Robert Aitken (composer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Robert Aitken (composer)

Canadian music composer

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1939

Place of Birth: Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Profession: composer, conductor, university teacher

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

For others similarly named, see the Robert Aitken navigation pageRobert Morris Aitken (born August 28, 1939) is a Canadian composer and flautist.
He began his career as a teenager playing in a number of orchestras, notably becoming the youngest principal flautist in the history of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in 1958 at the age of 19.
In 1971, he abandoned ensemble performance to pursue a highly successful solo career.
He has appeared as a soloist with major symphony orchestras throughout North America, Europe and Asia and has made more than 40 commercial recordings.Born in Kentville, Nova Scotia, Aitken has played with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, CBC Symphony Orchestra, and Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
He is Artistic Director of New Music Concerts in Toronto.
He has also done classical and contemporary music (along with eminent harpist Erica Goodman) on BIS Records.
He studied flute with Nicolas Fiore, Marcel Moyse, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Andre Jaunet, Severino Gazzelloni, and Hubert Barwahser. From 1988 to 2004, Aitken was a member of the music faculty at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg, Germany.
He is also a former faculty member of the University of Toronto (1960–1975) and the Shawnigan Summer School of Arts (1972–1982) and was director of advanced studies in music at the Banff Centre from 1985 to 1989.