Music

“The violinist Robin Sharp… offered a distinguished sonata afternoon. After the first bars of Bach’s C Minor Sonata (BWV 1017) you could settle back and relax: the sweetness of the tone, the spacious breadth of the bow phrasings never failed in their effectiveness.”

Volker Fries, Cologne Rundschau Newspaper

Clara Schumann’s Three Romances Op. 22
Recital with Lori Lack at Campbell Recital Hall, 2025.

Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Grammatté’s 8th Caprice, entitled "Elegie.”
Recorded during the coronavirus pandemic as part of a series of solo vignettes.

“The interplay between lyricism and bursts of virtuosity makes this an imposing work technically, but a listener would be hard pressed to realize it. Sharp seemed to have nothing to worry about except bringing her entire expressive force to bear on the Sonata’s increasing complexity.”

Ken Smith, New York Review

“Robin Sharp opened the program with the challenging Sonata for Violin Solo by Robert Kurka… the piece itself is spiky with originality and mastery of classical forms. It sings, dances, reflects and rhapsodizes, and gains counterpoint through liberal use of double-stops. Its final movement is given to a complex set of variations. Robin Sharp negotiated its sometimes-tortuous path with focus, clarity and heartfelt dedication.”

San Francisco Classical Voice