Robert Hill
Robert Stephen Hill (born November 6, 1953, in Cebu City, Philippines) is an American harpsichordist and fortepianist. From 1990 to 2018 he was "Professor of Historical Keyboard Instruments, Performance Practice and Chamber Music" at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, Germany, and he now serves as the “Eugene D. Chair in Baroque Music Performance” and teaches harpsichord at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music, in the United States. Hill studied harpsichord with Gustav Leonhardt at the Amsterdam Conservatory (Soloist Diploma 1974).
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Robert Hill
- Born
- 1953 · Cebu City.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- musician · musicologist · music educator · university teacher · pianist · harpsichordist
- Fields
- piano performance · harpsichord performance
- Education
- Harvard University · Conservatorium van Amsterdam
- Languages
- English
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Robert Stephen Hill (born November 6, 1953, in Cebu City, Philippines) is an American harpsichordist and fortepianist. From 1990 to 2018 he was "Professor of Historical Keyboard Instruments, Performance Practice and Chamber Music" at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, Germany, and he now serves as the “Eugene D. Chair in Baroque Music Performance” and teaches harpsichord at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music, in the United States. Hill studied harpsichord with Gustav Leonhardt at the Amsterdam Conservatory (Soloist Diploma 1974).
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Robert Hill (born 1953) is an American harpsichordist, music educator and musician, among other activities. The harpsichordist was born in Cebu City.
Robert Hill studied at Conservatorium van Amsterdam and Harvard University. The harpsichordist worked for Duke University, Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and University of Colorado Boulder and worked in Boulder. Robert Hill is active in harpsichord performance and piano performance. Languages used include English.
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Robert Hill born at Cebu City.
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He completed his Ph.D. thesis about Bach at Harvard University in 1987. Amongst the awards he has received are: Erwin Bodky Award (1982), a NEA Solo Recitalist Award (1983), and the Noah Greenberg Award (1988), Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik (2001), Cannes Classical Award (1999), Diapason d'Or (2008). The works of Bach are central to his recorded repertoire. He has performed with numerous musicians including Reinhard Goebel, Gottfried von der Goltz, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Christian Tetzlaff, Kim Kashkashian, Helmut Müller-Brühl, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Zehetmair; and orchestras such as the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, etc. His brother is the instrument-builder Keith Hill.
Robert Hill studied at Harvard University and Conservatorium van Amsterdam. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is piano performance and harpsichord performance. Places of work recorded in the authority are Boulder. Employment is recorded with Duke University, Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and University of Colorado Boulder.
• Music and Performance During the Weimar Republic - Chapter 3: "Overcoming Romanticism": On the modernization of twentieth century performance practice • About Bach - Carl Reinecke’s Performance of Mozart’s Larghetto and the Nineteenth-Century Practice of Quantitative Accentuation
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• Naxos • Hänssler Classic • MDG (Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm) • cpo • DG-Archiv • Olympia • Ars Musici • Music&Arts
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- 1.Robert Hill: Prof für Historische Tasteninstrumente (Cembalo/Fortepiano) at the "Hochschule für Musik, Freiburg". Mh-freiburg.de.
- 2.Robert Hill. College of Music. 2018-05-30.
- 3.The Möller manuscript and the Andreas Bach book : Two keyboard anthologies from the circle of the young Johann Sebastian Bach - Harvard University. id.lib.harvard.edu.
- 4.CSEM: Erwin Bodky Awards. Csem.org.
- 5.AMS Greenberg Award Winners.
- 6.Bestenliste 3-2001. Schallplattenkritik.de.
- 7.Classical Music News from NAXOS.COM. Naxos.com.
- 8.Robert Hill- Albums, Pictures – Naxos Classical Music. Naxos.com.
- 9.Keith Hill - Instrument Maker. Keithhillharpsichords.com.
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Robert Hill worked in piano performance and harpsichord performance. He was employed by Duke University, Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and University of Colorado Boulder. He worked at Boulder. Recorded as musician, musicologist, music educator, university teacher and pianist.
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