Robin Hill
Robin Hill
Manchester, UK
Classical / Flamenco / Electric guitar
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Robin has been performing worldwide for more than 30 years, as a solo artist, with the Hill/Wiltschinsky Guitar Duo and numerous collaborations with many other performers. You can read, 'more about the artist' for further details.
But alongside an active classical career Robin also has a distinguished past on the electric guitar, performing with Deep Purple, Jethro Tull and American jazz/soul singer Madeline Bell.
It is rare that an artist can be so accomplished in both forms of guitar playing, and no coincidence that Robin has been called, "The Jimi Hendrix of the classical guitar!"
The player reflects this with examples of solo, duo and electric tracks. Some available to buy, others just for your pleasure.
So enjoy!
About
Robin Hill was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, and educated at BoltonSchool. He studied at Huddersfield College of Music and later with the eminent Venezuelan guitarist, Alirio Diaz. At Huddersfield Robin met fellow guitarist Peter Wiltschinsky, and, together they formed, in 1973, the Hill/Wiltschinsky Guitar Duo, a highly-successful partnership with a vast archive of recordings (they have recorded for Teldec/Warner Bros. Classics, Hyperion (their debut album in 1984),
ASV, RCA, Erato, Telstar, IMP Classics, Carlton Classics and many more). The duo have made numerous broadcasts and toured extensively worldwide.
They have collaborated with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the BBC Concert Orchestra (under Barry Wordsworth), the Irish National Symphony Orchestra,
the Caracas Symphony Orchestra and many other fine orchestras.
In 1997 Robin, who also composes, gave the premiere of his own, Concerto Primavera with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor, Ian Tracey.
Robin gave the UK premiere of Claude Bolling’s ‘Concerto for Classic Guitar & Jazz Piano Trio’ a work he has also recorded with his quartet, Eklectica.
In 1997 Robin performed Joaquin Rodrigo’s ‘Concierto de Aranjuez’ with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with Carl Davis conducting.
Robin has collaborated with artists as diverse as the legendary tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, soprano, Lesley Garrett, tenor Russell Watson, soprano Denise Greaves at the 2003 Proms at the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Philharmonic toBritishrock bands, Jethro Tull and Deep Purple to American jazz/soul singer, Madeline Bell.
Since 2005, Robin has performed as a soloist all around the world. From North and South America, Hawaii. Japan, Portugal, Venice and much of Europe, and even as far as the Antarctic!
Robin's substantial book, ‘The Guitar Gymnasium’, is published by Mel Bay and is used in conservatories throughout the world.
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