Keith Robinson, cellist, is a founding member of the Miami String Quartet and has been active as a chamber musician, recitalist, and soloist since his graduation from the Curtis Institute of Music.

Mr. Robinson has had numerous solo appearances with orchestras throughout the U.S. including the New World Symphony, The American Sinfonietta, and the Miami Chamber Symphony, and in 1989 won the P.A.C.E. “Classical Artist of the Year” Award. His most recent recording on Blue Griffin Records features Mendelssohn’s works for cello and piano with his colleague Donna Lee. Fanfare Magazine wrote: “I have sampled several CD’s (of the works for cello and piano by Mendelssohn) and found them very fine, but my gut feeling is still to go with Robinson and Lee. This one is, quite simply, amazing”.

As a member of the Miami String Quartet, he has recorded for the BMG, CRI, Musical Heritage Society, and Pyramid recording labels, was a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s CMS Two Program, and won the Grand Prize at the Concert Artists Guild and Fischoff Chamber Music competitions, as well as prizes at the Evian and London competitions.

Mr. Robinson is a frequent performer at Music@Menlo, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and Music from Angel Fire. He tours regularly with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

Mr. Robinson hails from a musical family and his siblings include Sharon Robinson of the Kalichstein Laredo Robinson Trio, and Hal Robinson, Principal Bass of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Mr. Robinson plays a Carlo Tononi cello made in Venice and dated 1725.