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Published Articles by Robert

 

Might We Accompany Each Other? How Audiences and Presenters Perceive the Singer/ Pianist Dynamic; written for VOICEPrints, Journal of the New York Singing Teachers' Association; Volume 18, Number 4 March-April 2021

 

 

Is The Music Conservatory Model Obselete? - written for the California Music Teacher journal, Volume 43 No. 2, Fall 2019

 

I Am Not An Accompanist - written for the California Music Teacher journal, Volume 41 No. 2, Fall 2017

 

 

Feature Articles about Robert

 

 

 

 

Mainly Piano - Interview with Kathy Parsons. A reflection on 25 years since the Prokofiev Competition; February 10, 2021

Meet the Aritst - Interview with Frances Wilson for the Cross Eyed Pianist; March 9, 2020

 

Interview with Virtuoso Pianist, Robert Thies - Pastimes for a Lifetime Art and Piano School; Linda Wehrli, Founder; April 26, 2019

 

The Man with the Mozart - Buffalo News, The Gusto Blog, Mary Kunz Goldman, July 13, 2011

 

Tokafi - Discover Your Music - 15 Questions to Robert Thies
Tobias Fischer, July 16, 2007

"Piano Gold Medals No Guarantee of Career Success"
Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2001

"Pianists hope to become noteworthy at institute"
St. Louis-Dispatch, November 26, 2000

"A Grade Notion"
Los Angeles Times, April 06, 1994

"A Hub for the Arts"
USC Trojan Family Magazine, Autumn 1997

"A Concert for the Home Crowd"
USC Chronicle, April 14, 1997

USC grad captures Prokofiev piano prize
USC Chronicle, January 16, 1996

"Tipping the Scales"
Peninsula People, October 1996

"Another American Pianist Invades Russia, Successfully"
Los Angeles Times, December 23, 1995

"A Profession of Passion"
Piano & Keyboard, July/August 1996

 

 

 

 

Concert Reviews

 

 

 

Debussy the Painter of Sound; 2018; LA Opus
DAVID J BROWN

From epic to lyric: Robert Thies brings a poet's touch to the piano in two concerts, New Times, February 2014

 

Astonishing Rachmaninoff Elevates Cal Phil Performance Pasadena Star News, July 2009

 

Pianist Thies shines in Eugene Symphony concert
Register Guard, February 2001

Community Concert Pianist Delivers
Masterful Performance

Sun-News, January 2001

Thies Delivers Emotional, Exhausting Recital

By JOHN HENKEN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
April 03, 2000

"LBSO Soloist Shows More Than Just Flash"
Downtown Gazette, May 1999

"Prokofiev Winner Offers Unerring Mozart"
Los Angeles Times, April 30, 1996

"A World Class Listening Adventure"
Savannah News Press, April 12, 1996

"A Spirited Outing for Pianist Thies, Camerata"
Los Angeles Times, April 12, 1994