Richard Robbins

Birth Name:

Richard Stephen Robbins

Birth Place:

South Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Profession

Composer, Actor, Music department, Director

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
Once taught piano to the daughter of prize-winning novelist Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Served as the acting director at Mannes College of Music in New York

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