Robert Schwimmer

Rob Schwimmer is a composer-pianist, thereminist, Haken Continuum and ondioline player who has performed and recorded throughout the world. Rob's recent solo piano CD “Heart of Hearing” was rated #4 in Slate Magazine’s “Best Jazz of 2019” calling him “...a mesmerizing pianist of astonishing drama, wit, and virtuosity.” Schwimmer has worked with Simon and Garfunkel, Wayne Shorter, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Stevie Wonder, Bobby McFerrin, Willie Nelson, Esperanza Spalding, Paul Simon, The Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Gotye, Mark Morris, Chaka Khan, Laurie Anderson, Bette Midler, The Everly Brothers, Christian Marclay, Matthew Barney, Arif Mardin, Adam Guettel, Paul Bley, The Boston Pops, Mary Cleere Haran, T-Bone Walker, Sam Rivers, Ethan Iverson and many more. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Wiener Konzerthaus, Tokyo Dome, Madison Square Garden, Kennedy Center, Sydney Festival, Gilmore Festival, CBGB's, The Stone, and the Colosseum (Rome) as well as for strippers at a truckers convention.