From 18 to 21 May 2023, Lucerne will inaugurate the new Piano Fest curated by the pianist Igor Levit.
  
  For this four-day-long festival, Levit will join forces with four other pianists Alexei Volodin, Anna Vinnitskaya, Fred Hersch, and Johanna Summer. Levit’s overall concept for the seven concerts is based on the principle of interaction not only with the audience but also among the artists themselves to show how written and improvised music, classical and jazz, discipline and freedom can coexist.
   

  Levit, who will himself give a solo recital and additionally perform in a duo with Alexei Volodin and as a special guest in Fred Hersch’s jazz recital. Anna Vinnitskaya, Fred Hersch, and Johanna Summer will in turn each perform a solo program in the evenings. The final event of the festival will present four artists performing in various configurations and also in competition reminiscent of jazz or rap “battles”.
  
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