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Gwyn Roberts

Gwyn Roberts, an American recorder and traverso soloist, and educator, is a founding co-director of the Philadelphia baroque orchestra Tempesta di Mare with Richard Stone. Roberts also serves as the Director of Early Music at the University of Pennsylvania and is on faculty at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University.

Gwyn Roberts

Education

Gwyn Roberts earned her AB from Bryn Mawr College and her performer's certificate from Utrecht Conservatory in the Netherlands, where she studied recorder with Leo Meilink and Marion Verbruggen and baroque flute with Marten Root.[1][2]

Career

Roberts has performed worldwide, with solo engagements including the Concerto Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Philomel Baroque Orchestra, Recitar Cantando (Tokyo), Prague Spring Festival (New York and Prague), Piffaro, Washington Bach Consort, and Philadelphia Classical Symphony. Her recordings include Chandos, Deutsche Grammaphon, PGM, Dorian, Sony, Vox, Polygram, Newport, Radio France.[3] In addition to her other faculty positions, Roberts is also a popular workshop leader across the U.S. with such organizations as the Amherst Early Music Festival.[4][5]

Recordings

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Reception

Roberts has been called a “a world-class virtuoso” by American Record Guide.

The Washington Post remarked, “with her sparkling technique and sensitive attention to musicality, she infused the music with operatic drama.”

Her recording of Veracini Recorder Sonatas earned a five-star rating from BBC Music Magazine.

Michael Caruso has commented on "her sweet recorder playing," calling it "elegant and energetic, intimate and expansive."[8]


References

  1. "Recorder Artist: Roberts, Gwyn". Grainger.de. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  2. "Gwyn Roberts". Peabody.jhu.edu. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  3. "Gwyn Roberts". Peabody.jhu.edu. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  4. The Recorder Sonatas, Vol. 1, 1996-11-19, retrieved 2016-01-12
  5. "Piffaro: Concert Reviews". Piffaro.org. Retrieved 2016-01-12.

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