Settling in Hanover, Levit absorbed all aspects of the piano while at the same time dropping out of high school. ![]() Born in the Russian city of Gorky, now Nizhny Novgorod, Levit and his family moved to Germany in the winter of 1995 on humanitarian grounds as part of a contingent of Jewish refugees. Welcome to Igor Levit, a talent quite obviously driven by special sauce. And a man who streamed 52 – that is fifty-two – performances during the pandemic from his living room in Berlin Mitte via Twitter (and by proxy the app Periscope) entitled Hauskonzerte (house concert). A man who is a professor at Musikhochschule in Hanover, Germany. A man who regularly delivers world-renowned interpretations of works by Beethoven and Bach, among several classical maestros. The line crackles with static as I speak with a man who has mastered piano in 34 years. Steffan Chirazi finds out that while he deftly interpreted “Nothing Else Matters,” plenty actually does matter to him personally. ![]() Having started playing piano at the age of three, Igor Levit has spent the last 31 years becoming one of the masters of his trade.
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