Beth Levin Chapman:  

CLASS OF 1968
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Philadelphia, PA
Boston UniversityClass of 1976
Boston, MA
Philadelphia, PA

Beth's Story

Life Beth Levin is an acclaimed concerto soloist, recitalist, chamber musician and recording artist. On April 28, 2007 she performed Bach’s Goldberg Variations at Steinway Hall in New York City, a return for her to a composer in “the first repertoire I had studied as a child.” At age 12, Levin made her debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and soon after was selected to study with Rudolf Serkin at the Curtis Institute of Music. “Mr. Serkin was an inspiration the moment he walked into a room,” Levin recalls, “a single word evoking the eloquence of a poem.” As a concerto soloist, Levin has appeared with The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Boston Civic Symphony, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, and numerous other symphony orchestras throughout the Americas, working with noted conductors such as William Smith, Arthur Fiedler, Benjamin Zander, Tonu Kalam, Sidney Rothstein, Milton Katims, Silas Huff and Joseph Silverstein. Levin made her New York solo recital debut in 1982 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Chamber music festival collaborations brought her to the Marlboro Festival, Casals Festival, Harvard, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Ankara Music Festival and the Blue Hill Festival. As a “Music From Marlboro” artist, she toured the United States and Canada. A founding member of the Gramercy Trio, the American Arts Trio and Vista Lirica, Levin has also collaborated with the Audubon Quartet, the Vermeer Quartet, The Reykjavik Woodwind Quintet, the Daniel Quartet, the Boston Artists Ensemble and the Saratoga Chamber Players, as well as touring Europe extensively with Trio Borealis. In 2004, Levin traveled with Poetica Musica under the auspices of the U.S. State...Expand for more
Department, performing and giving master classes in Croatia, Serbia and Turkey. Levin’s recordings and radio broadcasts include Schubert's “Wanderer Fantasy” and Scott Wheeler's “Artist Proofs,” both of which were released for the Taubman Institute Recordings. For Columbia Masterworks, she recorded the Hummel “Quintet in D Minor.” Her recording of the Bach "Goldberg Variations" will be released by Centaur Records in 2008. Her performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio, WGBH (Boston), WFMT (Chicago) and WNYC, WNYE and WQXR (New York). As a soloist, chamber musician and interpreter of contemporary music, Levin performed and recorded works by Alan Campbell, Marc Eychenne, Brian Fennelly, Steven R. Gerber, Alexander Goretzky, Louis Karchin, Michael Rose, Allen Shearer, Scott Wheeler and David Del Tredici. Her training began with Maryan Filar at the Settlement Music School in Philadelphia, and in addition to Rudolf Serkin, her teachers included Leonard Shure at Boston University and Dorothy Taubman in New York City. Praise for Beth Levin: “...Ms. Levin kept the ear engaged with boldly inflected readings and an impressive ability to convey emotion without exhibition. Her technique was solid, and better still, her organic approach made it feel like an afterthought.” Jeremy Eichler, The New York Times "Over the years, Levin has transformed herself. The flame within still burns with undimmed intensity, but now there is warmth as well as blinding light." Richard Dyer, The Boston Globe "A pianist of rare qualities and the highest professional caliber. I was deeply impressed and moved by her performance at the last Marlboro Festival." Paul Badura-Skoda
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