Daniel Levy (classical pianist)
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Daniel Levy is a classical pianist from Argentina
. In addition to being a highly successful musician, Levy has created a career for himself as an author, radio broadcaster and educator.
, Argentina. He began playing the piano at age six and received a musical education under the tutorship of Ana Gelber and Vincenzo Scaramuzza
, whose former pupils include Martha Argerich
and Bruno Gelber. He gave his debut performance at age 16, playing a piano recital with works by Bach
, Chopin
and Schumann
. In 1967 he won the Jeunesses Musicales piano competition and in 1969 was announced the winner of the Mozarteum piano competition.
, Edelweiss Emission and Syntony record labels. His recording career has included a number of notable collaborations with artists that include Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
, the Philharmonia Orchestra
, Wolfgang Holzmair
and Franco Maggio Ormezowski.
Levy has performed in some of the world's most famous concert halls, including Royal Festival Hall
(London), Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires) and Teatro La Fenice
(Venice).
His piano playing has been praised for its “lovely, crystalline tone” (Bernard Jacobson, Fanfare Magazine
), while he himself has been described as “a sensitive yet assertive musician who is profoundly committed to his art” (Ian Lace, Fanfare Magazine).
The book Euphony – The Sound of Life is currently being used as the main text in the Euphony – Implementing Teacher Knowledge project (2005–2007) as part of the European Union’s Socrates Grundtvig I programme. Daniel Levy is also the main tutor of this programme. Levy’s latest literary offering, Echoes of the Wind, is an introspective novel that is accompanied by a CD of selected classical pieces chosen by the author himself.
Daniel Levy is also the co-founder of the International Academy of Euphony, an organization dedicated to the study of sound and its effects on the human psyche.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. In addition to being a highly successful musician, Levy has created a career for himself as an author, radio broadcaster and educator.
Early life
Daniel Levy was born in Buenos AiresBuenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina. He began playing the piano at age six and received a musical education under the tutorship of Ana Gelber and Vincenzo Scaramuzza
Vincenzo Scaramuzza
Vincenzo Scaramuzza -in spanish: Vicente Scaramuzza- was an Italian Argentine pianist and music teacher.Scaramuzza was born in Crotone, Italy, on June 19, 1885. Introduced to the piano by his father, Francesco, he was a concert performer by age seven, and enrolled in the prestigious San Pietro a...
, whose former pupils include Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich is an Argentine pianist.-Early life:Argerich was born in Buenos Aires and started playing the piano at age three...
and Bruno Gelber. He gave his debut performance at age 16, playing a piano recital with works by Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
, Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
and Schumann
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
. In 1967 he won the Jeunesses Musicales piano competition and in 1969 was announced the winner of the Mozarteum piano competition.
Professional career
Levy has recorded extensively over a 43-year career, with a catalogue of over 50 recordings for the Nimbus RecordsNimbus Records
Nimbus Records is a British record company specializing in classical music recordings.Nimbus was founded in 1972 by the late bass singer Numa Labinsky and the brothers Michael and Gerald Reynolds and has traditionally been based at the Wyastone Leys mansion site, near Monmouth and the English/Welsh...
, Edelweiss Emission and Syntony record labels. His recording career has included a number of notable collaborations with artists that include Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is a retired German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music, one of the most famous lieder performers of the post-war period and "one of the supreme vocal artists of the 20th century"...
, the Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
The Philharmonia Orchestra is one of the leading orchestras in Great Britain, based in London. Since 1995, it has been based in the Royal Festival Hall. In Britain it is also the resident orchestra at De Montfort Hall, Leicester and the Corn Exchange, Bedford, as well as The Anvil, Basingstoke...
, Wolfgang Holzmair
Wolfgang Holzmair
Wolfgang Holzmair is an Austrian baritone.Holzmair studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He won 2nd prize in the baritone class of the 's-Hertogenbosch International Vocal Competition in 1981, and a year later 1st prize in the Musikverein International Lieder Competition,...
and Franco Maggio Ormezowski.
Levy has performed in some of the world's most famous concert halls, including Royal Festival Hall
Royal Festival Hall
The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,900-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge. It is a Grade I listed building - the first post-war building to become so protected...
(London), Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires) and Teatro La Fenice
La Fenice
Teatro La Fenice is an opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of the most famous theatres in Europe, the site of many famous operatic premieres. Its name reflects its role in permitting an opera company to "rise from the ashes" despite losing the use of two theatres...
(Venice).
His piano playing has been praised for its “lovely, crystalline tone” (Bernard Jacobson, Fanfare Magazine
Fanfare Magazine
Fanfare is a magazine devoted to reviewing classical music performance and recordings.Fanfare's contributors have a range of expertise from the medieval to contemporary work...
), while he himself has been described as “a sensitive yet assertive musician who is profoundly committed to his art” (Ian Lace, Fanfare Magazine).
Other activities
Daniel Levy is the author of the books Euphony – The Sound of Life (Cassiopeia, 1986), Eternal Beauty (Cassiopeia, 1988) and Echoes of the Wind (Editorial Dunken, 2007).The book Euphony – The Sound of Life is currently being used as the main text in the Euphony – Implementing Teacher Knowledge project (2005–2007) as part of the European Union’s Socrates Grundtvig I programme. Daniel Levy is also the main tutor of this programme. Levy’s latest literary offering, Echoes of the Wind, is an introspective novel that is accompanied by a CD of selected classical pieces chosen by the author himself.
Daniel Levy is also the co-founder of the International Academy of Euphony, an organization dedicated to the study of sound and its effects on the human psyche.
