Avri Levitan
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Avri Levitan' is an Israeli violist
based in Berlin.
He is the 2009 BBC Music Magazine
Awards Nominee, and recently toured with the Nordic Symphony Orchestra
under the direction of Anu Tali
, performing Max Bruch
's Kol Nidrei at the Vienna Konzerthaus
Großer Saal.
His future engagements include playing William Walton
's viola concerto
with the Suwon Philharmonic at the Seoul International Music Festival in Korea; in the Auditorio Nacional
in Madrid with Orquesta y Coro de Comunidad de Madrid under Jean-Jacques Kantorow
, with Orquesta de Murcia, Filharmonia Pomorska and more.
He is a dedicated viola and chamber music professor with a renowned students class in Spain. "One of the worlds most important violists" wrote the critic after his performance of the William Walton viola concerto with the Lodz Philharmonic in February 2010.
He was born in 1973 in Tel Aviv, graduated from Rubin Academy in Tel Aviv where he studied with Prof. Haim Taub and Conservatoire de Paris – Cycle de Perfectionnement.
He collaborated with artists such as Claude Frank, Pnina Salzman, Roland Pontinen, Staffan Scheja, Bengt Forsberg, Wolfram Rieger, Peter Jablonski, Pavel Glilov, Gerard Poulet, Zachar Bron, Guy Braunstein, Ulf Wallin, Arve Tellefsen, Jan Stanienda, Bernard Greenhouse
, Gary Hoffman, Alexander Rudin, Torleif Thedeen, Karl-Heinz Steffens, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Nikolai Dyadura, Noam Sharif and Agnieszka Duczmal.
Viola
The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
based in Berlin.
He is the 2009 BBC Music Magazine
BBC music magazine
BBC Music Magazine is a magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom by BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the BBC. Reflecting the broadcast output of BBC Radio 3, the magazine is devoted primarily to classical music, though with sections on jazz and world music. Each edition comes...
Awards Nominee, and recently toured with the Nordic Symphony Orchestra
Nordic Symphony Orchestra
-Biography:The Nordic Symphony Orchestra is an international symphony orchestra. The NSO was founded by Anu and Kadri Tali in 1997 under the name Estonian - Finnish Symphony Orchestra, to develop cultural contacts between Estonia and Finland...
under the direction of Anu Tali
Anu Tali
Anu Tali is an Estonian conductor. She started her musical training as a pianist, and graduated from the Tallinn Music High School in 1991. She continued her studies in the Estonian Music Academy as a conductor with Kuno Areng, Toomas Kapten and Roman Matsov. From 1998 to 2000, she studied at...
, performing Max Bruch
Max Bruch
Max Christian Friedrich Bruch , also known as Max Karl August Bruch, was a German Romantic composer and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a staple of the violin repertoire.-Life:Bruch was born in Cologne, Rhine Province, where he...
's Kol Nidrei at the Vienna Konzerthaus
Konzerthaus, Vienna
The Konzerthaus in Vienna was opened 1913. It is situated in the third district just at the edge of the first district in Vienna. Since it was founded it has always tried to emphasise both tradition and innovative musical styles.In 1890 the first ideas for a Haus für Musikfeste came about...
Großer Saal.
His future engagements include playing William Walton
William Walton
Sir William Turner Walton OM was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera...
's viola concerto
Viola Concerto (Walton)
The Viola Concerto by William Walton was written in 1929 for the violist Lionel Tertis at the suggestion of Sir Thomas Beecham. The concerto carries the dedication "To Christabel" ....
with the Suwon Philharmonic at the Seoul International Music Festival in Korea; in the Auditorio Nacional
National Auditorium of Music
The Auditorio Nacional de Música is a complex of concert venues located in Madrid, Spain and the main concert hall in the Madrid metropolitan area...
in Madrid with Orquesta y Coro de Comunidad de Madrid under Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Jean-Jacques Kantorow is a French violin virtuoso and conductor.-Biography:Kantorow was born in Cannes, France. From the age of 13 he studied at the Paris Conservatoire with René Benedetti, and in 1960 won the first violin prize...
, with Orquesta de Murcia, Filharmonia Pomorska and more.
He is a dedicated viola and chamber music professor with a renowned students class in Spain. "One of the worlds most important violists" wrote the critic after his performance of the William Walton viola concerto with the Lodz Philharmonic in February 2010.
He was born in 1973 in Tel Aviv, graduated from Rubin Academy in Tel Aviv where he studied with Prof. Haim Taub and Conservatoire de Paris – Cycle de Perfectionnement.
He collaborated with artists such as Claude Frank, Pnina Salzman, Roland Pontinen, Staffan Scheja, Bengt Forsberg, Wolfram Rieger, Peter Jablonski, Pavel Glilov, Gerard Poulet, Zachar Bron, Guy Braunstein, Ulf Wallin, Arve Tellefsen, Jan Stanienda, Bernard Greenhouse
Bernard Greenhouse
Bernard Greenhouse was an American cellist and one of the founding members of the Beaux Arts Trio.-Life:Greenhouse was born in Newark, New Jersey. He started his professional studies with Felix Salmond at the Juilliard School when he was eighteen...
, Gary Hoffman, Alexander Rudin, Torleif Thedeen, Karl-Heinz Steffens, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Nikolai Dyadura, Noam Sharif and Agnieszka Duczmal.
Recordings
External links
- Avri Levitan Official web site