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Oren Levine

Jazz pianist and composer from Washington, DC

About Me

Oren Levine grew up with a love of music, especially jazz, inherited from his father. He started piano lessons as an eight-year-old in Washington, DC, and continued to play while earning two engineering degrees and building a career as an engineer and technology manager. He wrote his first song at age 45 in a summer jazz workshop in Vermont and joined ASCAP soon after in 2009. He released his first album of original songs, “Making Up For Lost Time,” in 2018.

His song “Let’s Wander” from the album won him the 2023 ASCAP Foundation Alan and Marilyn Bergman Lyric Award. The title track won a Finalist award in the 2019 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest.

Oren continues to write songs and play jazz at venues in the DC area and on St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands. He recently headlined a show at Washington’s legendary Blues Alley club, presenting a program of his songs. His performances deliver positive, relaxed, swinging music rooted in the jazz tradition.

Since the album release, Oren has recorded and released several jazz singles and three singles as “Groove Park,” an ongoing series of collaborative projects that combine his jazz roots with other styles and vibes. Oren’s songs have also been performed and recorded by Aaron Myers, Carolyn Malachi, Lionel Lyles, Tony Gudell, Barbara Papendorp, Donna Singer, and the DC-based funk/hip-hop band The Lucky So & Sos.