{{Short description|American conductor (born 1984)}} {{distinguish|Roberto Treviño}} {{Infobox person | name = Robert Treviño | image = OSE- Anduaga14 (50230734022).jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Robert Treviño, 2020 | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1984}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = conductor | years_active = 2003–present | employer = | known_for = | notable_works = | website = {{URL|robert-trevino.com}} }} '''Robert Treviño''' (born 1984) is an American conductor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Allen |first=David |date=2024-11-04 |title=For This Rising Conductor, Classical Music Was Never Elitist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/arts/music/robert-trevino-conductor.html |access-date=2025-02-26 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ross |first=Alex |date=2022-01-24 |title=Chopin's Nocturnes Are Arias for the Piano |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/31/chopins-nocturnes-are-arias-for-the-piano |access-date=2025-02-26 |work=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gramophone - November 2022 |url=https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/102959/page/38?term=robert%20trevino%20clive%20paget |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=reader.exacteditions.com |language=en}}</ref> He is the incoming principal conductor of the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-01-27 |title=George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra announce Robert Treviño as new Principal Conductor |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/content/news/george-enescu-philharmonic-orchestra-announces-robert-trevino-as-new-principal-conductor |access-date=2026-01-29 |website=Gramophone |language=en}}</ref> and principal guest conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI.
==Biography== Treviño, who is Mexican American, grew up in the Fort Worth, Texas region,<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/interviews/robert-trevino-interview-people-used-throw-beer-bottles-front/ | title=Robert Trevino interview: 'People used to throw beer bottles at our front door and shout go home' | work=The Daily Telegraph | author=Ivan Hewitt | date=2018-04-23 | access-date=2021-05-06}}</ref> specifically in North Richland Hills, Texas.<ref name="Cantrell">{{cite news | url=https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/performing-arts/2020/07/24/musicians-with-d-fw-connections-record-beethoven-symphonies-chamber-works-with-clarinet/ | title=Musicians with D-FW connections record Beethoven symphonies, chamber works with clarinet | work=Dallas Morning News | author=Scott Cantrell | date=2020-07-24 | access-date=2021-05-06}}</ref> As a youth, Treviño studied the bassoon.<ref name="cincinnati">{{cite web | url=http://www.musicincincinnati.com/site/news_2013/CSO_Associate_Conductor_Robert_Trevino_on_a_Roll.html | title=CSO Associate Conductor Robert Treviño on a Roll | work=Music in Cincinnati| author=Mary Ellen Hutton | date=2013-02-10 | access-date=2021-05-06}}</ref> Treviño attended the University of Texas at Arlington, where he studied conducting and formed his own orchestra. He then subsequently attended Roosevelt University, where his teachers included David McGill.<ref name="cincinnati"/>
Treviño's conducting mentors have included Leif Segerstam, Kurt Masur, Michael Tilson Thomas, and David Zinman.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.al.com/entertainment/2014/03/at_30_aso_guest_conductor_robe.html | title=ASO guest conductor Robert Trevino making his way in the conducting world | work=The Birmingham News | author=Michael Huebner | date=2014-03-26 | access-date=2021-05-06}}</ref> He made his professional debut as a conductor in 2003 at the age of 20 in Wuppertal, Germany.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42050704/tallahassee_democrat/ | title=Conductor heard Mozart and was smitten | work=Tallahassee Democrat | author=Mark Hinson | date=2012-09-14 | access-date=2021-05-06}}</ref> In 2010, Treviño won the James Conlon Prize for Excellence in Conducting at the Aspen Music Festival and School.<ref name="join-CSO">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42051169/the_cincinnati_enquirer/ | title=Treviño to join CSO as associate conductor | work=The Cincinnati Enquirer | author=Janelle Gelfand | date=2011-06-25 | access-date=2021-05-06}}</ref>
