Let's connect! Whether it's for a gathering, event, or something unique you have in mind, I'd love to bring the music to you.
Over the years Robert has performed at hundreds of venues locally, nationally, and internationally. Below are some of the clients that have hosted Robert’s performances:
Local Events and Shows
Twin Cities Jazz Festival
Carnaval Brasileiro of the Twin Cities
KARE11 TV - Saturday Morning Show
KARE11 TV - Showcase Minnesota
WCCO TV - Saturday Morning Show
MPR - Talking Volumes with Isabel Allende
MPR - The Jazz Image with Leigh Kamman
MPR - All Things Considered
KBEM 88.5FM - String Theory with Kevin Barnes
Cannon River Winery
Caponi Art Park
Cedar Cultural Center
Emergency Food Shelf NetworkWalker Art Center Sculpture Garden
- 15 Year Anniversary
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis Women’s Club
KFAI Radio - Global Beat & Corazon Latino
Orchestra Hall - Latin Renaissance
Lyn-Lake Street Festival
CedarFest
Siren 2000 Block Party
Festival of the Little People
YWCA
Global Citizens Network
Harriet Brewing Company
International Student Exchange
Judson Street Festival
Kaboomfest - Mora, MN
Leon Hushaw Art Gallery
Macy's Flower Show
Minnesota Guitar Society
- Classical Guitarathon
National Association of Orthopedic Nurses
Service League Art Exhibit - HCMC
St. Croix Vineyards
Private Functions
Italian Cultural Center
Land O' Lakes
Macy's
MN Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Mpls. Foundation
Minnesota Monthly Magazine
Mpls. St. Paul Magazine
Minneapolis Women's Club
Nordstrom's
Odegard
Padilla Spears Beardsley
RBC Wealth Management
Stages Theatre
St. Paul Foundation
Target Corporation
Ten Thousand Things Theater Company
University of Minnesota
Utne Reader Magazine
Wells Fargo
Benefits/Volunteer
KFAI Radio
Coalition for the Prevention
of Child Abuse
Center for Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment
St. Joseph's Home for Children
Center for Victims of Torture
Minnesota Medical Research Foundation
American Red Cross
St. Peter's Church, Forest Lake
10 Days of Fasting for Immigration Reform
Citizens for a safer Minnesota
(www.engunviolence.com)
Twin Cities Bars /
Restaurants / Cafés
Dakota Jazz Club
First Avenue
Fine Line Music Cafe
Windows on Minnesota, IDS Tower
Times Bar and Café
Maria's Café
Boca Chica Restaurant
Café Lurçat
Loring Bar
The Corner Table Restaurant
Gardens of Salonica Restaurant
Rossi's Blue Star Room
Mpls. Café
Sophia
Conga Latin Bistro
Nochee
Blue Nile Restaurant
Aster Café
South Beach
Mill City Café
the Lounge
Acadia Café
Uptown Bar
The Dinkytowner
Me Gusta Mexican Cuisine
Taco Morelos Restaurant
Teresa’s Mexican Restaurant
Manny's Tortas
Dunn Brothers
Gathering Grounds
The Coffee Grounds
Pepito's
House of Lalibela
Seward Café
Orrie's
Shark's
Club Paradise
400 Bar
National
Veterinary Cancer Society
Latino's Restaurant, San Diego
Churrascaria Girassol, New York City
Live on Winnebago Music Festival, Decorah, Iowa
Lamar Music Festival, Wisconsin
Twisted Grille, Hudson, WI
Dan Emmett Folk Festival, Columbus, Ohio
Churrascaria Espeto, Jacksonville, Florida
(plus many private gigs around the country)
International
Budapest, Hungary:
Birdland Jazz Club
Florence, Italy:
The Golden View (Ponte Vecchio)
Café Caracol
TGH Comfort Bar
Torino, Italy
Kalimba
Festivale della Musica
Buenos Aires, Argentina:
El Mignón
Cabo de Palo, Uruguay:
La Perla Hosteria
Lisbon, Portugal:
Club Axé Brasil
A Tasca do Chico
Rio De Janeiro, Brasil:
A Toca do Vinicius
Vinicius Piano Bar
Esperança Eco, Laranjeiras
Salvador, Bahia, Brasil:
Pub NR, Pelourinho
Florianopolis, Brasil:
Emporium
Chaplin
Madrid, Spain:
Café & Bar Tempo
Sevilla, Spain:
La Carbonería
Negril, Jamaica
Lincoln, England: Viela Brazilian Restaurant
Bern, Switzerland: Ono Galerie
Tours, France:
Le Volume 7
Les Temps Du Roi
La Foire de Tours
Cuenca, Ecuador:
L'Alliance Française
Bar/Restaurante De Película
Colegio Las Catalinas
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico:
L. A. Piano Bar
Rincón de Guayabitos, México:
Hoteles Los Cocos
Jalapa, Nicaragua:
Casa de la Cultura
Greater Minnesota
Commonweal Theatre - Lanesboro, MN
Terrace Mill - Terrace, MN
Teatro Zuccone - Duluth, MN
Colleges / Universities / Schools
University of Minnesota:
-Katherine E. Nash Gallery
-Frederick R. Weismann Art Museum
-Northrop Terrace
-Coffman Memorial Union
-Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese
-La Raza Student Cultural Center
St. Olaf College
The Blake School
Eastview High School
Minnetonka Public Scools
Carleton College
Gustavus Adolphus College
Normandale Community College
St. John's University
Macalester College
Spanish Immersion High School, New York City
Churches
St. Mary's Basilica
Unity Unitarian
Grace Lutheran
Normandale Lutheran
Highlights
Played beside Isabel Allende in front of a sold-out audience for the MPR Program Talking Volumes at the Fitzgerald Theatre in St. Paul.
Opened for flautist Sir James Galway and Tiempo Libre, Badi Assad, Basia, and others at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis.
Opened for OLODUM, on tour from Salvador, Brazil, in the Planet Ordway series at Ordway Music Theater.
Opened for Puerto Rican Salsero Eddie Palmieri at First Avenue in Minneapolis
Played percussion in New York City with Manhattan Samba on a ticket with Reggae Legend Jimmy Cliff and the Harlem Gospel Choir