Igor Levit, piano

Hear industry icons and artists-on-the-rise in our Recitalist Series. Midori returns with pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute for a program that traverses lyricism, passion, and brilliance and anchored by Beethoven’s radiant “Spring” Sonata (Nov. 15). Pianist Igor Levit brings his breathtaking technique to Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, and to Frederic Rzewski’s revolutionary The People United Will Never Be Defeated!, (January 11). Early-music ensemble Ruckus and bass-baritone Davóne Tines invite us to reflect on the American experiment through a bold reimagining of songs, hymns, and ballads spanning four centuries, which confront American tensions and aspirations (January 28). Experience the fourth-annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Recital (April 12) with Revolutionary Portraits: Our Better Angels featuring the Pacifica Quartet with narrator Sigourney Weavers. Yefim Bronfman returns with a program of Mozart, Debussy, and Tchaikovsky (April 14). The Danish String Quartet pairs with the 50-member Danish National Girls’ Choir for the world premiere of in wildness, a new work co-commissioned by Washington Performing Arts and composed by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lang, and arrangements of traditional folk tunes (April 18). Pianist Vadym Kholodenko thrills with Beethoven’s monumental “Hammerklavier” Sonata, and works by Liszt and Lyatoshinsky (May 5).

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