Edelweiss Emission recordings
- BRAHMS: Variations On A Theme by R. Schumann Op. 9, 3 Intermezzi Op. 117, 6 Klavierstücke Op. 118
- BRAHMS: THE SONATAS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO, D.Levy – piano, N.Chumachenco – violin
- SCHUMANN: THE COMPLETE PIANO WORKS Vol.1, Papillons Op.2, Impromptu on a theme by Clara Wieck Op. 5 , Fantasie in C majorFantasie in C (Schumann)The Fantasie in C major, Op. 17, was written by Robert Schumann in 1836. It was revised prior to publication in 1839, when it was dedicated to Franz Liszt. It is generally described as one of Schumann's greatest works for solo piano, and is one of the central works of the early Romantic period. ...
, Op.17 - SCHUMANN: THE COMPLETE PIANO WORKS Vol.2, Drei Romanzen Op.28, Allegro Op.8, Sonata in F Sharp Minor Op.11
- SCHUMANN: THE CHAMBER MUSIC WITH PIANO, Violinsonaten Op. 105 & 121, Märchenerzählungen Op. 132, Drei Romanzen Op. 94 , Adagio and Allegro Op. 70, FantasiestückeFantasy Pieces for Clarinet and PianoThree Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73, were written in 1849 by the Romantic era composer Robert Schumann...
Op. 73, MärchenbilderMärchenbilder (Schumann)Märchenbilder or Fairy Tale Pictures, for Viola and Piano, Op. 113, was written by Robert Schumann in March 1851. The work is dedicated to the German violinist and conductor Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski...
Op. 113, Daniel Levy – piano, N. Chumachenco – violin, viola, A. Morf – clarinet, P. Borgonovo – oboe, M. Rota – horn (2 CD) - SCHUMANN: LIEDER on poems by Heine, Lenau and Geibel, Wolfgang Holzmair – baritone, Daniel Levy – piano
- CLARA WIECK SCHUMANN: Piano Works
- SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in G Major D894, Impromptus D899
- GRIEG: LYRIC PIECES, 66 LYRIC PIECES, SONATA Op. 7 (3 CD)
- GRIEG: THE SONATAS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO, Sonata in F Major, Sonata in G Major, Sonata in C Minor, Nicolás Chumachenco – violin, Daniel Levy – piano
- CHOPIN: NOCTURNES
- WALZER: BRAHMS, 16 Walzer Op.39; CHOPIN, 5 Walzer; LISZT, Valse Impromptu, Mephisto Waltz No.1; SCRIABIN, Valse Op.1, Valse Op.Post., Valse op.38
- A PIANO RECITAL FOR ITALY, music by Liszt
- A PIANO RECITAL FOR THE WORLD'S CHILDREN, various composers (LIVE RECORDING)
- A PIANO RECITAL FOR VENICE, various composers
- BRAHMS: PIANO CONCERTO No.1, CHACONNA By Bach For The Left Hand, Daniel Levy – piano, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau – conductor, Philharmonia Orchestra
- SCHUMANN: PIANO CONCERTO Op. 54 in A Minor, Konzertstücke Op.92 (Introduzione ed Allegro Appassionato); Schön Hedwig Op.106, Zwei Balladen for declamation and piano, Daniel Levy – piano, Philharmonia Orchestra, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau – conductor and declamation, (Daniel Levy's Edition – A Piano for Human Concord)
- SCHUBERT: Piano Sonata in B Flat D960, Moments Musicaux D780, (Daniel Levy's Edition – A Piano for Human Concord)
- BRAHMS: CELLO SONATAS, Sonata No.1 in E Minor Op.38, Sonata No.2 in F Major Op.99, Franco Maggio Ormezowski – cello, Daniel Levy – piano, (Daniel Levy's Edition – A Piano for Human Concord)
- ALMA ARGENTINA: GUASTAVINO Mariana, El Ceibo, Bailecito, La Siesta, Tres Preludios: El Patio, El Sauce, Los Gorriones, La Casa, Tierra Linda; GINASTERA Tres Danzas Argentinas, Milonga; RAMIREZ Alfonsina y El Mar; GARDEL El día que me quieras; PIAZZOLLA Tres preludios, Contrabajísimo (Daniel Levy's Edition – A Piano for Human Concord)
Nimbus Records recordings
- SCHUMANN: PIANO MUSIC Vol.1, Davidsbündlertänze Op.6, Kinderszenen Op.15
- SCHUMANN: PIANO MUSIC Vol.2, Album für die Jugend Op.68
- SCHUMANN: PIANO MUSIC Vol.3, FantasiestückeFantasiestückeRobert Schumann's Fantasiestücke, Op. 12, are eight pieces for piano, written in 1837. Schumann titled the work inspired by the 1814 collection of novellas Fantasiestücke in Callots Manier by his favourite author, E. T. A...
Op.12, Sonata No.2 Op.22, Klavierstücke Op.32 - SCHUMANN: PIANO MUSIC Vol.4, Gesänge der Frühe Op.133, Waldszenen Op.82, Nachtstücke Op.23
- SCHUMANN: PIANO MUSIC Vol.5, Carnaval Op.9, Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op.26, Arabeske Op.18
Syntony Recordings
The 7 Tones of Balance and Musical Ecology of the Mind:- Vol. 1: Strength
- Vol. 2: Positive Optimism
- Vol. 3: Courage
- Vol. 4: Enthusiasm
- Vol. 5: Joy
- Vol. 6: Stillness
- Vol. 7: Compassion
- Vol. 8: Musical Ecology of the Mind