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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
American symphony orchestra in Boston, MA
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Seiji Ozawa
Seiji Ozawa
Japanese orchestra conductor
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Charles Dutoit
Charles Dutoit
Swiss conductor
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Ludovic Morlot
Ludovic Morlot
conductor
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
symphony orchestra in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Canadian conductor and pianist
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Fabio Luisi
Fabio Luisi
Italian conductor
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Erich Leinsdorf
Erich Leinsdorf
American conductor
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Kathleen Battle
Kathleen Battle
American opera singer
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David Robertson
David Robertson
American conductor
10
Thomas Adès
Thomas Adès
British composer, pianist and conductor
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Alan Gilbert
Alan Gilbert
American conductor and violinist
12
Karl Muck
Karl Muck
German-born Swiss conductor of classical music
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Susanna Mälkki
Susanna Mälkki
Finnish conductor and cellist
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Michelle DeYoung
Michelle DeYoung
singer
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Charles Wuorinen
Charles Wuorinen
American composer
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Kirill Karabits
Kirill Karabits
Ukrainian conductor
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Elliott Carter
Elliott Carter
American composer
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Valery Gergiev
Valery Gergiev
Russian conductor and opera company director
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Kent Nagano
Kent Nagano
American conductor and opera administrator
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Sergiu Comissiona
Sergiu Comissiona
American conductor
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Wolfgang Sawallisch
Wolfgang Sawallisch
German conductor and pianist
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Renée Fleming
Renée Fleming
American opera soprano
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Hildegard Behrens
Hildegard Behrens
German operatic soprano
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John Adams
John Adams
American composer
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William Steinberg
William Steinberg
American conductor
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Charles Munch
Charles Munch
French musician
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Pablo Heras-Casado
Pablo Heras-Casado
Spanish conductor
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Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta
Indian conductor
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Boston Pops Orchestra
Boston Pops Orchestra
American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts
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Stéphane Denève
Stéphane Denève
French conductor
James Levine
American conductor and pianist

James Levine

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American conductor and pianist
Record Labels
Awards Received
National Medal of Arts
Gold Decoration for Services to the City of Vienna
Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award
Kennedy Center Honors
Member of, past and present
American Academy of Arts and Sciences

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

James Lawrence Levine (/lɪˈvaɪn/; June 23, 1943 – March 9, 2021) was an American conductor and pianist. He was music director of the Metropolitan Opera (the "Met") from 1976 to 2016. He was formally terminated from all his positions and affiliations with the Met on March 12, 2018, over sexual misconduct allegations, which he denied.

Levine held leadership positions with the Ravinia Festival, the Munich Philharmonic, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In 1980 he started the Lindemann Young Artists Development Program, and trained singers, conductors, and musicians for professional careers.

After 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.