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'''Robin Spielberg''' (born 1962) is an [[United States|American]] pianist, composer and author. Raised in the suburban town of [[Maplewood, New Jersey|Maplewood]], she attended [[Michigan State University]] and later [[Tisch School of the Arts]] at [[New York University]]. She has released sixteen albums of piano music. She currently lives in [[New Freedom, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="Alex">"[http://alextimes.com/2009/10/robin-spielberg-setting-her-life-to-a-s/ Robin Spielberg: Setting Her Life to a Soundtrack]", ''[[Alexandria Times]]'', October 1, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2013</ref><ref name="Bergeron">Bergeron, Chris (2009) "[http://www.tauntongazette.com/entertainment/x1792912866/Pianist-Robin-Spielberg-feels-right-at-home-with-TCAN-audiences Pianist Robin Spielberg feels right at home with TCAN audiences]", ''[[Taunton Daily Gazette]]'', November 25, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2013</ref>
'''Robin Spielberg''' (born 1962) is an [[United States|American]] pianist, composer and author. Raised in the suburban town of [[Maplewood, New Jersey|Maplewood]], she attended [[Michigan State University]] and later [[Tisch School of the Arts]] at [[New York University]]. She has released sixteen albums of piano music. She currently lives in [[New Freedom, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="Alex">"[http://alextimes.com/2009/10/robin-spielberg-setting-her-life-to-a-s/ Robin Spielberg: Setting Her Life to a Soundtrack]", ''[[Alexandria Times]]'', October 1, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2013</ref><ref name="Bergeron">Bergeron, Chris (2009) "[http://www.tauntongazette.com/entertainment/x1792912866/Pianist-Robin-Spielberg-feels-right-at-home-with-TCAN-audiences Pianist Robin Spielberg feels right at home with TCAN audiences]", ''[[Taunton Daily Gazette]]'', November 25, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2013</ref>


==Career==
Robin Spielberg comes from a musical family.<ref name="Bush">Bush, John "[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/robin-spielberg-mn0000238807/biography Robin Spielberg Biography]", [[Allmusic]]. Retrieved 10 November 2013</ref> Her paternal grandfather, Rubin Spielberg was a flutist who performed with the [[NBC Symphony Orchestra]] under the direction of [[Arturo Toscanini]] and the [[Metropolitan Opera]].<ref name="Alex" /><ref>"Painist Has Gift in Store for Audience", ''[[Boston Herald]]'', May 15, 1997</ref> She began formal piano lessons at the age of seven.<ref name="Bush" /><ref name="Jones">Jones, Richard O. (2009) "Robin Spielberg plays Valentines on the piano", ''[[Hamilton Journal-News]]'', February 5, 2009</ref>
Robin Spielberg comes from a musical family.<ref name="Bush">Bush, John "[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/robin-spielberg-mn0000238807/biography Robin Spielberg Biography]", [[Allmusic]]. Retrieved 10 November 2013</ref> Her paternal grandfather, Rubin Spielberg was a flutist who performed with the [[NBC Symphony Orchestra]] under the direction of [[Arturo Toscanini]] and the [[Metropolitan Opera]].<ref name="Alex" /><ref>"Painist Has Gift in Store for Audience", ''[[Boston Herald]]'', May 15, 1997</ref> She began formal piano lessons at the age of seven.<ref name="Bush" /><ref name="Jones">Jones, Richard O. (2009) "Robin Spielberg plays Valentines on the piano", ''[[Hamilton Journal-News]]'', February 5, 2009</ref>


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Robin Spielberg
Background information
Born1962
OriginNew Jersey, United States
GenresNew Age[1]
InstrumentPiano
Years activeEarly 1990s–present
LabelsNorth Star Music, playMountain Music
Websitewww.robinspielberg.com

Robin Spielberg (born 1962) is an American pianist, composer and author. Raised in the suburban town of Maplewood, she attended Michigan State University and later Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She has released sixteen albums of piano music. She currently lives in New Freedom, Pennsylvania.[2][3]

Robin Spielberg comes from a musical family.[4] Her paternal grandfather, Rubin Spielberg was a flutist who performed with the NBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Arturo Toscanini and the Metropolitan Opera.[2][5] She began formal piano lessons at the age of seven.[4][6]

She grew up in New Jersey,[3] and attended Stagedoor Manor and Phillips Academy Andover to study acting as a teen.[citation needed] Leading roles at Michigan State University and New York University followed,[4] including Anne in the Diary of Anne Frank.[7] After participating in a summer acting program led by William H. Macy and David Mamet, she and her classmates formed the ensemble-based Atlantic Theater Company. She acted in dozens of plays with the company including Boys' Life and The Lights by Howard Korder at Lincoln Center.[8] She graduated from NYU with high honors and a BFA in Undergraduate Drama. She went on to compose music for several of the Atlantic Theater Company's productions including Three Sisters, directed by William H. Macy and adapted by David Mamet,[9][10] The Poet and the Rent and The Revenge of the Space Pandas, two children's plays by David Mamet performed on National Public Radio (NPR). In 1992 Spielberg and Barry Shulak co-wrote a musical for young audiences entitled Balloonland.[11][12] It was produced in Vermont by the Atlantic Theater Company and debuted in New York off-broadway at the Atlantic Theater Company in 1993.[13]

