Biography
About
‘Robin Green is an intelligent and sensitive musician with a genuine flair for imaginative programming’ – Gramophone Magazine
A regular at major festivals and concert halls, he performs a wide solo and chamber music repertoire from the Renaissance to ambitious contemporary repertoire including ‘Lieux Retrouvés’ by Thomas Adès, Ligeti’s Horn trio, Mantra by Stockhausen and Rzewski’s ‘The People United Will Never Be Defeated!’
Highlights for the 2024/25 season include recitals with Mayumi Seiler, Aurora orchestra’s Stravinsky Firebird (from memory) and a tour of the complete Beethoven works for cello and piano with the cellist Christian Elliott.
Past performance highlights include multiple appearances at Wigmore Hall, the Musikverein and major festivals including Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Interlaken Classics Festival, Davos Festival, IMS Prussia Cove, Penarth Chamber Music festival and the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier.
His discography includes works by Bach, Mozart, Schumann, Schubert, Kurtág, Huw Watkins and Helen Grime. He has recorded for Claves, Gramola, Ty Cerdd and Prima Facie labels to critical acclaim. He has performed Bach’s ‘Goldberg Variations’ on the popular Netflix show ‘The Crown’.
Robin is a solo piano professor and chamber music lecturer at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. He is much in demand for masterclasses across the UK and Europe. The focal point of his studies was working with György Kurtág, Rainer Schmitt and Ferenc Rados. A natural collaborator and passionate programmer, Robin has been an artistic director and guest curator of major festivals, include the Harrogate International festival and the Vale of Glamorgan festival.
Away from the piano, Robin has collaborated with actors, comedians, dancers, has sung his own arrangements of Tom Waits songs and has learnt how to play the Hurdy Gurdy.