Robert Levin

Background

About Robert Levin

Robert Levin is a respected arts consultant and manager with nearly forty years of experience in the performing arts in the areas of artist management, orchestra management, public relations, concert presentation and production, special event planning and artistic and performance consulting. A graduate of The Juilliard School with bachelor and master of music degrees, Mr. Levin was a professional violinist and active chamber musician up until the time he began managing the careers of fellow performing artists in 1977. For several years, he worked in conjunction with established New York concert management firms such as ICM Artists, Columbia Artists Management, and Shaw Concerts. In 1979, Mr. Levin formed his own artist management company, Robert Levin Associates, through which he and his staff managed, promoted and marketed concert artists worldwide and presented concerts in major United States concert halls. Throughout the years, Mr. Levin managed and presented many acclaimed concert artists, including pianists Jorge Federico Osorio, Stephen Hough, Bella Davidovich, Santiago Rodriguez, and Malcolm Frager; violinists Elmar Oliveira, Alena Baeva, Frank Huang, Jennifer Frautschi, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, and Daniel Heifetz; cellists Stephen Kates, Colin Carr, and Ralph Kirshbaum; guitarist Eliot Fisk; flutist Mathieu Dufour; hornists Dale Clevenger and David Jolley; clarinetist Giora Feidman; conductors Ronald Zollman and Jorge Mester; the Bach Aria Group; and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players. Mr. Levin presented and produced numerous concerts in major American venues such as Carnegie Hall, Fisher Hall, Tully Hall and the Tisch Center for the Arts. As a consultant, he conducted several highly successful promotional, public relations and executive search campaigns. He also served as Operations Manager of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and on the Board of Chicago College of Performing Arts of Roosevelt University, and was Director of the Music Institute of Chicago’s prestigious Academy program.