Spielberg recorded her first album of original piano solos in 1993 entitled Heal of the Hand.[14] The album was picked up by the indie label North Star Music in 1994,[14] and she went on to become the label's biggest-selling artist.[15] According to North Star president Richard Waterman, Spielberg sold between 160,000 and 200,000 albums during 1995 and 1996, although SoundScan only registered 1,800 sales, with the bulk of sales through specialist outlets.[16] By 1999 she had reportedly sold 300,000 albums.[15] Spielberg signed a six-record deal with North Star Music and recorded two albums per year for the next three years before founding her own label, playMountain Music, in 2000. Spielberg has recorded sixteen albums and appears on over fifty compilations. Several of her albums have been themed; Her 1994 album Spirit of the Holidays featured Christmas-themed tracks, while her 1999 album Mother was a collaboration with singers Cathie Ryan and Susan McKeown featuring songs celebrating motherhood.[17][18]

She authored a memoir in 2013 entitled Naked on the Bench: My Adventures in Pianoland.[19]

Spielberg was also an inaugural member of the Independent Music Awards' judging panel.[20]

Spielberg was added to the Steinway Artist Roster in 1996.[21] She is a national celebrity artist spokesperson for the American Music Therapy Association.[19][22] As spokesperson, Spielberg often conducts seminars and workshops on the transformative power of music in hospitals, schools and community centers while on tour.[22][23] She has also performed fundraisers for medical and other charities.[15][24] She has toured nationally and overseas.[25] Performance highlights include three sold-out performances at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (New York City).[2]

She has toured through South Korea three times appearing at KBS Hall, Seoul Arts Center and the LG Arts Center (2010).[citation needed] She is signed with Sony/ATV Music Publishing in Asia. Spielberg's famous encore piece, "An Improvisation on the Canon in D" is part of the hit Korean drama Winter Sonata.[citation needed]

Discography

  • Heal of the Hand (1993)
  • Spirit of the Holidays (1994)
  • Unchained Melodies (1995)
  • In the Heart of Winter (1995)
  • Songs of the Spirit (1996)
  • In the Arms of the Wind (1997)
  • Mother (1999)
  • Beautiful Dreamer (2000)
  • Dreaming of Summer (2000)
  • The Christmas Collection (2002)
  • American Chanukah (2002)
  • With a Song in My Heart (2004)
  • Memories of Utopia (2005)
  • Spa Piano (2007)
  • A New Kind of Love (2008)
  • Sea to Shining Sea: A Tapestry of American Music (2010)

References

  1. ^ Reece, Douglas (1995) "New Age Programmers, Artists Touch Base Online", Billboard, November 25, 1995, p. 97. Retrieved November 10, 2013
  2. ^ a b c "Robin Spielberg: Setting Her Life to a Soundtrack", Alexandria Times, October 1, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2013
  3. ^ a b Bergeron, Chris (2009) "Pianist Robin Spielberg feels right at home with TCAN audiences", Taunton Daily Gazette, November 25, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2013
  4. ^ a b c Bush, John "Robin Spielberg Biography", Allmusic. Retrieved 10 November 2013
  5. ^ "Painist Has Gift in Store for Audience", Boston Herald, May 15, 1997
  6. ^ Jones, Richard O. (2009) "Robin Spielberg plays Valentines on the piano", Hamilton Journal-News, February 5, 2009
  7. ^ McGarrigle, Dale (1997) "Pianist's music healing Speilberg bringing sound to Camden", Bangor Daily News, December 20, 1997
  8. ^ Richards, David (1988) " Boys' Life': Knowing The Score; In N.Y., a Sharp Look At the Pickup Game", The Washington Post, March 21, 1988, p. C1
  9. ^ Stuart, Jan (1991) "A Mamet-Style Version of 'Sisters'", Newsday, April 18, 1991, p. 67 (Part II)
  10. ^ Gussow, Mel (1991) "Review/Theater; Speaking, in Mamet's Words, to the Subconscious", The New York Times, April 18, 1991. Retrieved November 10, 2013
  11. ^ "Atlantic Theater Company Production History", Atlantic Theater Company. Retrieved November 10, 2013
  12. ^ Theater Week, vol. 6 (1993), p. 36
  13. ^ The Atlantic Theater Company http://www.atlantictheater.org/page.aspx?id=12016798
  14. ^ a b Wright, Carol "Heal of the Hand Review", Allmusic. Retrieved 10 November 2013
  15. ^ a b c Brown, Alison (1999) "Spielberg Keyed Up for Concert", Ocala Star-Banner, October 8, 1999, p. 6. Retrieved November 10, 2013
  16. ^ DiConstanzo, Frank (1996) "In-Store Tours Offer Alternative", Billboard, November 23, 1996, p. 73. Retrieved November 10, 2013
  17. ^ Beauchamp, Lane (1995) "Dig around and you might just find festive treasures: New holiday releases include many albums of interesting compilations", Kansas City Star, December 8, 1995, p. 12
  18. ^ "Songs Pay Tribute to Mothers", Deseret News, May 9, 1999
  19. ^ a b "Middletown’s Buttonwood Tree welcomes pianist, author Robin Spielberg Nov. 10", Middletown Press, November 6, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013
  20. ^ Independent Music Awards - Past Judges
  21. ^ ""Pianist Robin Spielberg" in Tracy", Lodi News-Sentinel, February 8, 2008, p. 3. Retrieved November 10, 2013
  22. ^ a b "Not Feeling It? Try Piano Therapy", Portland Press Herald, November 30, 2006, p. D3
  23. ^ "Spielberg Appearing at Miller Center", Reading Eagle, November 6, 2008, p. 4. (Music section). Retrieved November 10, 2013
  24. ^ "Spielberg hits Pullo", York Daily Record, September 25, 2008
  25. ^ Schur Zeff, Roberta (2000) "MUSIC; An Infant's Struggle, A Mother's Gift of Life", The New York Times, June 4, 2000. Retrieved November 10, 2013

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