Robert Hill (musician)

Robert Stephen Hill (born November 6, 1953, in Cebu City, Philippines) is an American harpsichordist and fortepianist. From 1990 to 2018 he was "Professor of Historical Keyboard Instruments, Performance Practice and Chamber Music" at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, Germany,{{Cite web|url=http://www.mh-freiburg.de/lehrende/lehrende|title=Robert Hill: Prof für Historische Tasteninstrumente (Cembalo/Fortepiano) at the "Hochschule für Musik, Freiburg"|website=Mh-freiburg.de|access-date=2020-01-04}} and he now serves as the “Eugene D. Eaton Jr. Chair in Baroque Music Performance” and teaches harpsichord at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music, in the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.colorado.edu/music/robert-hill|title=Robert Hill|date=2018-05-30|website=College of Music|language=en|access-date=2019-09-06}}

Robert Hill studied harpsichord with Gustav Leonhardt at the Amsterdam Conservatory (Soloist Diploma 1974). He completed his Ph.D. thesis about Bach at Harvard University in 1987.{{cite web |url=http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/000986893/catalog |title=The Möller manuscript and the Andreas Bach book : Two keyboard anthologies from the circle of the young Johann Sebastian Bach - Harvard University |website=id.lib.harvard.edu |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150317201925/http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/000986893/catalog |archive-date=17 March 2015 |url-status=dead}}

Amongst the awards he has received are: Erwin Bodky Award (1982),{{Cite web|url=http://www.csem.org/awards/bodky.html|title=CSEM: Erwin Bodky Awards|website=Csem.org|access-date=2020-01-04}} a NEA Solo Recitalist Award (1983), and the Noah Greenberg Award (1988),{{Cite web|url=http://www.ams-net.org/awards/greenbergwinners.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209020041/http://www.ams-net.org/awards/greenbergwinners.php|archive-date=2007-02-09|title=AMS Greenberg Award Winners}} Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik (2001),{{Cite web|url=https://www.schallplattenkritik.de/component/content/article/67-bestenlisten-2001/301-bestenliste-3-2001|title=Bestenliste 3-2001|website=Schallplattenkritik.de|access-date=2020-01-04}} Cannes Classical Award (1999), Diapason d'Or (2008).{{Cite web|url=https://www.naxos.com/news/default.asp?op=394&displaymenu=naxos_news&type=2|title=Classical Music News from NAXOS.COM|website=Naxos.com|access-date=2020-01-04}}

The works of Bach are central to his recorded repertoire. He has performed with numerous musicians including Reinhard Goebel, Gottfried von der Goltz, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Christian Tetzlaff, Kim Kashkashian, Helmut Müller-Brühl, Nicholas McGegan, Thomas Zehetmair; and orchestras such as the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, etc.{{Cite web|url=https://www.naxos.com/person/Robert_Hill/301.htm|title=Robert Hill- Albums, Pictures – Naxos Classical Music.|website=Naxos.com|access-date=2020-01-04}}

His brother is the instrument-builder Keith Hill.{{Cite web|url=http://keithhillharpsichords.com/|title=Keith Hill - Instrument Maker|website=Keithhillharpsichords.com|access-date=2020-01-04}}