- Yoel Levi
Yoel Levi (1950—) is a musician and conductor. Born in
Romania , he grew up inIsrael . He studied at theTel Aviv Academy of Music , earning a Master of Arts degree with distinction. He also studied at theJerusalem Academy of Music underMendi Rodan . Levi has also studied withFranco Ferrara inSiena andRome , withKiril Kondrashin in theNetherlands , and at theGuildhall School of Music and Drama inLondon .In 1988, Levi became the
music director and principal conductor for theAtlanta Symphony Orchestra . Levi became the music director emeritus in 2000, succeeded as music director byRobert Spano . Through 2004-2005, Levi continued to conduct two concert weekends in Atlanta each season. In 2001, he was awarded theChevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.He conducted the
Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra at the 1991 Nobel Prize Ceremony.Under him, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra played at the opening and closing ceremonies of the1996 Summer Olympics inAtlanta .As of 2005, he is a music advisor to the
Flemish Radio Orchestra and is the Principal Guest Conductor of theIsrael Philharmonic Orchestra .Eyal Levi from the death metal band
DÅÅTH (Roadrunner Records) is Maestro Levi's oldest son. Mr Levi's youngest son, Daniel, is a professional drummer.Performed with
Levi also has performed with many other renowned music groups, including appearances with:
*Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
*Boston Symphony Orchestra
*Budapest Orchestra
*Chicago Symphony Orchestra
*Cleveland Orchestra
*Copenhagen Orchestra
*Flemish Radio Orchestra
*Frankfurt Orchestra
*Ile-de-France Orchestra
*Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
*London Philharmonic Orchestra
*Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
*Minnesota Orchestra
*Montreal Symphony Orchestra
*Munich Orchestra
*Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
*New York Philharmonic
*New Zealand Symphony Orchestra [http://www.nzso.co.nz/home]
*Philadelphia Orchestra
*Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
*Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
*Rome Symphony Orchestra
*San Francisco Symphony
*Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
*Teatro Communale Orchestra (Italy )
*Toronto Symphony Orchestra
*Washington Symphony Orchestra
*Yngwie J. Malmsteen
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