Martin Robson
Martin Robson began his musical life as a composer and violinist and read music at Leeds University before studying singing at the Royal Northern College of Music.
His concert work has taken him all over the world as well as working with choirs and festivals in Britain.
He has appeared with many leading orchestras and ensembles including The New London Consort, Musica Antiqua Köln, Les Arts Florissants, The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The London Symphony Orchestra, The Moscow Virtuosi and The London Mozart Players.
Amongst the conductors he has worked with are John Eliot Gardiner, Bernard Haitink, Christian Thielemann, Vladimir Spivakov, Mark Elder, William Christie, Reinhard Goebel, Stephen Barlow and Ivor Bolton.
Martin has recorded extensively for BBC Radio 3, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Radio France and Dutch Radio. His discography includes the recording of the role of Father Trulove on the Grammy-winning CD of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress for Deutsche Grammophon and Stravinsky’s Threni with the London Philharmonia.
Martin has recently been appointed as a Singing Leader for Sing Up, part of the government’s national music manifesto.
Operatic credits
Operatic credits include:
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden
- Opera di Roma
- Opéra National du Rhin Strasbourg
- Aix-en-Provence Festival
- English National Opera
- Scottish Opera
- English Touring Opera
- Glyndebourne Festival Opera
- Glyndebourne Touring Opera