Robert Martin

Robert Martin is emeritus professor of Music and Philosophy at Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, New York). At Bard since 1994, Martin was founding director of the Conservatory of Music (2005) and held other administrative positions including vice president for Academic Affairs. He was Artistic Co-director of the Bard Music Festival from 1994 to 2017.

Martin studied cello at the Curtis Institute of Music with Leonard Rose and Orlando Cole, liberal arts at Haverford College, and philosophy at Yale University (PhD 1965). He pursued a dual career in music and in philosophy, holding joint appointments at several universities and serving as cellist of the Sequoia String Quartet from 1975 to 1985. He was Assistant Dean of Humanities at UCLA before coming to Bard. and served from 1999 to 2004 as president of Chamber Music America. He is editor of and contributor to many books and articles on philosophy and music.

馬伯樂是巴德學院（位於紐約哈德遜河畔安南代爾）的音樂和哲學榮休教授。馬伯樂在1994年開始在巴德學院工作，並在2005年成為巴德音樂學院的創院總監，同時擔任包括主管學術事務副校長在內的行政職位。在1994至2017年間，他也擔任巴德音樂節的聯合藝術總監。

馬伯樂在柯蒂斯音樂學院學習大提琴，師隨倫納德·羅斯和奧蘭多·科爾，並於哈弗福德學院修習人文學科，期後在耶魯大學修讀哲學（在1965年取得博士學位）。他一直在音樂和哲學的兩項領域上發展他的事業，並在多所大學擔任聯合職務，還在1975至1985年間擔任Sequoia弦樂四重奏的大提琴演奏家。在加入巴德學院之前，他是加州大學洛杉磯分校人文學院的副院長，並在1999至2004年間擔任美國室內樂協會主席。他述著等身，是許多哲學和音樂書籍和文章的編輯和撰稿人。