Robert Black is equally at home in the classical and contemporary reper¬toire and has an active performing career as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestra player. He is a recipient of many national grants and has commissioned over 75 solo works. His solo tours have taken him throughout the world and he is a founding member of the Bang On A Can All Stars. Recent collaborations include actor Kathryn Walker, Brazilian artist Ige D’Aquino, choreographers Katie Nollet-Stevinson and Yoshiko Chuma, and the Ciompi and Miami String Quartets. He maintains a full teaching schedule at the Hartt School of the University of Hartford, the Festival Eleazar de Carvalho in Brazil, and the Manhattan School of Music’s Contemporary Music Program. He has recorded for Sony Classical, Point/Polygram, Koch, Mode, O.O. Discs, Cantaloupe and others.