Igor Levit, Piano

About this event

This solo recital offers a deeply personal journey through Beethoven’s piano cosmos: Igor Levit plays four sonatas that span the composer’s early and middle periods, from the intense Sonata in C minor op. 10 no. 1 to the celebrated 'Pathétique' and the ferocious 'Appassionata'. Levit, who has recorded all 32 sonatas and explored them in his own podcast, avoids polished prettiness in favour of raw emotional truth — his tone can turn rough and searching, but that only brings the music’s inner struggles closer to the listener. The programme thrives on extremes. The brooding, almost orchestral drama of the 'Pathétique' sits alongside the compact charm of the F major Sonata op. 54, while the 'Appassionata' erupts with a wild, life-affirming intensity that Levit calls 'pure life'. Expect an evening where technical brilliance serves a single purpose: to make you feel every tremor of Beethoven’s humanity.