Robert Fürstenthal did not compose any music for 35 years after leaving Vienna, only resuming when he reconnected with his first love, Françoise Farron-Fürstenthal.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Fürstenthal's musical style is proudly late-Romantic, and he stated that composing transported him back to Vienna.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Fürstenthal's music can be seen as a personal 'immigration' into a better world, a gentle response to the barbarity of persecution and exile.
Composer Biography
Robert Fürstenthal, born in Vienna in 1920, was a Jewish composer who fled to America in 1939 to escape the Nazis, though his father perished in a concentration camp.
Composer Biography
Fürstenthal served in the US Army's intelligence division from 1942-45, interrogating German prisoners-of-war in Europe.
Critical Reception
Despite being a 'hobby composer,' Fürstenthal's work has been praised, with one Viennese journalist calling him 'a Master'.
Performer Biography
The Rossetti Ensemble, named after the Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was formed in 2018 from long-standing collaborations among its members.
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