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A meth-fuelled Erik Satie marathon in swinging 60s London

Letters: When Richard Toop played the 840 repetitions of Satie’s Vexations in 1967, the ‘mild stimulant’ he asked for turned out to be anything but, writes Biddy Peppin

The Guardian - UK

‘It is trance-like’: pianist Igor Levit performs Erik Satie’s Vexations 840 times

The 16-hour performance, a collaboration with the artist Marina Abramović, began at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall on Thursday morning

The Guardian - UK

‘He will not leave the stage. Ever’: Marina Abramović and Igor Levit on their marathon 16-hour concert

Why is the great performance artist making pianist Levit play a Satie piece 840 times? And does he really have a screen to go behind should nature call? We enter another level of time and consciousness

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Scottish composer receives a posthumous Swedish Grammy

A recording of a work by innovative Scottish pianist composer Ronald Stevenson has been awarded a Swedish Grammy 10 years after his death ...

The National (Scotland)

Levit/Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer review – edgy Prokofiev baffles and compels

Under Iván Fischer’s baton, clarinettist Ákos Ács and pianist Igor Levit guided the orchestra to hurtling heights – buzzing speaker notwithstanding

The Guardian - UK

From exquisite Elgar to razor-sharp Cage: our classical recordings of the year

A piano prodigy burst onto the scene, studio opera recordings were few and far between – and the year’s most rewarding discs were the ones that ventured beyond the mainstream

The Guardian - UK

Brahms: Piano Concertos; Piano Pieces Opp 116-119 album review – Levit’s performance is utterly compelling

It’s hard to think of a better recording of Brahms’ late solo works for piano, even if the two concertos they are packaged with here are less convincing

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The week in classical: Igor Levit, Renaud Capuçon, Julia Hagen; Manchester Camerata: Disruptors review – ringing successes

Three soloists collaborate to singular effect playing Brahms, while vibrant works old and new are performed by the Camerata ensemble

The Guardian - UK

Classical home listening: Sinfonia of London’s Ravel, Berkeley, Pounds: Lieder ohne Worte from Igor Levit

John Wilson and his peerless orchestra’s latest marries the familiar and the scarcely known. And Mendelssohn’s romantic miniatures speak volumes for the star pianist

The Guardian - UK

Igor Levit review – this was a recital where everything was just right

In a supremely poetic and impressive performance Levit perfectly conveyed the searching spirit of Brahms’s late-life piano works

The Guardian - UK

Fantasia: Works by Bach, Liszt, Berg and Busoni album review – Igor Levit reaches his final destination

Busoni’s hugely challenging Fantasia contrappuntistica is the climax of this two-cd set featuring works that balance musical freedom and formal rigour

The Guardian - UK

Philharmonia/Rouvali/Levit review – secure and clear-sighted Beethoven

The Emperor Concerto – at the centrepiece of this Philharmonia concert – became a moving tribute to the late Lars Vogt, and Anna Clyne’s lively triptych Color Field and Dvořák’s Seventh offered much to admire

The Guardian - UK

Igor Levit back on road but post-pandemic far from normal

Igor Levit arrives at Carnegie Hall changed by the pandemic

The Independent UK

Classical home listening: Igor Levit takes on Tristan; an ideal John Adams primer

Levit ranges from Wagner to Henze with the Leipzig Gewandhaus, while Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich celebrate their artist-in-residence

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The week in classical: Igor Levit; Sean Shibe – review

The star pianist goes to the far side with Shostakovich and Ronald Stevenson, while the Scots guitarist reins it in

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