Avri Levitan

Avri Levitan (; born 1973) is an Israeli violist based in Berlin. He conceived the nonprofit Musethica with Carmen Marcuello in 2009 and launched it in 2012 in Zaragoza, Spain. Levitan has received nominations at the BBC Music Magazine Awards in 2009 and the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards in 2012.

Early life and education Levitan was born in 1973 in Tel Aviv, Israel, and is of Polish descent. His parents introduced him to classical music, and he began taking viola lessons at the age of five.

Levitan studied at the Rubin Tel Aviv Academy before going on to receive a masters degree from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris.

His 2009 album was a BBC Music Magazine Awards nominee, and he also received a 2012 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards nomination. Levitan toured with the Nordic Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Anu Tali, performing Max Bruch's Kol Nidrei at the Vienna Konzerthaus Großer Saal.

In 2009, Levitan conceived of Musethica with Carmen Marcuello and launched it in 2012 in Zaragoza, Spain. Musethica merges the words "music" and "aesthetics".

Documentary The documentary film k.364, by Douglas Gordon, tells Levitan's story and that of fellow Israeli musician Roi Shiloah. k.364 was also produced as a video installation with multiple screens.

Personal life Levitan is Jewish. He is married to the Swedish violinist Maria Winiarski, and they have three children.