Magen Solomon, Artistic Director

Robin Estrada

Robin Estrada is a composer originally from the Philippines, focusing on the field of contemporary art music. Estrada earned his bachelor’s degree in music from the University of the Philippines, where he studied composition under Josefino Toledo and Ramon P. Santos. He completed his Masters in Music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Dan Becker and David Conte. Estrada is presently pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the composer-in-residence of the Ateneo Chamber Singers and has recently accepted the invitation to be the composer-in-residence for San Francisco Choral Artists. He maintains own MySpace page with selected recordings.

Beginning with the Philippines, Estrada’s works have been performed in numerous international settings. He has also participated in several international music conferences and festivals, such as the 19th Conference and Festival of Asian Composers’ League in Taiwan, Nagano Music Festival 2000 in Japan, and the Federation Music Week-Contemporary Music of Australia and Asia Pacific in Australia. Pangadi for alto, violin, oboe, percussion, and saron was the Philippines’ entry to the Asian Composers’ League Young Composer Award; and his Awit ni Solomon for 16 female voices won the Musica Nova award in the I Concurso Coral de Ateneo. Aire de Nocturno won first place at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Fourth Annual Choral Composition Contest.