David Starobin

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David Starobin (born September 27, 1951 in New York City) is an American classical guitarist, record producer, and film director. He is married to Rebecca Askew Starobin (married June 22, 1975), and is the father of Robert Joseph Starobin III (b. October 18, 1979), and Allegra Rose Starobin (b. February 21, 1987). Starobin started playing the guitar at the age of seven, studying first with Manuel Gayol, then Albert Valdes Blain and at the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) with Aaron Shearer. While at Peabody he became Shearer's assistant, directing Peabody's chamber music program for guitarists (1971-73). During this period Starobin worked closely with pianist Leon Fleisher, becoming a member of Fleisher's Theater Chamber Players of The John F. Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.). David Starobin has toured in the USA as a recitalist, chamber player and orchestral soloist performing at festivals including Marlboro, Aspen, Santa Fe Chamber, and Tanglewood, and with orchestras and ensembles including the New York Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, and the Emerson and Guarneri String Quartets as well as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Since 1978 he has made annual solo tours in Europe, performing at festivals and making radio and television broadcasts. Starobin is a member of the new music ensemble Speculum Musicae, with whom he has performed and recorded as guitarist and conductor. He also r

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David Starobin: Favorite Tracks, Vol. 1

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$100 Guitar Project

Sor: Les plus belles pages

New Music with Guitar, Vol. 6

Newdance: 18 Dances for Guitar

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Music To My Ears, A Collection of Music for Children of All Ages - Fauré, Chopin, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Borodin, Bach, etc

Sor & Giuliani

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THE GREAT REGONDI, VOL. 1

Virtuosi

Mauro Giuliani: Solo Guitar Music

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New Music with Guitar, Vol. 4

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Mauro Giuliani, Volume 2

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