of interpretation. When the academy moved to its new facilities in Majorstuen in 1989, one of the performance halls was named after Levin. Awards Levin received the Houens legat (1951) and Statens kunstnerstip (1954). Levin was awarded the Norwegian Music Critics Award (Musikkritikerprisen) (1956/57), Lindemanprisen (1983) and Spellemannprisen (1977). He was also awarded the King's Medal of Merit (Kongens fortjenstmedalje) in gold and was made a member of the Order of St Olaf. In 1993, he was awarded the Anders Jahre Cultural Prize (Anders Jahres kulturpris) jointly with Stein Mehren. Personal life In 1938, he married Solveig Margrethe Bernstein (born 1914). They were the parents of journalist, Mona Levin (born 1939). Their daughter, Sidsel Levin (born 1944) was music teacher and cultural facilitator at the Jewish Museum in Oslo. Levin died during 1996 at the age of 84 and was buried at Østre gravlund in Oslo. References Other sources Robert Levin and Mona Levin (1983) Med livet i hendene (Oslo: Cappelen) External links Music Information Center article on Robert Levin 1912 births 1996 deaths Norwegian classical pianists Classical accompanists 20th-century classical pianists Academic staff of the Norwegian Academy of Music Refugees in Sweden Jews who emigrated to escape Nazism Jewish classical pianists Norwegian refugees Norwegian Jews Norwegian people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal Recipients of the King's Medal of Merit in gold