About Robert Carl
Robert Carl (born July 12, 1954, in Bethesda, Maryland) is an American composer who currently resides in Hartford, Connecticut. He was chair of the composition program at the Hartt School, University of Hartford. He has held artist residency's at Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France (1984 and 1993), Bogliasco Foundation near Genoa, Italy, (2000, 2007 and 2014), at the Rockefeller International Study Center in Bellagio, Italy, (1987), and at the Youkobo ArtSpace and Tokyo Wonder Site in 2007. US residencies include stays at Yaddo, the Djerassi, Ragdale and Ucross Foundations, and at the MacDowell and Millay. He was a recipient of the Copland Award in 1999. Carl's music has been released by Innova Recordings, New World Records, BMOPSound, and Centaur Records, among others. Since 1994, Carl has been a critic for Fanfare magazine, where he writes extensively on new music recordings. New World Records Smigel, Eric. 2012. "Liner Notes for Carl’s From Japan".
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