Meet Don Robertson
 
image
music_futurist
kaleidoscope
dovesong
videos

Don Robertson - Composer
My Story My Teachers

These are the ones who taught me....

"The mandate for the 20th century was: "learn the rules, then break them."
The mandate for the 21st century is: "There are no rules."

--Don Robertson - 2011  

Image

Dr. Antonia Brico

My childhood hero and teacher, Antonia Brico.

filmclip Watch Video

Image

Ali Akbar Khan

I first heard Ali Akbar Khan's music In 1965 and It was a revelation to me. I became one of his first US students in early 1967. His music, and the well-spring of his knowledge, lives on.

filmclip Watch Video

Image

Morton Feldman

I studied privately for two years with Morton Feldman. He took me to the end of modernism, and I learned so much from him. Bless you my late friend.

filmclip Watch Video

Image

Pandit Pran Nath

For a short time, I attended the classes with this now-departed master, Pandit Pran Nath. His rendition of Raga Komel Re Asawari that I bought from shyam bhatnagar in 1968 was a guiding star for me.

filmclip Watch Video

Image

Leonard Stein

I studied counterpoint privately during the summer of 1966 with Leonard Stein, Arnold Shoenberg's main student. These were my first studies in the art of counterpoint.

filmclip Watch Video

Image

David Trasoff

I studied with David Trasoff for two years, learning to sing some of India's most important ragas.

filmclip Watch Video

Image

Joe Isaacs

Joe Isaacs taught me about bluegrass music. I would never would have "gotten" it without him. We love you Joe!

filmclip Watch Video

Image

Rajeev Taranath

Rajeev Taranath showed me how to sing the ragas in the kanada family and raga Komel Re Asawari. Thank you Rajeev. more

filmclip Watch Video


Rising World Entertainment
www.RisingWorld.tv