Robert Levin
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Pianist, composer, musicologist, and conductor Robert Levin was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 13, 1947. Educated at Brooklyn Friends School and Andrew Jackson High School, he spent a year in Paris studying with Nadia Boulanger, before attending Harvard University, where, in 1968, he received the Bachelor of Arts degree for his thesis on Mozart's unfinished works, of which he was to become a world-renowned specialist. He continued his training, taking lessons in the USA and France with numerous teachers including the Casadesus brothers (Jean and Robert), Clifford Curzon (piano), Seymour Bernstein (solfeggio), Suzanne Bloch (counterpoint), Stefan Wolpe (composition), and Eleazar de Carvalho (conducting). He began his teaching career at the Curtis Institute, where he was appointed head of the music theory department, then at New York's Purchase University as associate professor in 1975, at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg (Germany) from 1986 to 1993, and at Harvard, where he is professor emeritus. Alongside this activity, Robert Levin established his position as a concert artist through recitals and recordings. He has collaborated with violist Kim Kashkashian on collections devoted to Hindemith, Shostakovich, and Kurtág (for ECM New Series), with Christopher Hogwood on a series of Mozart concertos on period instruments (for L'Oiseau-Lyre), and with John Eliot Gardiner on Beethoven concertos (for Archiv Produktion). While he has also worked on works by composers such as J. S. Bach, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms, Robert Levin is best known for his work on the completion and reconstruction of fragments left by Mozart, such as the Requiem, K. 626, the Great Mass in C minor, K. 627, and various other unfinished pieces. In 2022, his complete Mozart: The Piano Sonatas, recorded on the composer's fortepiano at the Salzburg Mozarteum, was a critically acclaimed premiere. This achievement was followed by a series of Mozart concertos recorded for The Academy of Ancient Music label including 2023âs Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 5 & Church Sonata No. 17, Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 7 & 10, and Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 24.
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- Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major, K.450 - 3. Allegro featuring Academy of Ancient Music
- Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K.537 "Coronation" - 2. (Larghetto) featuring Academy of Ancient Music
- Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K.537 "Coronation" - 1. Allegro featuring Academy of Ancient Music
- Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K.488 - 1. Allegro featuring Academy of Ancient Music
- Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36: I. Adagio - Allegro con brio by David Watkin
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in F Major, K. 280: I. Allegro assai
- Au gré des ondes: 5. Hommage à Bach
- Keyboard Concerto in E major, BWV 1053 - I. (without tempo indication)
- Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, K. 279: I. Allegro
- Piano Concerto No. 11 in F major, K.413~1. Allegro featuring Academy of Ancient Music
- Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: I. Tema con variazioni. Andante grazioso
- Au gré des ondes: 4. Mouvement perpetuel
- Grieg: 4 Norwegian Dances, Op. 35: No. 2, Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso
- Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36: III. Scherzo. Allegro by David Watkin
- English Suite No. 5 In e Minor, BWV 810: I. Prelude
- English Suite No. 6 In D Minor, BWV 811: V. Gavotte I - Gavotte II - Gavotte I Repetatur
- Beethoven: Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra in C Minor, Op. 80 - 1st Alternative Improvised Introduction featuring John Eliot Gardiner
- Trois Préludes pour piano: 1. D'ombre et de silence
- Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K.415~3. Rondeau (Allegro) featuring Academy of Ancient Music
- Mini-prélude en éventail: Mini-prélude en éventail
- Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K.482 - 2. Andante featuring Academy of Ancient Music
- English Suite No. 4 In F Major, BWV 809: V. Menuet I - Menuet II - Menuet I Repetatur
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 - I. Adagio - Allegro con brio by David Watkin
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 - I. Adagio - Allegro con brio featuring David Watkin
