Praised for her “communicative, emotionally intense expression” (Jerusalem Post) and for “playing exquisitely” (Dallas Morning News), Emily Levin is the Principal Harpist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Bronze Medal Winner of the 9th USA International Harp Competition. 

Emily has performed as Guest Principal Harp with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Houston Symphony, and regularly appears with the New York Philharmonic. In 2021 she made her debut at the Ojai Music Festival; other solo performances include the Jerusalem, Colorado and West Virginia Symphony Orchestras, and at Carnegie Hall, the Kimmel Center, and Festpiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. She is a laureate of Astral Artists. For her debut album, Something Borrowed, the Classical Recording Foundation named her their 2017 Young Artist of the Year. Emily is currently visiting Harp Faculty at the Aspen Music Festival, of which she is a proud alumnus. 

In 2022, Emily launched GroundWork(s), a project commissioning one American composer from each state, for harp-centric works premiering in the composer’s hometown. Current collaborations include a solo harp work by Michael Ippolito, a chamber concerto by Aaron Holloway Nahum, and a trio for harp, violin and cello by Angélica Negrón.   

In Dallas, Emily is Artistic Director of Fine Arts Chamber Players and Harp Faculty at Southern Methodist University. She studied with Nancy Allen at The Juilliard School and completed undergraduate degrees in Music and History at Indiana University with Susann McDonald, where her honors history thesis discussed the impact of war songs on the French Revolution.

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