Bobby Mitchell

Bobby Mitchell
PhD student in the Arts

Bobby Mitchell is an American pianist whose interests are embedded in the here and now of music as performance art, as well as the more standard classical repertoire of centuries past. He has performed extensively in the Americas, across Europe, Asia, South Africa, and the Middle East, and recent highlights include concerto performances with Philippe Herreweghe and the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Venues include the Menuhin Festival (Gstaad, Switzerland), the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona), and Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington D.C.). Bobby Mitchell records for the Alpha / Outhere music label (Haydn on an original pianoforte) and VDE GALLO (Schumann and Scherzinger), and his YouTube channel has become an Internet phenomenon for classical and improvised piano music, with more than half-a-million views. Also active as a composer, his work has recently been highlighted in piano festivals in the USA and France. Primary teachers include Nelita True, David Kuyken, Robert Hill, Rudolf Lutz, Stephen Perry, and Bart van Oort. He is artistic director of the piano festival En Blanc et Noir, Festival International de Piano Robert Turnbull in Lagrasse, France.

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