Aaron Israel Levin

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Aaron Israel Levin is a composer of music guided by the emotional dynamism of storytelling and drama. He draws from an eclectic range of musical and extra-musical influences, inspired equally by American minimalism and European modernism, Jewish folklore and Italian cinema, nostalgia and the immediate present. His music has been presented by the Centro Nacional de las Artes (Mexico City); Constellation (Chicago); the DiMenna Center (NYC); Spectrum (NYC); the Schubert Club (Saint Paul, MN); and, the Aspen, Bowdoin, Fresh Inc., Oregon Bach, Red Note, and Source Song festivals. Select honors include the Audience Choice Commission from the Earshot Underwood New Music Readings; the Druckman Prize from the Aspen Music Festival & School; the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts & Letters; and, recognition as a finalist for the ASCAP Morton Gould Award. Originally from St. Paul, Minnesota, Aaron is a graduate of Grinnell College and the Yale School of Music.