Igor Levit: An Evening of Beethoven Sonatas

Igor Levit began playing piano at age three, and had his first successes on the concert stage as a child in his hometown of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.  At age eight, his family moved to Hannover, Germany, where he completed his piano studies at Hannover Academy of Music, Theatre and Media in 2009 with the highest academic and performance scores in the history of the institute. Levit He has appeared in major concert halls and music festivals around the world, and has won several international awards, amongst them second prize at the International Maria Callas Grand Prix, Athens (2004), first prize at the International Piano Academy Competition in Hamamatsu (2004), silver medal and three awards at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv (2005) and the Luitpold Prize for young artists in Bad Kissingen (2009). For his Wallis debut, Igor Levit will perform Beethoven sonatas.