Classical Music
The Young ClassX / Igor Levit
Tuesday, 05/05/2026 / 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM / Laeiszhalle (Großer Saal)
The Young ClassX promises an unforgettable musical evening with an outstanding line-up. The Felix Mendelssohn Youth Orchestra, conducted by Clemens Malich, presents a varied programme with pianist Igor Levit.
After Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3, Igor Levit and the orchestra will perform Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto. A piece full of virtuosity and youthful freshness by a composer whose life was marked by censorship and political pressure. The following two movements from Weinberg’s moving Symphony No. 21 »Kaddish«, which commemorates the victims of the Holocaust and represents an interplay of mourning and hope, flow smoothly into Chopin’s Ballade No. 1. Igor Levit’s student Dongping Wang plays this passionate ballad, which Weinberg used as a quotation in his symphony. Three movements from Holst’s »The Planets« form a powerful conclusion. Mars, the bringer of war, Venus, the bringer of peace, and Jupiter, the bringer of joy and cheerfulness, combine symphonic energy with youthful enthusiasm to create a unique concert evening.
The Young ClassX e.V. is generously supported by the Otto Group and received the Opus Klassik award in 2022 for its promotion of young talent.
PERFORMERS
Felix Mendelssohn Jugendorchester orchestra
Igor Levit piano
Dongping Wang piano
Clemens Malich conductor
PROGRAM
»Macht!Musik!«
Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a
Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in F major, Op. 102
- Interval -
Mieczysław Weinberg
Symphony No. 21, Op. 152 »Kaddish« (excerpts)
Frédéric Chopin
Ballade Nr. 1 g-Moll op. 23
Gustav Holst
The Planets
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