From 2009 to 2011, Treviño was associate conductor for the New York City Opera.<ref name="gramophone">{{cite news | url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical%20music%20news/article/robert-trevino-named-malmo-symphony-s-chief-conductor | title=Robert Trevino named Malmö Symphony's Chief Conductor | work=Gramophone | author= | date=2018-08-22 | access-date=2021-05-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/arts/music/08vox.html | title=In a Laboratory, Turning Traditional Notions of Opera Upside Down | work=The New York Times | author=Anthony Tommasini | date=2010-05-07 | access-date=2021-05-06}}</ref> He was then associate conductor at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) from 2011 to 2015.<ref name="join-CSO"/><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/arts/2015/04/20/keitaro-harada-join-cincinnati-symphony-associate-conductor/26066643/ | title=Keitaro Harada to join Cincinnati Symphony as associate conductor | work=The Cincinnati Enquirer | author=Janelle Gelfand | date=2015-04-20 | access-date=2021-05-06}}</ref>
Treviño became music director of the Basque National Orchestra as of the 2017-2018 season.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.theclassicalarts.com/articles/40970/20161124/robert-trevino-basque-national-orchestra-new-music-director.htm | title=Robert Trevino Named New Music Director of Basque National Orchestra | work=The Classical Arts | author=Philip Trapp | date=2016-11-24 | access-date=2021-05-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/spain/article/Robert-Trevino-Appointed-Basque-National-Orchestras-New-Music-Director-20161114 | title=Robert Trevino Appointed Basque National Orchestra's New Music Director | work=Broadway World | author= | date=2016-11-14 | access-date=2021-05-12}}</ref> In June 2018, Treviño's contract with the orchestra was extended through the 2021–2022 season.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory.cfm?storyid=41247&categoryid=2&archived=0 | title=New Artist of The Month: Robert Treviño | work=Musical America | author=Roy Westbrook | date=2018-10-01 | access-date=2021-05-06}}</ref><ref name="broadway">{{cite news | url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/Robert-Trevino-Extends-Music-Directorship-Of-Basque-National-Orchestra-20180612 | title=Robert Trevino Extends Music Directorship Of Basque National Orchestra | work=Broadway World | author= | date=2018-06-12 | access-date=2021-05-06}}</ref> In June 2022, the Basque National Orchestra announced the extension of his music directorship for an indefinite tenure.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-08 |title=Robert Trevino is confirmed indefinitely as Music Director of the Basque National Orchestra |url=https://www.pizzicato.lu/?p=69741 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pizzicato |language=fr-FR}}</ref> In January 2025, the board of the Basque National Orchestra concluded Treviño's contract as music director with immediate effect, as part of a change of the entire leadership of the orchestra.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cadenaser.com/euskadi/2025/01/27/el-consejo-de-administracion-de-la-orquesta-de-euskadi-cesa-a-robert-trevino-y-oriol-roch-radio-san-sebastian/ | title=El consejo de administración de Euskadiko Orkestra cesa a los directores Robert Treviño y Oriol Roch | work=Cadena Ser | author= | date=2025-01-27 | access-date=2025-01-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chico |first=Amaia |date=2025-01-27 |title=La Euskadiko Orkestra cesa a su director titular Robert Treviño y al director general Oriol Roch para iniciar «un cambio de rumbo» |url=https://www.diariovasco.com/culturas/musica/euskadiko-orkestra-trevino-roch-20250127120402-nt.html |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=El Diario Vasco |language=es}}</ref> ''The New Yorker'' noted his raising of the orchestra's international profile,
Treviño became chief conductor of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra as of the 2019-2020 season.<ref name="gramophone"/> With the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Treviño has recorded commercially for Ondine,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical%20music%20news/article/ondine-signs-robert-trevino-and-starts-with-a-beethoven-symphony-cycle | title=Ondine signs Robert Trevino, and starts with a Beethoven symphony cycle | work=Gramophone | author=Martin Cullingford | date=2019-10-10 | access-date=2021-05-12}}</ref> including a Beethoven symphony cycle.<ref name="Cantrell"/> In May 2021, the Malmö Symphony Orchestra announced that Treviño is to stand down as its chief conductor at the close of the 2020-2021 season, and then to take the title of artistic adviser for 2 years.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical%20music%20news/article/robert-trevino-named-principal-guest-in-turin-and-extends-relationship-with-malmo-symphony | title=Robert Trevino named Principal Guest in Turin and extends relationship with Malmö Symphony | work=Gramophone | author= | date=2021-05-05 | access-date=2021-05-12}}</ref> Separately in May 2021, the RAI National Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of Treviño as its next principal guest conductor, with an initial contract of 3 years, following his January 2019 guest-conducting debut with the orchestra and a return engagement in November 2020.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.orchestrasinfonica.rai.it/articoli/fabio-luisi-direttore-emerito-e-robert-trevino-direttore-ospite-principale-dell%E2%80%99orchestra-rai/46630/default.aspx | title=Fabio Luisi Direttore Emerito e Robert Trevino Direttore Ospite Principale Dell'Orchestra RAI | publisher=RAI National Symphony Orchestra | date=4 May 2021 | access-date=2021-05-06}}</ref>
