Robin Pharo

Primarily playing one of the more unique orchestral stringed instruments -- the viola da gamba, a seven-string, bowed, fretted instrument played upright like a cello or contrabass -- Robin Pharo has made a name for himself as a performer of lively classical and chamber pieces. In addition to featured solo performances, Pharo founded two groups: the quartet Nevermind and the Ensemble Près de Votre Oreille. Born in France in 1990, Pharo began playing the viola da gamba at the age of five, studying under Jean-Louis Charbonnier and later embarking on undergraduate studies at the ...