ABOUT CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON:

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Christopher Robinson is a recent Alumni of the New World Symphony. Mr. Robinson held the role of Concertmaster for the Cleveland Opera Theater, while leading performances of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. He has also performed with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and Jacksonville Symphony. Mr. Robinson recorded John Adams’ Harmonielehre under the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and conductor Giancarlo Guerrero for the NAXOS label. His music festival performances include the Aspen Music Festival and School, Great Wall International Music Academy in Beijing, China, and the Mozarteum Summer Music Academy in Salzburg, Austria. Mr. Robinson is currently on faculty at the Cincinnati Young Artists Chamber Music Festival during the summers. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Robinson has been featured in the Tuesday Musical Association at the Akron Art Museum performing premieres of contemporary chamber music. He studied chamber music with members of the Cleveland, Cavani, Ariel, Muir, American, Arianna and Great Wall string quartets.

Mr. Robinson began studying the violin at age 10 with Gloria Spurlock, and later continued violin studies at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music with Kurt Sassmannshaus, earning his bachelor of music degree in 2015. Most recently, he earned his master of music degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music studying under Joan Kwuon. Other teachers and mentors have included Alex Kerr, Cornelia Heard, Alan Rafferty, among many others.

Passionate about teaching and community engagement, Mr. Robinson served as a Violin Coach and mentor for Carnegie Hall's 2018-2020 NYO2 programs. Mr. Robinson was also director of the Sassmannshaus Tradition from 2014-15. The Sassmannshaus Tradition is a beginning string program in the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Pre-college where he also taught violin lessons, chamber music, ear training and music theory. Other teaching engagements include visiting violin facutly at the Iberacademy in Medellín, Colombia and masterclasses for Nashville Symphony’s Accelerando Program.

As an outdoorsman and Eagle Scout, Mr. Robinson enjoys cycling, backpacking, hiking, kayaking and canoeing. During the summer of 2015, he joined his family on a 221-mile backpacking trip on the John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Mr. Robinson most recently summited Mt. Fuji in Japan and hopes to continue exploring the vast landscapes our world has to offer.