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 capital’s Mansion House on Wednesday 16.
These 8pm concerts will be led by the ICO’s 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
“He has an incredible recording pedigree, having tackled three of the biggest variation cycles in the piano literature”, according to the orchestra’s Charlotte Eglington, “Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations and Frederic Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated.
“Igor’s 2013 Beethoven disc won him the BBC Music Magazine Newcomer of the Year 2014 Award, the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artist Award 2014 and the ECHO 2014 for Solo Recording of the Year. His recording of Bach’s Six Partitas was nominated for two Gramophone Awards”.
Igor Levit on piano/ celesta will be joined by conductor Jorg Widmann on clarinet and harpist Geraldine O’Doherty. Book for Tuesday March 15 at www.uch.ie
