"[3] In an interview published by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Levitan states that he was inspired, while growing up in Israel, by artists such as Leonard Bernstein, Pnina Salzman, and also Haim Taub, with whom he studied.
[4] Levitan studied at the Rubin Tel Aviv Academy before going on to receive a masters degree from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris.
The Jerusalem Post reviewer Ury Eppstein wrote, "Levitan, young and obviously talented, displayed pure intonation and a warm singing tone, more than one commonly hears from this often pale-sounding instrument.
[3][6] Levitan toured with the Nordic Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Anu Tali, performing Max Bruch's Kol Nidrei at the Vienna Konzerthaus Großer Saal.
[3] According to The Jerusalem Post, "The central tenet of the project is to create a model for gifted music students to perform on a regular basis for different audiences, principally for people who do not typically attend traditional concert halls.