Igor Levit
Igor Levit, born in 1987 in Gorky, Russia (now Nizhny Novgorod), moved to Germany with his family when he was eight years old. He studied at the Hannover Academy of Music and won the Silver Prize at the Arthur Rubinstein Competition as the youngest participant in 2005. Most recently he released recordings of all Beethoven`s 32 piano sonatas. Levit is the recipient of the Gilmore Artist Award and the "Gift of Remembrance" from the International Auschwitz Committee.