Anna received her Bachelors and Master of Music degree in piano from the State Academy in Sofia,Bulgaria in 1980. She later became a member of the piano faculty at the State Music Preparatory School and the State Academy, a position she held for nearly ten years.
In 1987 she won a scholarship to attend the State Conservatory in Moscow, where she worked in the piano class of Margarita Fyodorova (a student of the legendary Neuhaus) and the musicology department, completing her Doctoral of Musical Arts degree in both piano and musicology in 1991.
On emigrating to Canada she has appeared both as a soloist and chamber musician championing contemporary music. Anna has received support from the Canada Council for the Arts for a concert of Russian music in Reykjavik, Iceland. More recently, she has appeared as soloist at Kwantlen College, Simon Fraser University, Douglas College and Capilano College, in performances of the music of Skriabin, Alfred Schnittke and Nikolai Korndorf.
As both performer and musicologist she is a specialist in the music of Eastern Europe with scholarly contributions to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. With her husband she has presented papers at a number of musicological meetings here and abroad. Among her publications is an interview with internationally renowned composer Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
Concert Recording: Prometheus
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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
Concert Recording: Nikoloai Korndorf in Memoriam
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Path to Simplicity Review
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Performers: Anna Levy,Piano, Jane Hayes, Piano, Johanna Hauser, Clarinet, Kathryn Cernauskas, Flute
Thanks to everyone who attended the recently held Path to Simplicity concert.
The concert was also reviewed by the Vancouver Estonian Society here.
Thursday, April 15th, 2010
Upcoming Concert: Path to Simplicity
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A Concert in Honor of Estonian Composer Lepo Sumera (1950-2000)
With the support of the Estonian Community Centre of Vancouver
Saturday, May8,2010,7:30p.m. Place des Arts, 1120 Brunete Avenue, Coquitlam
Tickets $20.00 Adults, $15.00 Students, Seniors. Available at the door.
Works by Lepo Sumera, Arvo Pärt, and Gheorgi Arnaoudov
Performed by Anna Levy,Piano, Jane Hayes, Piano, Kathryn Cernauskas, Flute, Johanna Hauser, Clarinet
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
Two Pianos in the Form of a Pear
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Two Pianos in the Form of a Pear, took place at Place des Arts, Saturday, November 14, 2009.
Bulgarian World Television attended the show and provided the video below:
Visit the bgwtv.com website to watch the full show.
In celebration of the francophone culture of Maillardville, faculty pianist Anna Levy with guests, pianist Jane Hayes and saxophonist Colin MacDonald, present hauntingly beautiful works by 20th Century French composers, including Erik Satie and Claude Debussy. Also featured on the program will be works by Jacques Ibert, Charles Koechlin, Colin MacDonald, and Darius Milhaud's Scaramouche arranged for two pianos and saxophone. Tickets $13.00 + GST, Adults/$11.50+GST, students and seniors.
Sunday, May 24th, 2009
Prometheus – Master of Fire and Cosmos
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Be sure to catch the concert featuring Anna Levy and Jane Hayes - the Yarilo Music Ensemble - in a concert entitled "Prometheus - Master of Fire and Cosmos," which will take place at Vancouver's Christ Church Cathedral on Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
The concert is in honour of distinguished Canadian composer Alexina Louie on the occasion of her 60th birthday, and will compositions by her along with fellow Canadians John Burke and Jocelyn Morlock. The program will feature the North American premiere of Alexander Scriabin's masterpiece "Prometheus - Poem of Fire" in a version for two pianos.
Friday, April 24th, 2009
Anna Levy & Marc Destrube – Russian Chamber Music Concert
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On Thursday, April 16 at the Silk Purse Gallery in West Vancouver, pianist Anna Levy joined violinist Marc Destrube in a concert of Russian chamber music. The program consisted of works by Scriabin, Prokofiev, Shostakovich and the Estonian Arvo Part.
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Reaching the Musical Summit – A Successful Workshop at Place des Arts
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Hot Chili Peppers
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The Yarilo Music Ensemble and Friends: Jane Hayes, Kathryn Cernauskas, Heather Pawsey, Mark Destrubé, Anna Levy, and Daniel Tones, at the Contemporary Bulgarian Chamber Music concert, Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, May 31, 2008.

Friday, June 29th, 2007
Canadian Horizons in Bulgaria
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The Yarilo Music Ensemble (Jane Hayes, Anna Levy), the Canada Day celebration concert held at the Union of Composers, Sofia, Bulgaria, June 29, 2007

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007
Central European Musical Festival
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Friday, December 15th, 2006
New Music in New Places Concert
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Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
Silk Purse Gallery Concert
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Anna Levy with Vancouver composers Frank Levin (left) and Michael Conway Baker (right) at the Silk Purse Gallery, November 2006. The concert showcased pieces by Michael Conway Baker performed by Anna Levy.

Performers: Anna Levy,Piano, Jane Hayes, Piano, Johanna Hauser, Clarinet, Kathryn Cernauskas, Flute
Thanks to everyone who attended the recently held Path to Simplicity concert.
The concert was also reviewed by the Vancouver Estonian Society here.