Robin Park

Biography supplied for the 2024 competition.

Robin Park is a cellist based in the greater New York tri-state area. Robin aims to pursue careers as a cellist and a historian of premodern Asia, having graduated cum laude from Princeton University with a B.A. in History and currently pursuing his Master of Music at the Yale School of Music under the tutelage of Paul Watkins. Robin debuted as a soloist in 2014 with the Summit Symphony and, since then, has performed as a guest soloist with many orchestras across the American east coast, including the Riverside Symphonia, Princeton University Orchestra, Newtown Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonietta Nova, Ambler Symphony, and the Old York Road Symphony. Robin has received numerous accolades, including first prizes in the International Mozart Competition Vienna, Mahler Cello Competition, Princeton University Competition, and the Caprio Competition. Robin is also a YoungArts alumnus, having won the competition in its 2017 and 2018 editions. An avid chamber musician, Robin plays with the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players and has also appeared as a guest performer on the Aspect Chamber Music Series, Lunds Beethovenfestival, Music on Park Avenue, and the Princeton Chamber Music Series. Robin is also an active orchestral musician, having held numerous leadership positions, including Principal Cellist of the 2022 Pacific Music Festival Orchestra, Associate Principal Cellist of Symphony in C, and Principal Cellist of the 2019 National Youth Orchestra of the USA. As a professional arranger, Robin has written arrangements for a wide range of ensembles, from the Yale Cellos to the Northwestern Orchestra. Robin is also a passionate advocate for accessible music education and pedagogy, having taught a personal studio for the past four years and having been a long-time cello coach for the Trenton Youth Orchestra. In his free time, Robin enjoys playing the alto saxophone, learning languages, and writing creative nonfiction.