Pull Quotes
“Been a stressful year? This music will help. With a pulse about the same as your heartbeat, Robert Honstein’s mesmerizing piece has the power to soothe.”
Top 100 Songs of 2016
Tom Huizenga, NPR
“These two gorgeous works by Robert Honstein present a kind of minimalist composition that refuses to be limited by austerity…The six exquisite movements [of An Economy of Means] alternate between deeply contemplative, glacially slow passages with billowing, ghostly overtones, meticulously produced by both precise mallet work and luxuriant bowing, while other movements cleave to a more kinetic sort of minimalism, with technically complex cycling patterns.”
The Best Contemporary Classical Albums of 2018
Peter Margasak, Bandcamp
“Mr. Honstein’s ‘Conduit’ evokes a man-machine synthesis, with waves of colorful sounds and breathless eruptions.”
‘Review: Eighth Blackbird Ensemble Plays Sleeping Giant’s Suite’,
Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times
“shimmering bright light and pulsating energy” (“Midnight Sun” from Arctic)
Mivos Quartet: Tiny Desk Concert
Tom Huizenga, NPR
“intensely poignant translation of inner experience into sound” (Soul House)
Hub New Music: Soul House, New Amsterdam Records
Textura
Concert Reviews
August 28, 2023 | Rutland Herald
Music Review: Pianist Adam Tendler returns to Adamant with flutist friend
May 4, 2020 | New York Times
The Bang on a Can Marathon, Still Lovably Scruffy Online
January 22, 2020 | Seen and Heard International
In New York, an operatically inclined group excels in chamber music
January 21, 2020 | Do the M@th
New York Concerts in Review
March 10, 2019 | timesunion
Review: Albany Symphony @ Palace Theatre, 3/9/19
November 19, 2018 | Shepherd Express
Present Music's Warm Thanksgiving Tradition
April 18, 2018 | Cleveland Classical
Boston’s Hub New Music at CSU’s Drinko Hall (March 26)
March 8, 2018 | Boston Musical Intelligencer
Are We Ready to Party?
March 5, 2018 | Oregon ArtsWatch
Spontaneous Combustion reviews 1: from hub to sandbox
February 23, 2018 | Washington Post
Bach Unwound: Cellist offers another new look at solo suites
February 6, 2018 | Arts Fuse
Concert Review: Hub New Music in Worcester
November 22, 2016 | Shepherd Express
Present Music Gives Thanks Again
November 20, 2016 | Journal Sentinel
Review: Present Music's Thanksgiving concert
June 16, 2016 | The Albany Times Union
A few days of music thanks to ASO: So many highlights from the American Music Festival
June 12, 2016 | The Albany Times Union
Review: Albany Symphony: Dogs of Desire @ EMPAC, 6/10/16
May 22, 2016 | Shepherd Express
Present Music Springs Forward
March 20, 2016 | Journal Sentinel
Concert Review: Present Music's 'Equinox' concert a move toward the light
November 22, 2015 | Journal Sentinel
Present Music concert reflective
November 14, 2015 | The Boston Musical Intelligencer
Strong Personalities and Formidable Techniques
December 16, 2014 | The Boston Globe
Ensemble introduces young composers in Jamaica Plain
June 8, 2014 | The New York Times
For Audience and Young Composers, a Chance to See Works Take Flight
November 25, 2013 | The New York Times
For Young Ensembles, an Entrepreneur and an Audience
September 23, 2013 | The Washington Post
Mirage trio debuts at Atlas with warm, lyrical interpretations of 21st-century composers
May 13, 2013 | Chicago Classical Review
Lunsqui and Honstein works provide the highlights in Dal Niente program
February 27, 2012 | I care if you listen
Austin TX Offers New Sounds at the Gershwin Hotel
February 19, 2012 | The New York Times
Brooklyn Composers Riff on Stravinsky: Ensemble ACJW Riffs on Stravinsky at Weill Hall
December 7, 2010 | The New York Times
Showing the Adults How It’s Done
November 17, 2010 | The Toronto Globe and Mail
The Correction Line Ensemble: Bridging the popular-classical divide
Album Reviews
Lost and Found
December 1, 2023 | Percussive Notes
Album Review: Lost and Found
May 8, 2023 | AnEarful
Record Roundup: 2023 First Quarter Report, Pt. 2
April 4, 2023 | bandcamp
The Best Contemporary Classical on Bandcamp: March 2023
April 1, 2023 | A Closer Listen
