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russisch-deutscher Pianist

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Active from
1987

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Igor Levit (Russian: Игорь Левит), born 1987 in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod), is a Russian-German pianist. Levit began playing piano at age three, and as a child he had his first successes on the concert stage in his hometown of Nizhny Novgorod. His family moved to Hanover in 1995. From 1999-2000 he studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Hans Leygraf and from 2000-2010 at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover with Karl-Heinz Kammerling, Matti Raekallio and Bernd Goetzke.[1] <a

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Nizhny Novgorod
Occupation
music educator
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
German
Field of work
activism
Instrument
piano
Official website
www.igor-levit.de
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190514 KultAb 13 (cropped).jpg
Work location
Berlin
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Igor Levit
date of birth
1987-03-10
nominated for
Grammy Awards
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Igor Levit [ˈiɡɔʀ ˈlevɪt] (russisch Игорь Семёнович Левит ‚Igor Semjonowitsch Lewit‘; * 10. März 1987 in Gorki, Russische SFSR, Sowjetunion) ist ein deutscher Pianist und politischer Aktivist. Seit 2019 ist er Professor für Klavier an der Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover.

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