Ida Levin

[1] In 1981, aged 18, Levin was invited by the pianist Rudolf Serkin to perform with him at the White House for President and Nancy Reagan.

The performance was part of a series involving experienced musicians introducing promising younger artists, and was recorded and broadcast on PBS.

[2][3] She went on to garner an Avery Fisher Career Grant and made her New York City debut as a soloist with the American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.

Internationally, she performed in England, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Israel.

[5] Levin recorded for labels Philips, EMI, Dynamic, Music Masters, and Nonesuch, as well as Stereophile, and wrote articles for Strings magazine.