Levenson was born on 22 March 1884[1] in Akkerman, Bessarabia (now Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, Ukraine, then a province of Russian Empire).
[2] Levenson became a pupil of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and was awarded a doctorate from the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1907.
He accompanied a March 2021 performance of his work in London's Aeolian Hall by the Philharmonic String Quartet and assorted guests.
He performed and conducted his own works frequently in New York, including an annual concert at Carnegie Chamber Music Hall.
[5] Among his collaborators included bassonist Simon Kovar, Lorenzo Sansone, and Nina Koshetz.