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Music by David Hoenigsberg and Robert Rollin; conducted by Rollin and Hoenigsberg
Walter Mony, violin/viola
David Hoenigsberg
Robert Rollin
The Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra
This recording is part of the Dana Recording Project and is sponsored by the New Music Society with additional support from the Dana School of Music, The Youngstown State University College of Fine and Performing Arts, and the Ohio Arts Council. Proceeds benefit the New Music Society Guest Artist and Young Composers Scholarship Funds. All music licensed by ASCAP
ROBERT ROLLIN, a native of Brooklyn, New York, began composing at age 8 and was soon recommended by conductor Erich Leinsdorf for a special composition scholarship at Juilliard. Graduating Phi Beta Kappa from City College and with a Doctorate from Cornell, he studied under Mark Brunswick, Ravi Shankar, Robert Palmer, Karel Husa, Elliot Carter, and Gyorgy Ligeti. He has been recognized with annual ASCAP awards consecutively for 25 years, and has held many important awards, post doctoral fellowships and grants, including the Ohio Governor's Award for Creative Excellence presented by the Hon. Richard Celeste in a public ceremony.
Rollin's many compositions have been performed and broadcast on six continents, and have been required jury pieces in the USA France, and South Africa His publishers include Seesaw Music Corporation, Acoma/Nambe Editions, E.G. Schirmer, and Bourne Music Publishers. He serves as Associate Editor of the theoretical journal Ex tempore, and has authored numerous articles in other international journals. An active pianist, he is founder and coordinator of the International Dana New Music Festival now in its 23rd year, and conductor of the Dana Festival Chamber Orchestra, a professional group. He is also Chair of Graduate and Undergraduate Composition at the Dana School of Music, Youngstown State University in Ohio.
Next season the Pittsburgh Live Chamber Orchestra, under conductor Jeffry Turner, will present the Pittsburgh premiere of Rollin's Double Concerto for Viola, String Bass, Strings, and Harp with Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Violist Randolph Kelly and Pittsburgh Symphony Bassist Micah Howard as soloists. The group will then record the work on Albany Records for international distribution.
Other CDs:
Legends, Ceremonials, and Prayer
The Ravens
The Wandering Bird
Copyright, 2000-2008, Robert Rollin; All Rights Reserved; Unauthorized Reproduction or Broadcast prohibited