Because Beethoven’s last five piano sonatas still carry a kind of valedictory air, it’s often thought that one needs to reach a certain age before taking them on publicly. The Russian-born ...

A few years ago Igor Levit released a set of Beethoven’s late piano sonatas that drew great acclaim. It set off an expectation that he would follow-up with another group of sonatas.

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Albums news every morning. A few years ago Igor Levit released a set of Beethoven’s late piano sonatas that drew great acclaim ...

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (The Wallis) presents pianist Igor Levit for one performance only, April 21, 2015 at 8:00 pm in the Bram Goldsmith Theater.

Levit is currently in the middle of performing a complete cycle of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas, and he’s working on Shostakovich’s cycle of 24 Preludes and Fugues.

It was Levit’s distinct musical voice that ultimately won hearts in Hong Kong in an all-Beethoven evening that featured four piano sonatas chosen from the composer’s early and middle periods.

But if “masterpiece” can be meaningless, Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas, composed between 1795 and 1822, ... In Mr. Levit’s account this movement seems charming, ...

The insightful pianist offers a Beethoven bonanza, ranging from the mesmerizing pulse of the popular "Moonlight" Sonata to flashes of wry humor and tender beauty. Search Query Show Search.

When Russian-born pianist Igor Levit dropped in to play Beethoven at the Tiny Desk, he admitted he was – even after four cups of coffee – "still in my time zone change." A little jet-lagged ...

Igor Levit, the winner of Gramophone's 2016 Recording of the Year for his astounding Sony Classical set of variations by Bach, Beethoven and Rzewski, has just released a set of the 32 Beethoven piano ...

The insightful pianist offers a Beethoven bonanza, ranging from the mesmerizing pulse of the popular "Moonlight" Sonata to flashes of wry humor and tender beauty.

Igor Levit, the winner of Gramophone's 2016 Recording of the Year for his astounding Sony Classical set of variations by Bach, Beethoven and Rzewski, has just released a set of the 32 Beethoven piano ...