Robert Honstein ~ Lost and Found
Evergreen on Ambient Resonances
May 1, 2023 | CD Hot List
Peter Klatzow; Juri Seo; Robert Honstein
April 1, 2023 | Percussive Notes
New Percussion Literature and Recordings (pg. 66)
”Chorale” from An Economy of Means on ILTA
April 9, 2023 | Take Effect
Stefanie Abderhalden and Kyle Flens
Middle Ground
May 5, 2021 | Take Effect
Robert Honstein
April 29, 2021 | bandcamp
Best of Bandcamp Contemporary Classical: April 2021
April 15, 2021 | Performing Arts Monterey Bay
Weekly Magazine
April 9, 2021 | A Closer Listen
Robert Honstein ~ Middle Ground
March 15, 2021 | Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review
Robert Honstein, Middle Ground, Music for Solo Violin and Electronics, Kate Stenberg
March 6, 2021 | No BS: Just Rock & Roll (French)
Robert Honstein: Middle Ground
March 1, 2021 | Avant Music News
AMN Reviews: Robert Honstein – Middle Ground [Other Minds OM2030]
Soul House
December 22, 2020 | arts fuse
Arts Feature: Best Classical Recordings of 2020
December 17, 2020 | The Boston Globe
The local recordings that helped us through 2020
September 4, 2020 | The Road to Sound
August 2020 in Experimental Music
August 26, 2020 | The Boston Globe
With concerts canceled, new albums offer a bridge to the artists we love
July 26, 2020 | arts fuse
Classical CD Reviews: David Lang’s “love fail,” Christopher Rouse’s Orchestral Music, and Hub New Music’s “Soul House”
Orison on ASH
December 16, 2019 | The Road to Sound
Album Review: Ashley Bathgate & Sleeping Giant, ASH
December 4, 2019 | New York Music Daily
A Rapturous, Slashing New Solo Album From One of This Era’s Most Dynamically Brilliant Cellists
November 14, 2019 | The Albany Times Union
Classnotes: Six degrees of fresh Bach appreciation
October 19, 2019 | anearful
Record Roundup: String Theories
September 25, 2019 | Second Inversion
ALBUM REVIEW: Ashley Bathgate’s ‘ASH’
Olmsted on Unraveling Beethoven
December 10, 2018 | Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review
Nicholas Dieugenio, Mimi Solomon, Unraveling Beethoven, Modern Composers Today
An Economy of Means
December 21, 2018 | bandcamp
The Best Contemporary Classical Albums of 2018
July 20, 2018 | San Francisco Classical Voice
Going Solo: New Music With Personality
July 9, 2018 | Album a Day
Karl Larson & Doug Perkins – Robert Honstein: An Economy of Means
July 1, 2018 | Textura
Robert Honstein: An Economy of Means
June 1, 2018 | bandcamp
Best of Bandcamp Contemporary Classical: June 2018
May 16, 2018 | NPR
A Vibraphone Workout with a Tinfoil Twist
May 16, 2018 | Second Inversion
VIDEO PREMIERE: Robert Honstein’s ‘An Economy of Means’
Night Scenes from the Ospedale on Night Scenes from the Ospedale
October 29, 2017 | Second Inversion
Second Inversion Spooktacular: 48-hour Spooky Music Marathon
March 1, 2016 | Textura
The Sebastians: Night Scenes from the Ospedale
Re: You
November 18, 2016 | Second Inversion
Staff Picks: Friday Faves
November 1, 2014 | Textura
Robert Honstein: RE: you
Features
December 9, 2023 | Visions in Sound
”The Real Charlie Chaplin”
June 28, 2023 | Extra Eclectic on YourClassical
Contemplative summer nights
January 18, 2022 | Olmsted Now
Olmsted for Violin and Piano
May 18, 2021 | WRUU Contemporary Classics
Interview about Middle Ground
April 19, 2021 | WGTE Classical Conversations
Robert Honstein: Middle Ground
September 1, 2018 | Early Music America
Hip to be HIP
May 4, 2017 | The College Voice (Connecticut College)
Nature and Composition
July 13, 2016 | Gloucester Daily Times
"Time's Arrow," a chamber music concert at North Shore Arts
March 17, 2016 | Utexas.edu
Butler alum shares lessons learned with current students
June 23, 2015 | The Utah Review
Backstage at The Utah Arts Festival 2015: ‘Juno,’ ‘Andante,’ ‘Hang On,’ ‘And Then There’s That’ highlight music, dance commissions
March 1, 2015 | Textura
SPOTLIGHT 16: NICK GILL / ROBERT HONSTEIN / NADIA SHPACHENKO / TO DESTROY A CITY
December 16, 2014 | Andplayduo
Composer Highlight: Robert Honstein
October 20, 2014 | New Music Box
Robert Honstein: Oblique Strategies
June 3, 2014 | ACO Sound Advice
