UNH and TMH present an evening of Robert Honstein’s chamber music performed by UNH and visiting Istanbul University faculty members in a unique collaboration. Celebrated for his “waves of colorful sounds” (New York Times) and “smart, appealing works” (The New Yorker), Robert Honstein (b. 1980) is a New York-based composer of orchestral, chamber, vocal, and film music.

As a visiting artist at UNH during the same week of the show, Robert Honstein will be in attendance this evening and available for a post show meet and greet.

Chamber Music of Robert Honstein
Karl Orvik (violin), UNH violin faculty
Jacques Lee Wood (cello), UNH cello faculty

Special Guest Artists:
Beste Tiknaz Modiri (viola, Istanbul University)
Sevil Ulucan Weinstein (violin, Istanbul University)

Celebrated for his “waves of colorful sounds” (New York Times) and “smart, appealing works” (The New Yorker), Robert Honstein (b. 1980) is a New York-based composer of orchestral, chamber, vocal, and film music. His music has been performed by the Albany Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic, Eighth Blackbird, Ensemble Dal Niente, Mivos Quartet, Del Sol Quartet, Argus Quartet, New Morse Code, Colin Currie, Theo Bleckmann, Doug Perkins, Michael Burritt, Karl Larson, and Ashley Bathgate, among others.

His debut film score, The Real Charlie Chaplin, was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy in Outstanding Music Composition. Robert is a founding member of the New York-based composer collective Sleeping Giant and co-founder of Fast Forward Austin. He is Program Director of Concert Composition and Composition Faculty at NYU, Steinhardt.