visiting professor, string and piano chamber music
Founder and first violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet for 52 years, Robert Mann has appeared frequently as a soloist and recorded a number of solo violin works. He made his debut as a conductor with the Seattle Symphony during the 1988-1989 season, and conducted Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony the following year in New York. Mann has composed more than 70 works, including an orchestral fantasy performed by Dimitri Mitropoulos; a duo premiered by violinist Itzhak Perlman and pianist Samuel Sanders at Carnegie Hall; and a string quartet included in the repertoires of both the La Salle and Concord quartets. In December 1991, his Concerto for Orchestra was performed by The Juilliard Symphony at Alice Tully Hall. Mann studied violin with Edouard Déthier at Juilliard. He is a recipient of the Naumburg Award, gave his New York recital debut in 1941 and formed the Juilliard String Quartet in 1946.
Robert Mann can be contacted at 415.759.3431 or admit@sfcm.edu.
