Robert Kogan, composer

Robert Kogan’s compositions have been performed at Carnegie Recital Hall, St. Paul’s Chapel, the Juilliard School, the Manhattan School of Music, Brooklyn College and at other venues in the New York Metropolitan area and beyond.  He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Criterion Foundation. 

Robert has a master’s degree in music composition from Brooklyn College, where he studied with Robert Starer and Jacob Druckman. He studied previously with Hall Overton and Leon Kirchner

Robert was founding conductor of the Staten Island Symphony, where he conducted for 17 years. He was also Conductor of the Philharmonic Symphony of Westchester and guest conductor of the National Symphony of Ecuador. He was winner of the Salzburg Conducting Prize. He has also been active as cellist performing in many NY orchestras and as a member of the Bridge Trio, the Staten Island Chamber Music Players, and Downtown Music Productions.