Robin Hayward

'An extraordinary tuba player' - The New York Times

'...astounding... technical mastery and musicality' - Paris Transatlantic Magazine

'As always, Hayward’s control and phrasing are a pleasure to experience... this large beast (is) played with such facility and restraint as you normally get from the trumpeters in this field' - Bagatellen

The tuba player Robin Hayward, born in Brighton, England in 1969, has been based in Berlin since 1998. He has redefined the tuba’s potential both in the areas of noise and microtonality, and his compositions for other instruments reflect a similar experimental, medium-specific approach. His specific playing ability has been utilized by composers such as Alvin Lucier and Christian Wolff. He has toured extensively both solo and in collaboration. His research to date has been documented in his solo CD Valve Division and various collaborative releases. Active in many contemporary music ensembles including Phosphor, and Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, in 2005 he founded Zinc & Copperworks for continued research into brass instruments.