Levine Andrade

Levine was born in Bombay to his parents Bonaventure and Juliana, and emigrated to England. Following a scholarship to the Yehudi Menuhin School at the age of 9 he became one of its first twelve members and was tutored by Robert Masters and Yehudi Menuhin. At the age of 11, BBC Television made a full documentary about him in their series "The World of a Child".{{Cite news|date=1966-10-06|title=The World of a Child: 2: In the Yehudi Menuhin School of Music: Levine Andrade|language=en-GB|pages=29|work=The Radio Times|issue=2239|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/aa9f80cb8ac04b37990a10a0c6535423|access-date=2020-12-28|issn=0033-8060}} Just before leaving the school he took up the viola, which he studied with Patrick Ireland who was coaching chamber music at the school.{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://telefilmonic.co.uk/levine_andrade.htm/|accessdate=29 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303051222/http://www.telefilmonic.co.uk/levine_andrade.htm|archivedate=3 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}

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Andrade became one of the founder members of the Arditti Quartet with Irvine Arditti, Lennox Mackenzie and John Senter, inspired by their mutual interest in 20th-century music. In the seventeen years he played with them, the quartet had an unparalleled career, performing at almost every major music festival throughout the world to critical acclaim. They were asked to play the opening recital for the new Concert Hall of the Louvre Museum in Paris, and the live recording of that concert was awarded one of France's highest recording awards.{{cite web |url=http://www.telefilmonic.co.uk/ |title=Archived copy |website=www.telefilmonic.co.uk |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407090341/http://www.telefilmonic.co.uk/ |archive-date=7 April 2005 |url-status=dead}}

He left his very busy touring schedule in 1990 to spend more time with his wife and four children to work in London as a freelance musician.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

{{Main|Candle in the Wind 1997}}Levine conducted music for film, television, radio and record albums, as well as founding the London Telefilmonic Orchestra to play for various films and television commercials, including the Marlene Dietrich parody for Specsavers in the UK.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/mar/27/mooreconfessionsjeregrette|title=Moore confessions: Je regrette Specsavers|newspaper=The Guardian | location=London|date=27 March 2008}} He also wrote a film score for Strings, a film based on the true-life story of a Bosnian cellist.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/galloway.html|title=The Cellist of Sarajevo | work=CBC News}}

He was also brought into the 1997 re-recording of Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" by Beatles producer, George Martin, for the Diana, Princess of Wales Tribute single.{{cite book|first=Barry|last=Miles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-oBzTaoZciEC&dq=candle+in+the+wind+george+martin&pg=PA207|title=Massive Music Moments|page=207|publisher=Anova Books|year=2008|isbn=9781843404934}}

• Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 1999 as part of the Arditti Quartet for "lifetime achievement" in music{{cite web|url=http://www.evs-musikstiftung.ch/en/ernst-von-siemens-music-prize/prize-winner-archive/|title=Ernst von Siemens Music Prize|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706232145/http://www.evs-musikstiftung.ch/en/ernst-von-siemens-music-prize/prize-winner-archive/|archivedate=6 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}

• Chatarra (1991)
• Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)
• The Great Water (2004)
• The Road Home (2010)

• Baby the Stars Shine Bright by Everything but the Girl
• "Divinity" by The Isness
• Laughing Stock by Talk Talk
• "Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John{{cite web| url=http://www.chrisblackwell.co.uk/CB%20Pages/CV%20pages/LevineCVHypnosisHI.html| title=Levine Andrade| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725111529/http://www.chrisblackwell.co.uk/CB%20Pages/CV%20pages/LevineCVHypnosisHI.html| archivedate=25 July 2011| df=dmy-all}}
• Whitbourn: Luminosity & Other Choral Works (2010)
• "Codex" by Radiohead{{cite web| url=http://www.ateaseweb.com/2011/03/21/radioheads-the-king-of-limbs-artwork-credits-retail-edition/|title=The King of Limbs Credits|website=Ateaseweb.com}}

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• {{IMDb name|0028069}}
• [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Levine+Andrade Levine Andrade] on Discogs

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