Robert McDonald
Pianist Robert McDonald is an important accompanist, particularly noted for partnering leading violin soloists in recital.
He is a graduate of Lawrence University and studied at the Curtis Institute, the Juilliard School, and Manhattan School of Music. He counts among his teachers Rudolf Serkin, Seymour Lipkin, Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Beveridge Webster, and Gary Graffman. He won the Busoni International Piano Competition Gold Medal. Other awards and prizes include the top prizes of the Washington International Competition for Pianists and the University of Maryland International Piano Competition. He also received the National Federation of Music Clubs Artist Award and the National Endowment for the Arts Solo Recitalist Fellowship.
He has performed at important international festivals. He often plays in chamber music groups, and has guested with the Juilliard, American, Fine Arts, and Orlando String Quartets. He is in great demand as a recital accompanist for pianists and is a frequent partner with Isaac Stern and Midori, and often performs with Young Uck Kim, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, and Elmar Oliveira. His compact discs have been released on the Bridge, Vox Cum Laude, Musical Heritage, Stradivari, and CRI labels.
McDonald is on the piano faculty of Oberlin Conservatory of Music and is director of the keyboard program of the Taos, New Mexico, School of Music and Chamber Music Festival.
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Discography
8 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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A Portrait Of The Viola
Klassiek - Released by Decca (UMO) on 8 aug. 2013
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The Virtuoso Violin
Elmar Oliveira, Robert McDonald
Klassiek - Released by MMG on 6 apr. 2018
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Elmar Oliveira Plays Brahms, Strauss, Bloch, Bartók & Others
Elmar Oliveira, Walter Ponce, Robert McDonald
Klassiek - Released by Vox Box on 1 jan. 1993
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American Revolution - The War for Independence and the Birth of the United States (Unabridged)
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Learn25 on 18 mrt. 2019
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United States Army Band: The Flag Flies High
United States Army Band, United States Army Chorus, James Burchfiel, Mercy Truelove, Robert McDonald, Steve Cramer
Klassiek - Released by Altissimo on 1 mei 2011
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Band Music (American) - Sousa, J.P. / Berlin, I. / Warren, G.W. / Steffe, W. (Patriotic Pride - An Altissimo Collection of Patriotic Music) (John Philip Sousa - Irving Berlin - George William Warren)
Klassiek - Released by Altissimo on 20 apr. 2004
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Avshalomov, D.: Torn Curtain / Evocations / Sonatine / Yang Kwe-Fei
Daniel Avshalomov, Pamela Pyle, Robert McDonald
Kamermuziek - Released by Albany on 1 jan. 1996
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Thomas Jefferson - American Revolutionary (Unabridged)
Humour/Spoken Word - Released by Learn25 on 29 jun. 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo