Robin Sutherland

Robin Sutherland studied in Colorado with Rita Hutcherson, at Aspen and Juilliard with Rosina Lhevinne,
and at the San Francisco Conservatory with Paul Hersh. At the age of seventeen, he was chosen by another
of his teachers, Rosalyn Tureck, to be the sole performing representative of the United States at the
International Bach Society's Master Classes, held at Lincoln Center. In 1973, while still a student, he
was appointed Principal Pianist of the San Francisco Symphony by Seiji Ozawa, a position he still holds.
He is a frequent soloist with the Orchestra, most recently in Frank Martin's "Petite Symphonie Concertante"
and "Coulers de la Cite Celeste" of Olivier Messiaen. Sutherland has remained close to maestro Ozawa
in succeeding years and recently joined him in Milan for a performance of Leonard Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety,"
with the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala. Many composers have dedicated works to him, including the
massive autobiographical Piano Quintet, "Miniatures and Impressions," written by his mentor, Efrem Zimbalist.
As a duo-recitalist and chamber music partner, Sutherland is much in demand on several continents. He
includes among his collaborators the violinists Roy Malan and Oscar Shumsky, flutists Ransom Wilson and
Alexandra Hawley, and fellow pianist Christopher O'Riley.

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