“What Hendrix did for the guitar, freeing it from its previous role and expectations, Robert Een does for the cello.”
Richard Kadrey, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Robert Een, composer for film, theater, dance and the concert stage, is the recipient of an Obie Award for music composition and two New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Awards for music composition and sustained achievement. He tours worldwide and has recorded sixteen albums of genre-bending music.
His latest music score is for the audio book “Kaleidoscope” by Brian Selznick, read by Gwendoline Christie and available from Scholastic, Inc and Audible.
“Selznick’s “Kaleidoscope,” the latest work from the author of “The Invention of Hugo Cabret,” comes out Sept. 21 in hardcover, e-book and audio, which will feature Christie’s narration and music from Obie winner Robert Een. Scholastic is billing the book as “a multi-layered and spellbinding story about love, loss and friendship. Christie added her own superlatives Thursday, saying in a statement that she found the book “captivating, wildly imaginative and thrillingly phantasmagorical.”
“Let him gently take you by the hand on this sensitive multilayered journey through time, space, and emotion. Brian makes us realize the magic in simply being human,” said Christie, also known for her roles in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” She is scheduled to appear, as Lucifer, in the Netflix series “Sandman,” based on the Neil Gaiman comic book.”
His latest performance was part of the 2021 Walt Whitman Initiative’s Marathon reading of Song of Myself.
pecial thanks to Karen Karbiener & everyone at the Walt Whitman Initiative
"The Escape Artist" is a multi-media opera, using film, projections, costumes, sets, choreography, an original libretto and an ensemble of world class musicians to tell the story of one man’s search for redemption. Diane Winston in the Los Angeles Times wrote, “Robert Een’s juxtaposition of music and message opened this listener to a deeper comprehension of the power of music that allows our hearts to see what our minds may miss.”
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