robert cart
Robert Cart has toured Europe, Asia, and the Americas, including performances in London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Munich, New York, Philadelphia, Shanghai, Vienna, and Washington. He has worked with such renowned conductors as Bernstein, Leppard, Muti, Previn, and Zinman, and has performed at festivals, including Tanglewood, Wolf Trap, Ravello, and Aldeburgh. He has performed as soloist at The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Kimmel Center, Lincoln Center, the Whitehouse, and the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. An advocate for new music, he has premiered works by Jennifer Higdon, Gary Schocker, and others, and he can be heard on the Albany, Centaur, and Music Minus One labels.
His students occupy positions with several professional ensembles, including Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Municipal de São Paulo, New England Symphonic Ensemble, and the Central City Opera. They have won competitions, including the Emmanuel Pahud Masterclass Competition (OSESP), Eduardo Tagliatti Chamber Music Competition, Young Soloists Competition of the Eleazar de Carvalho Music Festival, Mid-Atlantic Flute Fair Masterclass Competition, SphinxConnect Fellowship, and have been accepted into graduate programs at Indiana University, Peabody Conservatory, Northwestern, and SUNY Stonybrook. Robert presents clinics and master classes worldwide.
Robert received his Bachelor of Music from DePauw University, Master of Music from Indiana University, and his Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Maryland College Park. His teachers have included Francis Fuge, Peter Lloyd, James Pellerite, and Gary Schocker, and master classes with Marcel Moyse and Jean-Pierre Rampal.
Robert also plays a vintage Rudall, Carte & Co. piccolo made in 1927 by Mr. Atkins for Mr. L.J. Ford of Nottingham.