Robert Taub

Pianist Robert Taub has performed throughout the United States, Europe, the Far East, and Latin America. From Merkin Concert Hall in New York and Kingston University in London to other venues worldwide, he continues to present the Beethoven piano sonata cycle regularly. His recordings of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas have been critically acclaimed, and Taub is renowned for his interpretations of contemporary music as well. The Beethoven piano sonatas have been part of Taub’s life since the age of 8, when he ventured into Beethoven’s Opus 10 No. 1. Over the years he learned that the sonatas can be appreciated on many levels, and naturally he began to incorporate them into his concert repertoire. Taub’s Beethoven studies eventually resulted in his first performing all the sonatas as a cycle in Wolfensohn Hall at Princeton. His book Playing the Beethoven Piano Sonatas evolved from that performance and subsequent ones. Taub served as the first artist-in-residence since T. S. Eliot at Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study, and was the first musician to hold the honor. Now he performs with leading orchestras, including the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, and Hong Kong Philharmonic. He also enjoys running, scuba diving, and restoring sports cars and motorcycles. In fact, the April 2001 issue of Classic Bike featured a motorcycle that he rebuilt. Taub resides in Princeton, NJ.