Igor Levit

Pianist Igor Levit emerged as a star in the 2010s after winning several major awards and honors, including designation as a BBC New Generation Artist. His rise has been due in part to bold programming in his concerts and on his recordings. Levit was born on March 10, 1987, in the Soviet Russian city of Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia). His mother was an opera rehearsal pianist. He took up the piano at age three, and a year later, he was already performing a Beethoven Ecossaise in public. At six, Levit performed a Handel keyboard concerto with the Philharmonic Orchestra of ...