Jodi Levitz is an American

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. She has performed throughout Europe, South America, the US, and the Far East as a solo violist and has recorded works for the viola on several record labels including

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. She is the violist of the Ives Quartet. She is currently on the viola and chamber music

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and directs the Stamps Scholars program. She is also a faculty member of the Zephyr International Chamber Music Festival, held annually in Courmayeur, Italy. She won first place in several competitions, including the D'Angelo Competition and the Hudson Valley Young Artists Competition. After receiving her

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, she served for twelve seasons as the Principal and Solo Violist for the Italian chamber orchestra, I Solisti Veneti in addition to additional Principal positions at orchestras in Ferrara, Mantova, Tuscany, and Parma. She is fluent in Italian. Her pedagogical lineage includes William Lincer,

Paul Doktor Paul Doktor (March 28, 1917 in Vienna – June 21, 1989 in New York City) was a notable violist and orchestra conductor. The son of singer-pianist Georgine and violist Karl Doktor, at the age of five, Paul began violin studies with his father ...

Dorothy DeLay Dorothy DeLay (March 31, 1917 – March 24, 2002) was an American violin teacher, instructor, primarily at the Juilliard School, Sarah Lawrence College, and the University of Cincinnati. Life Dorothy DeLay was born on March 31, 1917, in Medic ...

, and Margaret Pardee.

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External links

Jodi Levitz
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Faculty Biography

Ives Quartet profile

Viola.com biography

Zephyr Music Festival Faculty profile
Jodi Levitz's discography
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