How James Levine’s brother lived

How James Levine’s brother lived

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norman lebrecht

May 10, 2019

Tom Levine, an artist, was the conductor’s ever-present right-hand man.

He has put his New York pad up for sale at $10.5 million.

More pics here.

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  • Olassus says:
    May 10, 2019 at 12:04 pm

    https://thecourtrightteam.elliman.com/new-york-city/city-prairie-106-seventh-avenue-8-manhattan-xpzigdo

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  • MacroV says:
    May 10, 2019 at 2:26 pm

    I guess he did well enough in his own right that he needn’t be referred to as “James Levine’s brother.”

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  • Nicht Schleppend says:
    May 10, 2019 at 2:37 pm

    Allegedly the very necessary “minder” rather than “right-hand man”.

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  • Daniel Layne says:
    May 10, 2019 at 3:42 pm

    I wonder why Tom Levine is selling his apartment.
    He is either relocating, or is in need of a lot of cash.
    Interesting turn of events. I wonder if it is in any way related to the James Levine/Met lawsuit????

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    • Jack says:
      May 10, 2019 at 8:11 pm

      Of course it is.

      Managing James Levine’s career is how Tom was able to afford this apartment.

      Now that James isn’t working and may never work again, Tom needs to downsize and bring in some cash.

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    • Mark says:
      May 11, 2019 at 3:11 am

      He has retired and moved to Florida a few years ago, from what I heard. I believe he stopped working for his brother a while ago.

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    • SB says:
      May 25, 2020 at 7:13 am

      Hi, no it wasn’t related to the law suit. Relocated to a town in Connecticut. He liked spending more time up here.

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  • Sixtus says:
    May 10, 2019 at 4:47 pm

    Beautiful apartment (great pics in Olassus’ link). Nice area of town. Very close to my favorite used-CD/LP store (Academy Records on 18th). And WAY beyond my budget.

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  • LEWES BIRD says:
    May 11, 2019 at 8:41 am

    What I find fascinating is that the monthly charges are almost $12k. So you pay $10m to *own* a flat only to pay $140k a year every year (which presumably goes up yearly). For that money you could rent something very nice.

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    • Bill says:
      May 11, 2019 at 10:20 pm

      The expectation is that you’re going to sell it for more, reducing the effective monthly cost.

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    • Mr. Knowitall says:
      May 12, 2019 at 9:08 am

      You don’t really think that you could rent a place like that in Chelsea for $12k a month, do you? I know of studios in the neighborhood going for 3k a month.

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  • Steven van Staden says:
    May 11, 2019 at 5:14 pm

    Definitely no accounting for taste.

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  • Sharon says:
    May 15, 2019 at 2:03 am

    His apartment was profiled, I believe in a Brooklyn newspaper, a while back

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