Robin Alciatore - a versatile and award-winning pianist and one of the most popular classical pianists on the internet. Her music has been downloaded or streamed more than 4 million times since June 2000. Whether you are a classical music "purist" looking for a "real" pianist (not mechanical midi) or simply an avid listener of "all-things piano", you will find yourself returning to Robin's music again and again.

A California native, Robin was born in Santa Monica and began playing the piano at age 7. During her formative years, Robin studied with Nino Albanese, Johana Harris (UCLA) and Daniel Pollack (USC). While still in her teens, she was a finalist in several piano competitions, including two successive Southern California Bach Festivals. Robin holds a B.A. in Music and an M.A. in Humanities, with an emphasis in 19th Century Romanticism.

Robin lives in Manhattan Beach, California. She divides her time between recording and teaching.

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Some info (and then some) from Robin's page at myspace.com

FAVORITE COMPOSERS: Chopin (of course), Beethoven, Liszt, Schumann, Grieg, Satie, Debussy, Ravel, Gershwin,

FAVORITE MUSICIANS: Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, June Christy, Andre Previn, Janis Ian, Laura Nyro, Indigo Girls, Audra McDonald, Artur Rubinstein, Daniel Barenboim, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Judy Garland, Artie Shaw, Yo-Yo Ma, Karrin Allyson, Lena Horne, Mel Torme, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Manhattan Transfer, Peggy Lee, Peter Allen, Nat King Cole, Edith Piaf, Blossom Dearie, Angela Maria Blasi, Anita O'Day, Daniel Pollack, Johana Harris, Melissa Manchester, Jewel, Joni Mitchell, Judy Garland

FAVORITE MOVIES: All About Eve, My Brilliant Career, Radio Days, Cabaret, The Competition, Cannery Row, The Man with the Golden Arm, Calamity Jane, A Place in the Sun, Tootsie, Days of Heaven, Lady Sings the Blues, Eubie, Julia, The Godfather, Love Me or Leave Me, Body Heat, Meet Me In St. Louis.

ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer (June 29)