23rd Annual Underwood New Music Readings: Composer Spotlight - Robert Honstein
Other Mentions
September 6, 2023 | Martin CID Magazine
Kathrin Linkersdorff: Fairies – Yossi Milo, New York
June 30, 2023 | Bath-Brunswick Regional Chamber
10 Free Ways to Experience the Bowdoin International Music Festival
October 28, 2022 | Calgary Herald
Review: New era of Alberta Ballet showcases collaborative expression
July 19, 2022 | NPR Tiny Desk Concert
Mivos Quartet: Tiny Desk Concert
January 9, 2020 | New York Music Daily
The 100 Best Songs of 2019 [Orison]
September 27, 2019 | Strings Magazine
Video Premiere: Cellist Ashley Bathgate Reimagines a Cello Suite Inspired by Bach
August 2, 2018 | Cadenza, with David Osenberg
Robert Honstein, Composer
December 1, 2016 | NPR
Top 100 Songs of 2016
October 1, 2016 | Brooklyn Rail
Trust in the Label(s)
May 2, 2016 | NPR
Tiny Desk: Eighth Blackbird
Podcasts
November 17, 2023 | Encore Houston
Episode 202: MUSIQA
August 3, 2020 | Concert Honesty Podcast
#169 — Robert Honstein
October 18, 2018 | @ Percussion Podcast
163 - Robert Honstein
January 14, 2018 | 1 Track Podcast
Season Four, Episode Seven - Composer, Robert Honstein
December 19, 2012 | Composer Conversations
Composer Conversations 14.Robert Honstein
May 2, 2011 | No Extra Notes
No Extra Notes: Composer Takeover 06
Sleeping Giant
February 23, 2018 | The Washington Post
Bach Unwound Cellist Offers Another New Look at Solo Suites
October 14, 2016 | Herald Tribune
RIAF Review: Eighth Blackbird ensemble matches art and music
July 4, 2016 | Second Inversion
ALBUM REVIEW: Eighth Blackbird’s Hand Eye
May 1, 2016 | Textura
Eighth Blackbird: Hand Eye
April 25, 2016 | The Orange County Register
Eighth Blackbird reveals ‘Hand Eye’ coordination in Irvine
April 1, 2016 | Stereophile
Hand Eye Wigs Out
March 30, 2016 | The Guardian
Sleeping Giant: Hand Eye CD review – brilliant performances of exciting new commissions
March 22, 2016 | The Albany Times Union
ASO and Sleeping Giant create a daring stew of new and old
March 15, 2016 | Austin American Statesmen
Music review: Eighth Blackbird’s “Hand-Eye”
February 16, 2016 | San Francisco Classical Voice
eighth blackbird’s Valentine to New Music Lovers
February 15, 2016 | San Francisco Chronicle
Eighth Blackbird and 6 composers, working together
February 1, 2016 | Chicago Tribune
Gripping monodrama 'My Lai' evokes dark moment of Vietnam War, 'Hand Eye' at MCA
January 27, 2016 | Richmond Times-Dispatch
Music review: In 'Hand Eye,' eighth blackbird draws inspiration from contemporary visual art
January 20, 2016 | The Wall Street Journal
Composing a Work of Art: Eighth Blackbird features works that were inspired by visual art
January 19, 2016 | Bachtrack
Inspiring collaboration of music and art: eighth blackbird at Carnegie Hall
January 19, 2016 | The New York Times
Review: Eighth Blackbird Ensemble Plays Sleeping Giant’s Suite
January 17, 2016 | The New York Times
Composers’ Collectives Offer Creativity and Challenges
January 17, 2016 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
More new-music innovation from Eighth Blackbird
October 15, 2015 | Hartford Courant
New Music Ensemble eighth blackbird Collaborates With Collective Sleeping Giant
September 4, 2015 | I care if you listen
Hand Eye: a Collaboration Between Giants
May 16, 2015 | The Albany Times Union
Review: Albany Symphony: Dogs of Desire @ EMPAC, 5/15/15
March 27, 2015 | The Albany Times Union
Reworked "Requiem" a conversation starter
March 22, 2015 | The Albany Times Union
ASO and Sleeping Giant create a daring stew of new and old: Program a daring twist on composers' greatest works
March 21, 2015 | The Albany Times Union
Review: Albany Symphony Orchestra @ Troy Music Hall, 3/21/15
March 18, 2015 | The Saratogian
Albany Symphony Orchestra to perform ‘Requiem Reimagined’ at Troy Music Hall
March 18, 2015 | The Albany Times Union
Mozart's Requiem reborn by ASO team: Composers give revered work new slant
June 6, 2012 | I care if you listen
Under the influence: Deviant Septet commissions Sleeping Giant
February 8, 2012 | The Albany Times Union
Ensemble ACJW to perform Sleeping Giant's newest piece at Skidmore