Daniel Levy (pianist)

Daniel Levy (born 1947) is a classical pianist from Argentina. He is also an author, radio broadcaster and educator.

Early life

Levy was born in Buenos Aires, 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 Leonardo 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.

Professional career

Levy has recorded extensively over a 43-year career, with a catalogue of over 50 recordings for the Nimbus Records, 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), while he himself has been described as "a sensitive yet assertive musician who is profoundly committed to his art" (Ian Lace, Fanfare).

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 programme. 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.

Levy is the co-founder of the International Academy of Euphony, an organization dedicated to the study of sound and its effects on the human psyche.

Discography

Edelweiss Emission recordings

Nimbus Records recordings

Syntony Recordings

The 7 Tones of Balance and Musical Ecology of the Mind:

References

External links

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