Congratulations to Aaron Israel Levin on being named winner of the 2024 Cortona Prize for his piece Videogame Vespers! This work will be performed by the Cortona Collective during the 2024 Sessions, being held June 10-21, 2024 in Ede, Netherland at the Akoesticum facility.
Honorable mention goes to submission by Corie Rose Soumah for Limpidites IV and Remy Le Boeuf for Two Vignettes.
About
Aaron Israel Levin is an American composer whose music is guided by the emotional dynamism of storytelling and drama. Aaron’s music has been performed and commissioned by the Aizuri Quartet, Bent Frequency Duo, the Chelsea Symphony, Fifth House Ensemble, the Historical Keyboard Society of North America, the Iowa Composers Forum, loop38, the Music Teachers National Association, New European Ensemble, Onix Ensamble, Salastina, and mezzo-sopranos Kayleigh Butcher and Lisa Neher. Select honors include the Audience Choice Commission from the Earshot Underwood New Music Readings with the American Composers Orchestra; the Druckman Prize from the Aspen Music Festival & School; and, the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts & Letters.
Originally from Saint Paul, Minnesota, Aaron is a graduate of Grinnell College (BA) and the Yale School of Music (MM), where he is currently pursuing his DMA. His mentors include Katherine Balch, Martin Bresnick, Aaron Jay Kernis, David Lang, Eric McIntyre, and Chris Theofanidis. In 2023-24, Aaron is in residence at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague in the Netherlands with support from the Frank Huntington Beebe Fund. For more information, visit aaronisraellevin.com.