“Not only…all the traditional
skills of speed, articulation, clarity, but…a wonderful sensitivity to
tone and phrase… turn[s] notes into something that lives and breathes.
[The] music is alive… There is no getting
away from this cleanness and clarity – this freshness – it is like
standing on the top of a mountain.”
-- Beryl A. Ladd, pianist
An accomplished performer and music educator, Mrs. Levin's work
received critical acclaim and was featured in numerous newspaper
articles, radio programs, and recordings, prior to her untimely
death in 1971 at the age of 41. Her work was honored by Oberlin
Conservatory of Music, Harvard University, and Hofstra University,
which includes the Rhoda Pinsley Levin Endowed Award for Excellence in
Musical Performance.
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“…a fine pianist, a student of
distinguished international figures.”
-- Gabriel Fontrier,
composer
“…vibrant, talented, and musically
sensitive.”
-- Joseph T. Hungate,
pianist
“…genuine, lovely,
sensitive…”
-- Elie Siegmeister,
composer
“...one of those rare musicians who
performed at the highest professional level, without ever losing sight
of the fact that the music was more important than she or her ego
was. She always listened with extraordinary care, whether the
performer was a student, a colleague, a concert artist -- or
herself. Her essential modesty and unwavering standards never
allowed her to be over-confident or complacent. She sought and
achieved ever-increasing mastery, not for her own glory, but because
that was what the music deserved!”
-- Audrey
Schneider, pianist
“…an accomplished
pianist. Her training had been top notch and her performance was
clean and intelligent…excellent qualities in her interpretation…
She worked extremely hard on a difficult program...a real
knuckle-buster...to great success… She was reluctant to extol her
virtues…[but] had nothing to be modest about… The good really
died young in her case and I shall always miss her.”
-- Morton Estrin, pianist
“…a remarkably
talented musician… a clarity and depth like that of fine wine…
Her soul shined through her fingertips, and there was a lot of
beauty in everything she played, whether it was solo music,
accompaniment, or chamber music.”
-- Carol Block Whited
