Please Join Us for our Suzanne Teng & Gilbert Levy Concert

Suzanne Teng has been described by the Los Angeles Times as a “brilliant flutist” who “plays music for the soul.”  Originally from Berkeley, California, she received her Master’s degree in music from Boston University’s School for the Arts and completed the coursework for the PhD in ethnomusicology at UCLA where her focus was on music and healing. She plays an extensive array of flutes from around the world and is a renowned music educator who has taught at conservatories, colleges and universities, music camps, schools and conventions for over 40 years.  She served on the National Endowment for the Arts Music Education panel for three years and is an endorsed artist/educator for YAMAHA. Recognized in the recording industry for her skillful and creative playing, she can be heard on hundreds of recordings on Polygram, Warner Brothers, Windham Hill, BMG, Shanachi, Sounds True, Scottie Brothers and numerous independent labels, commercial soundtracks for Kleenex, Pepsi, Dodge, Johnnie Walker,  video game soundtracks for “Myst” and “Prince of Persia,” film and television soundtracks for Emmy-winning “Tumble Leaf “(PBS), Machu Pichu (Netflix), “Miss Spider,” “Babar and the Adventures of Badou,”  “Boston Legal” and “Murder, She Wrote,” the film “300,” and numerous films and commercials for India, Germany, Korea and Mexico.  She has appeared on national television, including live performances on several of CBS’s Survivor finale shows, which were seen by over 70 million viewers.

Suzanne and her husband/music partner Gilbert Levy - a New Orleans born drummer who has performed with jazz greats Wynton and Branford Marsalis -   have released seven critically acclaimed albums.  They have won numerous awards including the Independent Music Awards (twice), International Acoustic Music Awards, Los Angeles Music Awards, New Mexico Music Awards, Native America Style Flute Awards Album of the Year, Akademia Music Awards, Global Music Awards (Gold Medal), Peace Song Awards, and InterContinental Music Awards.  Suzanne was recently awarded the Best Multiple Flutes Player Award from the World Flute Society. Their music has been licensed for hundreds of film, television, commercial and video productions and was featured on NBC’s America’s Got Talent.  Appreciated for its sacred, relaxing and heart opening qualities, their works have been used in numerous healing recordings, films and videos, including a special CD compilation of their music created by the pharmaceutical company Genentech that was distributed to over 50,000 cancer patients to aid in their recovery. “Mystic Journey…lifts the listener to a place where beauty, ecstasy and tranquility reside” (Whole Life Times) both in recordings and live performances, as demonstrated in venues where they have performed such as the Dalai Lama’s International World Festival of Sacred Music, where they were featured artists each year of the festival. Suzanne and Gilbert have also composed and recorded music for yoga and acupuncture DVDs and several films including the documentaries “Raw for 30” and “Beirut Rising.”