About this user
Leib(Leonid )Levin received honors as violin -soloist at the State Moscow Music Gnesins Academy. After emigrating to the USA,
he became concertmaster of Savannah and Omaha Symphony Orchestras and was a winner at the International Violin Competition in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil
A former member of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra,he performed under the baton of the great guest conductors as Eugene Ormandy,Robert Shaw,Curt Mazur.
L.Levin appeared as
guest concertmaster of Americas Symphony(Florida)
As 1st violinist of the Elysium String Quartet he made New York Debut at the
Weill Recital Hall at the Carnegie Hall.
Mr Levin has given numerous recitals across USA and Europe . "Leonid Levin is on outstanding violinist" (Harold Berlinger,Professor of Music, North Eastern University of Illinois ).
"Mr.Levin,s tone is sonorous,his style is essentially assertive...Bloch,s "Nigun" is an outburst of passionate lamentation.Mr. Levin clearly identified with its rhetorical style and Judaic idiom"
(New York Concert Review,April,2008)
Violinist & Piano Trio.
"From Nigun to Klezmer":
"Levin, Leib & Piano Trio. From Nigun to Klezmer. Portland, Or.: CD Baby, 2006. 1 Compact Disc. "This is an exquisite collection of eight short cuts: four nigunim, interspersed with a version of "Bei mir bist du shein," a freilach, a klezmer dance piece, and a slightly longer "Dance of the rebbitzen" by the late, respected composer George Perlman. The trio arrangements are ideal for the soulful, melodic nigunim as well as the more joyous freilachs. All of the playing is masterful, especially the piano work of Yaron Gershovsky, the musical director of the Manhattan Transfer.... The violinist at the heart of this work, Leib Levin, shows tremendous understanding of Jewish music... There is no showiness here; the music takes center stage. The jazz arrangements achieve a perfect fusion, avoiding the awkwardness that so often accompanies attempts to inject jazz into Jewish music. ... The nigunim are played with a particular reverence and appreciation, and the violin substitutes well for the wordless voice. "Bei mir bist du shein" is the only piece that perhaps works better vocally. It is suitable for all Jewish libraries that are collecting recorded music." (Beth Dwoskin, Proquest Information and Learning, Ann Arbor,MI)
Mr Levin available for community concerts .
Program including music of various style.
Please see artist website for contact info
Age
60
Country
United States
Leibik
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