
In2019,celebratedpianistIgorLevitallowedfilmmakerReginaSchillingintohislife,homeandstudiotoshootabehind-the-scenesportrait.Hisrecording,“Beethoven:CompletePianoSonatas,”hadjusthitthechartsandhis108-stopworldtourwasoneoftheyear’smost-anticipatedevents.Theoften-controversialspeaker,whodisavowedhisRussianrootsandcalledoutGermanantisemitism,wasinaculturalzeitgeist.Butthen,theworldstopped.COVIDsetoffoneofthemostremarkablemusicaltransformationsofLevit’scareer:Whatisperformancewithoutanaudience?Withresoundinghonestyandtheoccasionalpanicattack,thevirtuosotalentembracedthesilence,lonelinessandisolation.Dressedinblack,oftenbarefoot,livefromhislivingroomeverynightat7PMsharp,Levitperformed52concertsviaTwitterthatgrewacultfollowing.Witnessanartistcreateanentirelynewtouchpointwithmillionsofstrangerswhoalsoneededaconnectionmorethanever.