Robert Barto

Robert Barto (born 1950s in San Diego) is an American lutenist specializing in the music of the Baroque and Empfindsamkeit periods, in particular the oeuvres of Sylvius Leopold Weiss and Bernhard Joachim Hagen.

The recipient of a Fulbright scholarship, he continued his studies in Cologne, Germany and at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland, with Michael Schäffer and Eugen Müller-Dombois, respectively.

He also gave solo recitals for Bavarian Radio's "Bach Night" in Munich as well as the "Lufthansa Baroque Festival" also held in London.

[3] Barto has recorded eleven volumes of lute sonatas by baroque lutenist-composer Sylvius Leopold Weiss[3] and two CDs of the solo works of Bernhard Joachim Hagen for the Naxos and Symphonia labels.

[4] Barto also recorded a part of soundtrack of an audiovisual installation by the Ukrainian artist and composer Roman Turovsky-Savchuk.