LEVIN, NAUM (, Viipuri–), violinist.
Levin had his early training with Boris Sirpo at the Viipuri Music School and with Paul Cherkassky in Helsinki. From 1923 to 1927 he studied in Budapest and later in Paris, Berlin, Great Britain, and Vienna. In the mid–1920s Levin joined the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, became concertmaster, and played under conductors Robert Kajanus, Georg Schnéevoigt, Martti Similä, Tauno Hannikainen, Jorma Panula, and many foreign conductors. In...