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Richard Robbins Biography

Birth Name:Richard Stephen Robbins

Birth Place:South Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Profession Composer, Actor, Music department, Director

Fast Facts

In 1996, a gala concert benefiting AIDS research was held in his honor at Carnegie Hall
Received the Golden Osella award at the 1987 Venice Film Festival
Studied music in Vienna after receiving a Frank Huntington Fellowship
Quote: "A musical score should comment on the action with a contemporary voice․"
Often created scores for films produced by director James Ivory
Served as the acting director at Mannes College of Music in New York
Once taught piano to the daughter of prize-winning novelist Ruth Prawer Jhabvala