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6 @ 6 at Yamaha, FRANK LEVY
FIRST CONCERT OF 6 @ 6 AT YAMAHA, directed by Pianist Mirian Conti, will take place on March 7th, at 6 PM for only $6.
We are proud to present FRANK LEVY.
As part of the series, we will also promote children pianists younger than 12 to open each concert with a short work. We will post the names of these young talents soon.
Pianist Frank Lévy has been hailed by audiences and critics alike as an artist of rare poetic insight and communicative powers. A semi-finalist in the Leeds and Clara Haskil international piano competitions, Frank Lévy has an international career as a recitalist performing on many of the worlds great stages, including the Avery Fisher Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York City, Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Gusman Hall in Miami, Royce Hall in Los Angeles, The Gardner Hall in Salt Lake City, Teatro Municipal in Santiago, Chile and the Stadthaussaal in Winterthur. He has performed under the batons of Louis Langrée, Mehli Mehta, Paul Dunkel, David Josefowitz, Libi Lebel, Cornelia Kodkani-Laemmli, Ya-Hui Wang, Martin Stüder and other conductors.
Mr. Lévy is recording the complete piano works of Schubert and Brahms for the Canadian label, Palexa. .
Award-winning teacher, Frank Lévy has served on the piano faculty of the Juilliard School Pre-College Division (1995-2008) and the City University of New York Graduate Center (2008-present). In January 2015, Frank Lévy joined the piano faculty of San Jose State University in California. Frank Levy is regularly invited to teach and perform at the International Keyboard Institute and Festival in New York, the Schlern International Music Festival in Italy, the Chopin Festival in Switzerland and the Dorothy Taubman Festival in New Jersey.
Mr. Lévys recent appearances include solo recitals in Santiago (Chile), Rio De Janeiro (Brazil), Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Montreal, New York City, San Francisco, San Jose, Miami, Houston, San Diego, Berkeley, Palo Alto and Stanford. Frank Lévy has given numerous lectures, lecture-recitals and master classes at universities, conservatories and music festivals around the world.
Frank Lévy, who grew up in Switzerland, entered the Geneva Conservatory at the age of fifteen and earned the bachelors and masters degrees studying with renowned pianist and pedagogue Louis Hiltbrand, and the doctorate in performance studying with Maria Tipo. After winning the Kiefer-Hablitzel Prize, Frank Lévy went to study with Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Conservatory, from where he received the Artist Diploma. He studied collaborative piano with Samuel Sanders and Margo Garrett in the Professional Studies Program at the Juilliard School, where he also worked with Emanuel Ax. Mr. Lévy also studied with Vlado Perlemuter in Paris, Dorothy Taubman in New York, Maria Curcio, Radu Lupu and Murray Perahia in London.
Frank Lévy lived in New York City for over 20 years. In 2011, the Lévy family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information about Franks upcoming concerts, please visit his website www.franklevy.com
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LocationThe Yamaha Piano Salon (View)
689 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Flr.
New York, NY 10022
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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