He had a brother, Tom, who was two years younger, who followed him to New York City from Cincinnati in 1974, and with whom he was very close. His maternal grandfather was a composer and a cantor in a synagogue his father, Lawrence, was a violinist who led dance bands under the name "Larry Lee" before entering his father's clothing business and his mother, Helen Goldstein Levine, was briefly an actress on Broadway, performing as "Helen Golden". Levine was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to a musical Jewish family. In 1980 he started the Lindemann Young Artists Development Program, and trained singers, conductors, and musicians for professional careers.Īfter taking an almost two-year health-related hiatus from conducting from 2011 to 2013, during which time he held artistic and administrative planning sessions at the Met, and led training of the Lindemann Young Artists, Levine retired as the Met's full-time Music Director following the 2015–16 season to become Music Director Emeritus. Levine held leadership positions with the Ravinia Festival, the Munich Philharmonic, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He was terminated from all his positions and affiliations with the Met on March 12, 2018, over sexual misconduct allegations, which he denied. He was music director of the Metropolitan Opera (the "Met") from 1976 to 2016. James Lawrence Levine ( / l ɪ ˈ v aɪ n/ J– March 9, 2021) was an American conductor and pianist.
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