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Born in Chicago, in 1959, award winning composer-conductor & pianist Robert Ian Winstin began his musical studies at the piano, at the age of five. By the age of six he was improvising his way through the pieces in his piano lessons, instead of playing them ‘straight’ from the score. He completed his first ‘serious’ compositions by the age of eight.

Robert Ian Winstin is recognized as one of the leading conductor/composers of his generation, and has been awarded numerous prizes and honors for his works, including a ‘Joseph Jefferson Citations Wing Recommendation’ for his score to “Oedipus Requiem”, the ‘Barrettson Prize in American Music’ for his “Piano Concerto #1”, five International Videographer Awards and several ASCAP Awards.

Robert Ian Winstin recently finished recording his trio of patriotic works "September 11th, 2001 - 9:05am", "Orvieto: A Memorial" & "Normandy: June 6th, 1944" with the Philharmonia Bulgarica and the Kiev Philharmonic.

Robert Ian Winstin is equally at home composing for the theatre, opera, symphony orchestra and chamber works. He has written more than 200 works, including 5 symphonies, 2 piano concerti, a ‘cello concerto, a violin concerto, and numerous chamber and solo instrumental works. His “Spirituals for Violin & Orchestra” were recently premiered at Carnegie Hall (written for violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman).

Robert Ian Winstin is a very active concert performer, both at the podium and at the piano, and he is renowned for his performances of all concert repertoires - preferring to mix many accessible genre and styles on a single program. He has recorded numerous works, and his music is featured on many compact discs on the Centurion, CMP, Avante & E.R.M. labels. His “Scherzo Burlesque”, was recorded by the BBC Symphony under the baton of Lukas Foss, and his “Piano Concerto #2”reached the #3 position on the AML International Radio Charts.