Evgeny Levitan
Evgeny Levitan (Russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Левита́н; 9 December 1943 – 30 August 2025) was a Russian pianist.
Life and career
Levitan was born in Leningrad on 9 December 1943, to a family of doctors. On his mother's side, he was the nephew of the poet Alexander Vvedensky. From 1973 he taught at the Ural State Mussorgsky Conservatory; For a number of years he was the head of the department of special piano.[1] Since 2005 he had been the head of the Department of Special Piano of the Chelyabinsk State Academy of Culture and Arts.[2]
He was the author of fundamental works on Stanislav Neuhaus and Bertha Maranz, and was the chairman and jury member of a number of piano competitions in Russia and abroad.[3]
Levitan founded the Stanislav Neuhaus International Competition, which took place in April 2007 and November 2010 in Chelyabinsk under the chairmanship of Vladimir Krainev and Eliso Virsaladze. A third competition was held in November 2015.[4]
Levitan died on 30 August 2025, at the age of 81.[5]
References
- ^ Смоленцев, Евгений (20 November 2020). Школа, славная традициями (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 978-5-04-121089-2.
- ^ "В Челябинске скончался выдающийся музыкант Евгений Левитан". Доступ (in Russian). Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ "Левитан, Евгений - слушать онлайн, скачать (Levitan, Evgeniy)". classic-online.ru. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ "Международный конкурс пианистов им. Станислава Нейгауза". neuhaus-competition.chgaki.ru. Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ "30 августа 2025 года ушел из жизни выдающийся российский музыкант, пианист, педагог, просветитель и музыкально-обществен - Форум последнего советского поколения". 1973.ru. Retrieved 1 September 2025.