fl, *1941 US, Nashville
Classical
American flutist. Paula Robison burst onto the international music scene in 1966 when she won First Prize at the Geneva Competition, the first American ever to receive this honor. She joined the roster of the newly-formed Young Concert Artists and embarked on a world-traveling career as a flute soloist. She has commissioned works for flute and orchestra by Leon Kirchner, Toru Takemitsu, Oliver Knussen, Robert Beaser, and Kenneth Frazelle, premiered music written for her by Lowell Liebermann and Michael Tilson Thomas, performed Leonard Bernstein’s “Hålil” in Vienna and Carl Nielsen’s Concerto in Copenhagen, and presented a rich spectrum of music from Mozart Concerti to Brazilian Samba in her many appearances at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Paula Robison was a founding Artist Member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, performing with them for twenty seasons. During the same time she was co-director with Scott Nickrenz of the famed Noontime Concerts at the Spoleto Festivals, presenting many great artists early in their careers. She was awarded the Adelaide Ristori Prize and Premio Pegaso for her contributions to Italian cultural life. Paula Robison has recorded for Vanguard Classics, Sony Classical, CBS Masterworks, Mode, New World Records, King Records, Musical Heritage Society, and Bridge Recordings. Her books on the art of flute playing are published by Universal Edition, Schott, European-American Music, G. Schirmer, and Theodore Presser. In 2006 she founded Pergola Recordings, an independent label. One of Paula Robison’s favorite continuing projects is “With Art”: collaborations with visual artists in unusual spaces. Paula Robison has taught at the Juilliard School and given classes all over the world. Since 1991 she occupies the Donna Hieken Flute Chair at New England Conservatory.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Mozart In Love | Paula Robison | 2006 | Album |
Masterpieces For Flute | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Julius Baker, Paula Robison, Zagrebački Solisti | 2004 | Album |
French Masterpieces For Flute And Piano | Ruth Laredo, Paula Robison | 2003 | Album |
Eden: Out Of Time & Out Of Space: Chamber And Solo Works For Guitar | George Rochberg - The Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center, David Shifrin, Eliot Fisk, Paula Robison | 2000 | Album |
Rio Days Rio Nights | Paula Robison | 1998 | Album |
Brasileirinho | Paula Robison | 1993 | Album |
Flutes | Paula Robison, Ransom Wilson, Carol Wincenc, Solisti New York, Alasdair Neale, Brian Zeger, Douglas Webster / Works By Robert Beaser, Paul Schoenfield, Joseph Schwantner | 1991 | Album |
Four Quartets For Flute And Strings (Complete) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Paula Robison • Tokyo String Quartet | 1990 | Album |
Mountain Songs: A Cycle Of American Folk Music | Eliot Fisk, Paula Robison | 1986 | Album |
Romantic Favorites | Paula Robison, Fumiki Asazuma, Tokio Akademiker Ensemble | 1984 | Album |
Musique De Chambre Pour Instruments À Vent / Chamber Music Works For Wind Instruments / Kammermusikwerk Für Blasinstrumente | Francis Poulenc, Paula Robison, Leonard Arner, Gervase de Peyer, Peter Simenauer, Loren Glickman, Bobby Routch, Charles Wadsworth, The Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center | 1984 | Album |
Six "Konzerte" for Flute and Concertante Harpsichord | Georg Philipp Telemann - Paula Robison, Anthony Newman | 1982 | Album |
Handel: Sonatas For Flute And Continuo (Complete) | Georg Friedrich Händel, Paula Robison, Kenneth Cooper, Timothy Eddy | 1978 | Album |
W.A. Mozart: Four Quartets | Paula Robison, Koichiro Harada, Kazuhide Isomura, Sadao Harada | 1978 | Album |
The Sonatas For Flute And Harpsichord | Johann Sebastian Bach - Paula Robison, Kenneth Cooper, Timothy Eddy | 1976 | Album |
Paula Robison Plays Flute Music Of The Romantic Era | Benjamin Godard • Paul-Agricole Génin • Theobald Böhm • Johann Nepomuk Hummel • Philippe Gaubert - Paula Robison, Samuel Sanders | 1975 | Album |
Telemann, Twelve Fantasias For Solo Flute | Paula Robison | 1974 | Album |
Twelve Methodical Sonatas for Flute and Continuo | Georg Philipp Telemann - Paula Robison, Laurence Lesser, Samuel Sanders | 1966 | Album |