Further recordings for Ondine have included "Ravel",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Major |first=Michael |title=Robert Treviño & the Basque National Orchestra Release Ravel 'Sequel' |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Robert-Trevio-the-Basque-National-Orchestra-Release-Ravel-Sequel-20221011 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}</ref> "Ravel 2", "Americascapes",<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-21 |title=Chopin's Nocturnes Are Arias for the Piano |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/31/chopins-nocturnes-are-arias-for-the-piano |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref> an album of music by Einojuhani Rautavaara, Respighi's "Roman Trilogy" and "Americascapes 2: American Opus". In addition he recorded a complete cycle of symphonies by Max Bruch for CPO Records. These recordings have between them amassed more than 16 accolades from reviews publications around the world, including "Recording of the Year" from Presto Music<ref>{{Cite web |title=Recordings of the Year 2021 - Our Top 10 |url=https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/articles/4397--Classical-Recordings-of-the-Year-2021?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=prestomusicawards |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=Presto Music |language=en}}</ref> and a Gramophone Classical Music Awards nomination.
In November 2025, Treviño first guest-conducted the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra. Based on this appearance, in January 2026, the orchestra announced the appointment of Treviño as its next principal conductor, effective with the 2026-2027 season, with an initial contract of four years.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://filarmonicaenescu.ro/ro/stire/-orchestra-fge-il-numeste-pe-robert-trevino-dirijor-principal-incepand-cu-stagiunea-2627-6120 | title=Orchestra FGE îl numește pe Robert Treviño dirijor principal începând cu Stagiunea 26/27 | publisher=George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra | date=27 January 2026 | access-date=2026-01-29}}</ref>
==Personal life== In 2023, Treviño married the Lithuanian mezzo-soprano Justina Gringytė.
==Awards and fellowships== * 2010: James Conlon Prize for Excellence in Conducting at the Aspen Music Festival and School<ref name="join-CSO"/> * 2010: Solti Foundation Career Assistance Award<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/arts/music/04arts-SOLTIAWARDFO_BRF.html | title=Solti Award For Music Director of New York Youth Symphony | work=The New York Times | author=Daniel J. Wakin | date=2010-06-03 | access-date=2021-05-06}}</ref> * 2011: "Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview" participant<ref>{{cite news |date=March 29, 2011 |title=A Rare Opportunity for Six Young Conductors |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704604704576220643890154896 |work=The Wall Street Journal }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.americanorchestras.org/conducting-artistic-programs/conducting/bruno-walter-national-conductor-preview/history.html |title=The History of the Preview and a Roster of Past Participants |publisher=League of American Orchestras |access-date=January 11, 2020 }}</ref> * 2011: Tanglewood Music Center Conducting Fellow<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bso.org/brands/tanglewood-music-center/fellowship-programs/conducting.aspx |title=Fellowship Programs: Conducting |publisher=Tanglewood Music Center |access-date=January 10, 2020 }}</ref> * 2011: Laureate of the Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.svetlanov-evgeny.com/en/the-winners-biographies/robert-trevino-laureate-of-2010-competition/ |title=Robert Trevino, laureate of 2010 Competition |publisher=Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition |access-date=January 10, 2020 }}</ref> * 2012: Solti Foundation Career Development Award<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soltifoundation.us/awardees/#Trevino |title=Past Awardees |publisher=Solti Foundation |access-date=January 10, 2020 |archive-date=August 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812011342/http://soltifoundation.us/awardees/#Trevino |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.robert-trevino.com}} * [https://www.rbartists.at/kuenstler/robert-trevino Künstleragentur Dr. Raab & Dr. Böhm agency, German-language page on Robert Treviño] * [https://www.arabella-arts.com/roster/robert-trevino# Arabella Arts agency page on Robert Treviño]
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