich: Symphony No 15 (arr Derevianki & Pekarsky)

Igor Levit, Markus Hinterhäuser - Piano
Ning Feng - Violin
Julia Hagen - Cello and four percussionists

Barbican Hall, 26-Jan-2020 / 19:30

Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues

Wigmore Hall, 27-May-2019 / 19:30

Ronald Stevenson: Passacaglia on DSCH

Wigmore Hall, 24-May-2019 / 19:30

Frederic Rzewski: Variations on 'The People United'

Wigmore Hall, 22-May-2019 / 19:30

Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV988

Wigmore Hall, 14-Mar-2019 / 19:30

Recital with tenor Simon Bode

Mozart:
- Das Veilchen K476, Die betrogene Welt K474
- Die Verschweigung K518
- Das Lied der Trennung K519
- Oiseaux, si tous les ans K307

Wigmore Hall, 21-Jul-2018 / 19:30

Brahms: Chaconne by Bach for piano left hand (arr. of Chaconne in D minor for solo violin BWV1004)
Busoni: Fantasia after Bach BV253
Schumann: Geistervariationen (Ghost Variations) WoO 24
Liszt:
- Solemn March to the Holy Grail from Wagner's Parsifal
- Fantasy and Fugue on the chorale 'Ad nos, ad salutarem undam' S259 (arr. Busoni)

Wigmore Hall, 13-Apr-2018 / 19:30

Rzewski: Ages (world première)
Mendelssohn, Song without Words in:
- E major Op. 19b No. 1
- A major (The Hunt) Op. 19b No. 3
- F sharp minor Op. 19b No. 5
- B minor Op. 30 No. 4
- E major Op. 30 No. 3
- E major Op. 38 No. 3
- A flat major (Duetto) Op. 38 No. 6
Mahler: I. Adagio from Symphony No. 10 (trans. Ronald Stevenson)

Frances Wilson described Ages as "a tour de force, as much for the audience as the pianist, gripping and intense".

Wigmore Hall, 30-Nov-2017 / 19:30

Recital with violist Ning Feng and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott

Schubert, Piano trios in:
- B flat major D898
- E flat major D929

Cadogan Hall, 24-Nov-2017 / 19:30

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4

NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover
Igor Levit (who replaced Lars Vogt)
Andrew Manze - Conductor

Royal Albert Hall, 14-Jul-2017 / 19:30

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner - Conductor

Igor Levit played all 32 of Beethoven's piano sonatas between the 28^th of September 2016 and the 13^th of June 2017 at the Wigmore Hall.

Wigmore Hall, 13-Jun-2017 (two performances)

Beethoven, Piano Sonatas:
- No. 30 in E major, No. 31 in A flat major and No. 32 in C minor

Wigmore Hall, January, February, March 2017 / 19:30

Beethoven: piano sonatas
- No. 27, No. 28, Pastoral, No. 16, Quasi una fantasia, Moonlight
- No. 2 in A major, No. 7, No. 6 and No. 18 in E flat major

Barbican Hall, 16-Mar-2017 / 19:30

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 'Emperor'

London Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi - Conductor

In 2016 Mr. Levit's Bach’s Goldberg Variations were on the album winning Gramophone’s Instrumental Award.

Wigmore Hall, September, October, November and December 2016

Beethoven, Piano Sonatas:
- Nos. 17, 8 , 11, 3, 5, 19
- No. 20 in G major Op. 49 No. 2
- No. 22, No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 (Appassionata)
- No. 24 in F sharp major Op. 78
- No. 4 in E flat major Op. 7 (Grand Sonata)
- No. 9 in E major Op. 14 No. 1
- No. 10 in G major Op. 14 No. 2
- No. 26 in E flat major Op. 81a (Les Adieux), No. 12, No. 25, No. 21

Wigmore Hall, 5-May-2016 / 19:30

Ferruccio Busoni: Fantasia after JS Bach K253
Bach: The Musical Offering BWV1079; Ricercar a3
Johann Caspar Kerll: Passacaglia in D minor
Bach: The Art of Fugue BWV1080; Contrapunctus 1, Contrapunctus 4, Contrapunctus 11
Ferruccio Busoni: Fantasia contrappuntistica BV256

Wigmore Hall, 5-Nov-2015 / 19:30

Georg Muffat: Passacaglia in G minor
Shostakovich: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor Op. 61

Mr Levit made his BBC Proms debut at the Royal Albert Hall on the 2^nd of September 2015 with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the baton of Peter Oundjian in a performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major.

Wigmore Hall, 20-Jul-2015 / 19:30

Cornelius Cardew: Thälmann Variations
Frederic Rzewski:
- Dreams II (UK première)
- The People United will never be Defeated

Wigmore Hall, 10-Jun-2015 / 19:30

Recital with soprano Christiane Iven

Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder WWV91
Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis
Wolf: Mörike Lieder
- No. 19 Um Mitternacht, No. 16 Elfenlied, No. 7 Das verlassene Mägdlein, No. 24 In der Frühe, No. 8 Begegnung, No. 6 Er ist's
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
- Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen, Scheiden und Meiden, Aus! Aus!, Nicht wiedersehen!
Schoenberg: Brettl-Lieder
- No. 6 Galathea, No. 7 Gigerlette, No. 1 Der genügsame Liebhaber, No. 5 Mahnung, No. 8 Seit ich so viele Weiber sah

Wigmore Hall, 27-Dec-2014 / 19:30

Bach: Partita No. 2 in C minor BWV826
Ronald Stevenson: Peter Grimes Fantasy on themes from Britten

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 2-Oct-2013 / 19:30

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opuses 109, 110 and 111.

Wigmore Hall, 2-Apr-2013 / 19:30

Bach: Capriccio in B flat major (Capriccio on the Departure of his Most Beloved Brother) BWV992
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30
Schubert: Allegretto in C minor D915
Liszt (transcription from Franz Schubert):
- III. Aufenthalt from Schwanengesang S560
- 12 Lieder von Schubert S558:
  - III. Du bist die Ruh
  - II. Auf dem Wasser zu singen
  - XI. Der Wanderer
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major Op. 83 (War Sonata 2/Stalingrad)

Wigmore Hall, 4-Mar-2013 / 19:30

Liszt:
- I. Sei mir gegrüsst (trans. Franz Schubert ) from 12 Lieder von Schubert S558
- VII. Après une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi sonata from Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, Italie S161
Schubert: 6 Moments musicaux D780

Mr. Levit made his BBC Chamber Proms debut on the 6th of August 2012 playing Ravel's Piano Trio in A minor and Debussy's Cello Sonata with violinist Jennifer Pike and cellist Nicolas Altstaedt.

He won the Best Performer of Chamber Music at the 2005 Arthur Rubinstein Competition and made his BBC Chamber Music debut on the 6th of August 2002 in the Cadogan Hall with a performance of works by Debussy and Ravel.

Igor Levit - Piano

Wigmore Hall, 4-May-2024 / 19:30

Wigmore Hall, 19-Jan-2024 / 19:30

Wigmore Hall, 12-Jul-2023 / 13:00

Wigmore Hall, 6-May-2023 / 19:30