Alex Robertson
Alex Robertson
Alex Robertson
Composer|Conductor
Alex
Composer
Conductor
Robertson
"tough-minded and assured... a composer who knows his own mind and has something to say"
Vancouver Sun
"...remarkable assurance and mastery of craft"
Seen and Heard International
Alex Robertson (2007) is a Composer and Conductor based in New York City.
As a composer:
Robertson's body of work includes numerous compositions for orchestra, chamber ensembles, and solo instruments. He has written works for the Vancouver Symphony, Pacific Symphony, National Youth Orchestra of the United States, Kennedy Center, Yellowbarn festival, New York Youth Symphony, NPR, and more. Some important teachers and mentors of his include Melinda Wagner, Jörg Widmann, Manuel Sosa, and Sean Shepherd. Among his accolades is being a National Youngarts winner (2024) and is a recipient of the ASCAP Morton Gould prize. Robertson currently studies composition at the Juilliard School in New York.
As a conductor:
Robertson has worked as a conductor in such institutions as Tanglewood, the Juilliard School, and the Kinhaven Summer Festival. He also founded the Antiphon Chamber Orchestra, where he serves as the music director, and has worked with groups including the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, and the Juilliard Pre-College String Orchestra. Some important teachers and mentors of his include James Ross, David Robertson, and Oliver Hagen.
Some highlights this season include a collaboration with the soprano Lucy Shelton on "III. Choralebuch," with performances at the YellowBarn festival and Kim Kashkashian's Music for Food Boston, a tour with the Caravanas festival orchestra in Portugal, touring the cities of Porto, Lisbon, and Santa Maria da Feira, and other conducting engagements in Berlin and New York, with the Antiphon Chamber Orchestra. Alongside these concerts, various chamber performances of his works will take place internationally, as well as a set of two string quartets written for the Ballad(e) quartet.
Videos
Conducting
Excerpt - Brahms, Symphony No. 4, Movement 1 - Alex Robertson and the Antiphon Chamber Orchestra
Compositions
Alex Robertson - Los Pescadores (for Piano Quintet)
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