Robert Tweten, piano

    A native of Canada, Robert Tweten began his career as a piano soloist after receiving his Associate of Arts Degree from the Victoria Conservatory of Music and winning competitions including the Du Maurier Search for Stars and the Canadian National Piano Championship. His love of the voice led him into the operatic world where he has since enjoyed a busy career as a conductor, accompanist and vocal coach.
    A resident of Santa Fe, Tweten is the Head of Music Staff for the Santa Fe Opera and has conducted five productions for the company. He has also been a guest conductor for the Santa Fe Symphony, has conducted operas for Opera Southwest, and has performed often with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Other companies he has been a guest conductor for include the Lyric Opera of Chicago where he is an Assistant Conductor, Utah Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, Vancouver Opera, Opera Pacific, Madison Opera, Opera Ontario and the Canadian Opera Company.
    Tweten has performed in recital with many of today's most prominent singers including Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Elizabeth Futral, Catherine Malfitano, Samuel Ramey and Suzanne Mentzer in venues such as Alice Tully Hall at New York's Lincoln Center, Chicago's Orchestra Hall, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Toronto's Ford Center, Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu, La Monnaie in Brussels, the Zurich Opera House, Vienna's Konzerthaus, Los Angeles' Disney Hall, London's Wigmore Hall and the Salzburg Festival.