Robin Wilson
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Robin Wilson lectures in violin and pedagogy at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and teaches in the Rising Stars Program having previously served on the faculties of the Australian Institute of Music and the Victorian College of the Arts. Robin studied with Assoc. Prof. Alice Waten at the Australian Institute of Music, James Buswell at The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and has worked with Janet Davies in Sydney and Felix Andrievsky and David Takeno in London. He holds Bachelor and Masters degrees in violin performance and is currently completing a PhD from the University of Sydney. Robin’s students are the winners of many regional and national competitions.
Robin has performed extensively in recital and at festivals throughout Australia and New Zealand and has also performed in the UK and USA. He has recorded two solo discs of violin encores (Decca and Ode Records) and Schubert’s complete sonatas for violin and piano that was nominated for Classical Disc of the Year at the New Zealand Music Awards. His recordings are broadcast frequently on ABC Classic FM, the MBS-FM network and Radio NZ Concert. He is Concertmaster of the ARCO Chamber Orchestra, performs regularly with Ironwood Ensemble and has appeared as guest violinist with groups such as the Sydney Omega Ensemble and Nexus Virtuosi. He also plays with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra of the Antipodes.