Levidis won the Franz Liszt Prize for his Piano Sonata op.16.
[1] He wrote abundantly, in many genres, with a refined technique combining Straussian harmony and Ravelian impressionism,[2] also exploiting Greek modes, in an appealing style of greater homogeneity than that of many of his Greek contemporaries.
The soloist was Maurice Martenot, performing for the first time in public on an electronic device of his own invention.
[4] Following its impressive debut, the conductor Leopold Stokowski brought Martenot to the United States to perform the Levidis work with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
[5] After his return to Greece in about 1932, Levidis was appointed to the Ministry of Education to teach at the Hellenic Conservatory and at the Music Lyceum.