As a founding member of Sybarite5, Louis Levitt was the first double bassist to win the Concert Artist Guild Competition. Since then, he has performed with Sybarite5 in hundreds of concerts across the nation. Recent highlights include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, & the Library of Congress. His self-produced debut EP with Sybarite5 cracked the top ten on the Billboard charts. For their latest album, Outliers, Louis launched a record label based in the Bronx and the album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Classical Charts.
Levitt currently teaches double bass Mason Gross School of Music at Rutgers University and the Mostly Modern Festival; he is also in demand as a guest soloist and lecturer. He has recently performed and spoken at the Curtis Institute, New England Conservatory, Mannes School, the annual Chamber Music America conference, and the Association or Performers and Presenters national arts conference in New York City.
