Mr. Evan Robinson
YOUNG VIRTUOSI COLLABORATIVE ARTIST
Mr. Evan is an award-winning violinist and violist whose career spans prestigious concert stages and chamber music festivals. He has performed multiple times at Carnegie Hall with the New York String Orchestra Seminar and throughout Asia, including appearances at Tokyo’s City Opera Concert Hall with Music Masters Course Japan and in Hong Kong as a guest artist for the Hong Kong Arts Festival. He holds a Bachelor of Music from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and a Master of Music from McGill University’s Schulich School of Music. Evan has served as principal of the McGill Symphony Orchestra as well as Indiana University’s Philharmonic, Concert, and Baroque Orchestras, performing under renowned conductors such as Carl St. Clair, David Effron, Paul Nadler, Kent Nagano, and Naoto Otomo.
As a member of the Milton String Quartet, Evan won the Senior String Division Gold Medal and Grand Prize at the 2017 Fischoff National Chamber Competition—North America’s largest chamber music competition. He was also a semi-finalist in the Golden Violin Competition, Canada’s largest collegiate music prize. Evan has had the privilege of working with members of today’s most preeminent chamber ensembles, including the Alban Berg, Ébène, Escher, Hagen, Jupiter, and Tokyo Quartets, as well as notable artists such as Jinjoo Cho, Kim Kashkashian, and Wolfgang Redik. His talent has been recognized by CBC Music, appearing on their "30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30" and "Montreal’s 10 Emerging Acts to Watch" lists.
An accomplished educator, Evan has taught students of all ages globally. His experience includes teaching for Indiana University’s pre-college program—incorporating the Suzuki method under the guidance of Mimi Zweig—serving as a graduate instructor at McGill University, and working as a teaching artist for the Noel Pointer Foundation in Brooklyn. In Hong Kong, he has taught at top music academies and for the University of Hong Kong’s Music Society. Evan enjoys both helping young students establish solid fundamentals and mentoring advanced students pursuing professional music careers.
Beyond his musical career, Evan is an active tournament chess player, an avid cook, and a martial arts enthusiast. He is now charting a new path in the legal field, bridging creative thinking with legal innovation. Bringing this diverse expertise to Young Virtuosi, Evan serves as an artistic mentor and core faculty member at Young Virtuosi, where he can mentor students across many different aspects of their future careers. He holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Hong Kong and a Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of Pennsylvania.