Bruce Levingston
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Bruce Levingston is an American concert pianist known for his interpretations of contemporary music.[1][2]
Levingston was born and grew up in the Mississippi Delta.[3] He was educated at Darlington School in Rome, Georgia, graduating in 1979.[4]
Levingston has performed many times at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.[5][2] He has been hailed for his adventurousness by The New York Times.[6][7] In a 2011 review, critic Steve Smith wrote that "Mr. Levingston, in particular, values illuminating connections among the pieces he programs."[7]
In 2001, he started the Premiere Commission, a foundation underwriting new and contemporary works.[8] Levingston is the Chancellor's Honors College Artist in Residence and holds the Lester Glenn Fant Chair at the University of Mississippi.[2]
He lives in New York City and Oxford, Mississippi.[5]
