Faculty

Ilya Levinson was born in the former U.S.S.R. and graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory as a composer. In 1988 he immigrated to the United States, and in 1997 he earned a doctorate in composition at the University of Chicago, where now serves as Lecturer in Music and Instructor in the College.

Levinson's works have been performed in Russia by a variety of ensembles and in Chicago by the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Contemporary Chamber Players, the University of Chicago New Music Ensemble, and Northwestern University. In 1994 he was a winner of the Midwest Composers Competition, and in 1997 he received an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Music Composition. Levinson is currently composer-in-residence with American Music Festivals.

Office: Goodspeed 405
Phone: (773) 702-8098
E-mail: ilevinso@uchicago.edu