Special Halloween Concert Rob Schwimmer is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who has performed and recorded throughout the world. Praised by The New York Times for his “Virtuosity, magic, and humor” Rob has just completed his long awaited 2nd solo CD “Heart Of Hearing” for theremin, Haken Continuum and solo piano. Schwimmer has most recently performed (January 2026) with The New York Philharmonic playing theremin at Lincoln Center in the debut performance of Charles Ives’ “Orchestral Set No. 2” under the baton of maestro Thomas Ades. Rob was also theremin soloist with the NY Phil’s in their debut performance of Lera Auerbach’s “Icarus” under conductor Stéphane Denève in November 2025. Known for his work as a solo artist (and as a founding member of the highly acclaimed Polygraph Lounge duo with multi-instrumentalist Mark Stewart of Bang On A Can Allstars/Paul Simon) Rob’s piano playing on his first solo CD “Beyond The Sky” has been widely lauded in both classical and jazz publications: Hailed as “Extraordinary” in Gramophone and “Shaping up to be the finest solo piano CD of the year” in The NYC Jazz Record while The New York Times praised his “…machine-gun speed and clarity.” Recently Rob has been featured ondioline/keyboards/theremin soloist with Gotye’s Ondioline Orchestra which has played to acclaim from National Sawdust and Roulette in NYC to Moogfest (Durham, NC) to Tasmania and The Sydney Festival (both in Jan 2018.) Rob also did arrangements for Gotye’s upcoming release. Rob is also a leading player of the Haken Continuum fingerboard. Schwimmer is the theremin soloist for Ethan Iverson’s (The Bad Plus) “Pepperland,” a full length dance piece for The Mark Morris Dance Group which premiered in Liverpool in 2017 as part of Liverpool’s “Sgt. Pepper at 50” celebration. Recent recording sessions on Haken Continuum include Paul Simon, Esperanza Spalding and Trey Anastasio. Schwimmer also recently completed 2 commissions from The Metropolitan Museum while Polygraph Lounge has received and performed 2 commissions from Carnegie Hall for full length concerts. Among the long list of artists Schwimmer has worked with are Simon and Garfunkel, Wayne Shorter, New York Philharmonic, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Stevie Wonder, Bobby McFerrin, Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, The Cleveland Orchestra, Gotye,The Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Chaka Khan, Laurie Anderson, Bette Midler, Queen Latifah, producer Arif Mardin, Adam Guettel, Gotye’s Ondioline Orchestra, Mark Morris Dance Group, Kelsey Lu, producer Peter Katis, Paul Bley, The Boston Pops, Mary Cleere Haran, T-Bone Walker, Sam Rivers, Ethan Iverson, Marc Shaiman, David Krakauer, Christian Marclay, Matthew Barney, Lorin Sklamberg, Värttinä, Ang Lee, Maria Schneider, Michel Gondry, Trey Anastasio, The Klezmatics, Bernie Worrell, Sxip Shirey, Nels Cline, Annette Peacock, Gwyneth Paltrow, Marshall Brickman, Karen Black, Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, Josh Groban, Gamelan Son of Lion, Mabou Mines, Geoffrey Holder, J...
In 1977, Bargemusic began presenting chamber music in an unlikely and startlingly beautiful venue—a floating barge at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge.
