John Robilette | Concert Pianist, Cultural Diplomat
In the Virtuoso Class of Mme. Bascourret de Gueraldi, at the Ecole Normale de Musique, Paris, 1968.

Music

  • “The playing of the American artist was clear, sparkling at times. The sound was full, moist and rich; the toucher suave...Is the facility with which the artist knew how to find the right tone in Debussy to be attributed to his "French" education with former assistants to Alfred Cortot? Nobody could tell, but the fact is the Poissons d'or, la plus que lente, and the Prelude from Pour le piano suited him marvelously well...Does he have a slight penchant to the nonchalance and carefree nuance?”
    Luxembourger Wort
    Luxembourg
    April 4, 2000
  • “The Variations symphoniques is an excellent performance, very sensitively played by the soloist and supported by the fine Russian orchestra under an American conductor. He also gives us a beautiful version of the Prelude, Chorale et Fugue, lively playing of a piece that can be tedious. John Robilette also offers idiomatic versions of miniatures by Faure, and Poulenc along with three of the four Chopin Impromptus”(“French Piano Album,” ProArte, CDS 3491).
    Amazon.com Editorial Reviews
    1999
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  1. Maid and the Nightingale
    Enrique Granados
    Terrace Theater
    The Kennedy Center
    Washington, DC
    May 11, 1984
  2. Valse Oubliée, No. 1
    Franz Liszt
    Italian Embassy Theater
    Washington, DC
    February 11, 2012
  3. Fantaisie in F Minor, Op. 49
    Frédéric Chopin
    Duna Palota Hall
    Budapest, Hungary
    May 8, 2008
  4. La Leggierezza
    Franz Liszt
    Duna Palota Hall
    Budapest, Hungary
    May 8, 2008
  5. Hungarian Rhapsodie, No. 11 in A Minor
    Franz Liszt
    Italian Embassy Theater
    Washington, DC
    February 11, 2012
  6. Excerpts from B Minor Sonata, Op. 58
    Frédéric Chopin
    1st mvt: Allegro Maestoso
    National Philharmonic Hall
    Minsk, Belarus
    April 24, 2007
  7. Impromptu in A flat, Op. 29
    Frédéric Chopin
    National Philharmonic Hall
    Minsk, Belarus
    April 24, 2007
  8. Sonata in A Major
    César Franck
    1st mvt.: Allegretto ben moderato
    With: Hallfriour Ólafsdóttir, Flute
    Salurinn Concert Hall
    Reykyjavik, Iceland
    April 11, 2007
  9. Polonaise in C Minor, Op. 40 No. 2
    Frédéric Chopin
    Wigmore Hall
    London, England
    June 12, 2000
  10. Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op 22
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    First movt: Andante sostenuto
    New Symphony Orchestra of Sophia
    Rossen Milanov, conducting
    Palace of Culture, Sophia Bulgaria
    August 4, 1999
  11. Symphonic Variations for Piano & Orchestra
    César Franck
    Russian State Symphony
    Paul Freeman, conducting
    Great Hall of the Moscow Radio Union
    Moscow, Russia
    September 13, 1993
  12. Prelude in C Sharp Minor, Op. 45
    Frédéric Chopin
    Arizona State University
    Tempe, Arizona
    October 17, 1988
  13. Étude in F major, Op. 10, No. 8
    Frédéric Chopin
    Arizona State University
    Tempe, Arizona
    October 17, 1988
  14. Étude in C major, Op. 10, No. 7
    Frédéric Chopin
    Arizona State University
    Tempe, Arizona
    October 17, 1988
  15. Symphonic Études
    Robert Schumann
    Arizona State University
    Tempe, Arizona
    October 17, 1988
  16. Mephisto Waltz
    Franz Liszt
    Ankara State Conservatory
    Ankara,Turkey
    February 18, 1987

Ballet Musik aus "Orpheus und Euridike"
C.W. Gluck arranged by W. Kempf (with Dance of the Blessed Spirits)


Arabeske, Op. 18
R. Schumann


Adagio from Oboe Concerto in D Minor, No. 3
A. Marcello arranged by J. S. Bach