John Robertson (composer)

For other people with the same name, see John Robertson (disambiguation).
John Robertson
Background information
Birth name (Ernest) John Robertson
Born (1943-10-21) October 21, 1943
Auckland, New Zealand
Genres Opera, Concert Music
Occupation(s) Composer, Writer
Instruments Wind Instrument: Clarinet
Years active 1988–present

(Ernest) John Robertson (21 October 1943) is a New Zealand born Canadian composer of concert music. He received his preliminary musical educational as part of his schooling in New Zealand. Upon emigrating to Canada in 1967 he took a position in the general insurance business but in the mid 1970s he embarked on a course of private study in composition and counterpoint at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto with Dr Sam Dolin. In 1987 an entry in a composition competition won him a performance of his Variations for small orchestra Op 14, and since then his music has been heard in Canada, Australia, Mexico, the UK, Sweden and Bulgaria. In 2014 after some orchestral pieces of his were played in Ruse, Bulgaria, the Ruse State Opera asked him to write an opera and the one hour long "Orpheus" was staged there in June 2015 and is being revived in February and May 2016.

Personal life

Currently resides in Kingston, Ontario Canada

Shows

Music from Orpheus is being used in the up and coming BLUE DANUBE INTERNATIONAL OPERA CONDUCTING COMPETITION 2017 (7th Edition) 13 - 29 JULY 2017 For more details; http://www.musikimpresario.com/blue-danube-competition-2017.html

References

Videos of Compositions recorded in Ruse, Bulgaria in September 2014 by the Ruse Philharmonic conducted by Anthony Armore

Orpheus ~ A Masque part 1:

Orpheus ~ A Masque part 2:

Orpheus ~ A Masque part 3:

Orpheus ~ A Masque part 4:

IMSLP's :

Footnotes

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