Early Career
From here on Robison’s career developed rapidly. She joined the roster of Young Concert Artists in their inaugural year, 1961. The same year, she played “Volière” in Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic. When the performance was recorded, she was given only one take for the brief, but notoriously difficult movement. Bernstein observed that she was the first flutist he heard play the solo flawlessly on the first attempt.
In 1966 she became the first American to win First Prize at the Geneva International Music Competition. After this singular achievement, her concert tours became increasingly frequent, as she played with orchestras and gave recitals, many of them with the acclaimed pianist and chamber musician Samuel Sanders.
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