Ron Levy, Pianist and Assistant Conductor
RON LEVY, internationally acclaimed pianist, has been called "first-class" by the New York Times. He regularly appears as a soloist, and in partnership with many of the world's leading singers and instrumentalists. A graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory, Mr. Levy is a founding member of the Hudson Trio, Kaleidoscope, New World Trio, Manchester Chamber Players, Breucklin Trio, Arundo Chamber Ensemble, and the award-winning Palisades Virtuosi, recipient of the 2022 American Prize [for the Performance of American Chamber Music], and resident chamber ensemble at the University of Hawaii and The Ridgewood Conservatory. He has been pianist and harpsichordist of the Oberlin Orchestra, Adelphi Chamber Orchestra, New Jersey and North Jersey Philharmonics, Westchester Symphony, Albany Symphony and the All Seasons Chamber Players.
For over 20 years, Mr. Levy was associated with the Manchester (VT) Music Festival, of which he was a faculty and Executive Board member. While living in Vermont, he was Music Director and Conductor of the Opera Theater in Weston, and impresario of the "Third Saturday [chamber music] Series" at the historic Equinox Hotel (where he was Music & Entertainment Director), as well as the "Music On The Hill" series at the Southern Vermont Art Center.
Presently, Mr. Levy is the Music Director of the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, NJ, and pianist and Assistant Conductor of the Orpheus Club Men's Chorus. Mr. Levy has taught at numerous colleges, and is currently an instructor at Montclair State University; he maintains an active and on-going affiliation with the Manhattan School of Music, Juilliard, and NJ PAC and HAC PAC. Mr. Levy conceived two "mini-festivals" on the subjects of Ondine and Les Six, which were presented by the NY Public Library at Lincoln Center. He was a frequent soloist with the NY Metropolitan Museum of Art's in-house chamber ensemble. In 2008, Mr. Levy performed (with Palisades Virtuosi) at the venerable Stratford (CA) Summer Music Festival, founded by Glenn Gould. In November of 2013, Ron, a passionate champion of contemporary music, presented a concert at Weill Recital at Carnegie Hall, which included sixteen works written for him (and his colleagues). That same fall, he served on the jury of the Heida Hermanns International Piano Competition. Mr. Levy is a member of the Board of Directors of the Rockland and Monmouth Symphony Orchestras.
A two-term President of the Professional Music Teachers' Guild of NJ, he is a contributing editor to BIM Music Publications, Switzerland. Recordings by Mr. Levy are available on the Albany, Centaur, Eroica, 4Tay, Great Kate, High Point, Koch International, MMF, Phoenix USA and Summit labels; several of the individual CDs comprising Palisades Virtuosi's New American Masters Series (Albany Records) have been submitted for Grammy's.
Ron is the unintentional star of the YouTube video "Five Top Worst Page Turn Fails," which has gone viral with over two million hits!
For over 20 years, Mr. Levy was associated with the Manchester (VT) Music Festival, of which he was a faculty and Executive Board member. While living in Vermont, he was Music Director and Conductor of the Opera Theater in Weston, and impresario of the "Third Saturday [chamber music] Series" at the historic Equinox Hotel (where he was Music & Entertainment Director), as well as the "Music On The Hill" series at the Southern Vermont Art Center.
Presently, Mr. Levy is the Music Director of the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, NJ, and pianist and Assistant Conductor of the Orpheus Club Men's Chorus. Mr. Levy has taught at numerous colleges, and is currently an instructor at Montclair State University; he maintains an active and on-going affiliation with the Manhattan School of Music, Juilliard, and NJ PAC and HAC PAC. Mr. Levy conceived two "mini-festivals" on the subjects of Ondine and Les Six, which were presented by the NY Public Library at Lincoln Center. He was a frequent soloist with the NY Metropolitan Museum of Art's in-house chamber ensemble. In 2008, Mr. Levy performed (with Palisades Virtuosi) at the venerable Stratford (CA) Summer Music Festival, founded by Glenn Gould. In November of 2013, Ron, a passionate champion of contemporary music, presented a concert at Weill Recital at Carnegie Hall, which included sixteen works written for him (and his colleagues). That same fall, he served on the jury of the Heida Hermanns International Piano Competition. Mr. Levy is a member of the Board of Directors of the Rockland and Monmouth Symphony Orchestras.
A two-term President of the Professional Music Teachers' Guild of NJ, he is a contributing editor to BIM Music Publications, Switzerland. Recordings by Mr. Levy are available on the Albany, Centaur, Eroica, 4Tay, Great Kate, High Point, Koch International, MMF, Phoenix USA and Summit labels; several of the individual CDs comprising Palisades Virtuosi's New American Masters Series (Albany Records) have been submitted for Grammy's.
Ron is the unintentional star of the YouTube video "Five Top Worst Page Turn Fails," which has gone viral with over two million hits!