February
Piano recital: Igor Levit
Igor Levit (Foto: Felix Broede)
Piano recital: Igor Levit
Sat 20. Jun 2026
18.30
Grosse Tonhalle
Igor Levit Klavier
Franz Schubert Klaviersonate Nr. 21 B-Dur D 960
Maurice Ravel «Kaddisch» aus «Deux mélodies hébraïques» (Arr. Alexander Siloti)
Dmitri Schostakowitsch Klaviersonate Nr. 2 h-Moll op. 61
Pause Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Auswahl aus «Lieder ohne Worte»
Franz Liszt «Après une lecture de Dante», Fantasia quasi una sonata aus «Années de pèlerinage. Deuxième année: Italie»
Maurice Ravel «Kaddisch» aus «Deux mélodies hébraïques» (Arr. Alexander Siloti)
Dmitri Schostakowitsch Klaviersonate Nr. 2 h-Moll op. 61
Pause Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Auswahl aus «Lieder ohne Worte»
Franz Liszt «Après une lecture de Dante», Fantasia quasi una sonata aus «Années de pèlerinage. Deuxième année: Italie»
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Organizer Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich AG
The programme was changed.
No event in the world had made him "as much of a Jew" as the Hamas massacre in Israel on 7 October 2023, said Igor Levit at the time. As a result, he played an album of "Songs without Words" by Mendelssohn - with an urgency that once again demonstrated how closely this pianist combines his musical attitude with his social concerns. He also included Ravel's "Kaddish" from the "Deux mélodies hébraïques" in his recital programme by no means by chance. He also plays works by Schubert, Shostakovich and Liszt.