Robert Levin is a pianist and music scholar, noted for his study, reconstruction and performance of Mozart works as well as his interest in performance on historical instruments. As a pianist, Levin has been heard throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, and in Asia, in recital, as soloist, and in chamber concerts. He has appeared as a soloist with many of the top orchestras in the nation, and has performed on period pianos with respected early music groups throughout the world.

Robert Levin is renowned for his restoration of the Classical period practice of improvised embellishments and cadenzas; his Mozart and Beethoven performances have been hailed for their active mastery of the Classical musical language. He has also performed early music for a variety of keyboard instruments, recording the complete Bach concertos with Helmuth Rilling as well as the English Suites, and the Well-Tempered Clavier on five keyboard instruments.

Mr. Levin is currently on the faculty of Harvard Univeristy, and has taught at the Curtis Institute of Music, the School of the Arts at SUNY Purchase, the Conservatoire Américaine, and the Staatliche Hochschule für Music in Freiburg. After more than a quarter century as an artist faculty member at the Sarasota Music Festival he was made Associate Artistic Director in 2004 and will succeed Paul Wolfe as Artistic Director in 2007. Mr. Levin studied with Louis Martin, Stefan Wolpe, and Nadia Boulanger.