Composer Eve de Castro Robinson Photo: Gareth Watkins
Eve de Castro-Robinson has been commissioned and performed by a wide variety of performers, and her output ranges from large orchestral to vocal, chamber and electroacoustic works which are performed in NZ and internationally. In 1986 Pierre Boulez conducted her Interpolations for orchestra in open rehearsal in Wellington. Her 'Triple Clarinet Concerto' was the 1992 NZ entry in the International Rostrum of Composers, Paris and she is twice winner of the SOUNZ Contemporary Award. She was the first person to graduate DMus in Composition from the University of Auckland in 1991 and is currently Associate-Professor in Composition there. de Castro-Robinson has often been an adjudicator, speaker, writer, reviewer and broadcaster on musical topics, and is a trained graphic designer.