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Robert Ashley

Robert Ashley

WriterActorSoundDirectorProducer Mar 28 (died age 83) Ann Arbor, Michigan 1963–2025 (62 year career)
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Biography

A distinguished figure in American contemporary music, Robert Ashley holds an international reputation for his work in new forms of opera and multi-disciplinary projects. His recorded works are acknowledged classics of language in a musical setting. He pioneered opera-for-television. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 28, 1930, Robert Ashley was educated at the University of Michigan (Mus.B., 1952, Music Theory) and at the Manhattan School of Music (Mus.M., 1954, Piano and Composition.) From …

Known For

Perfect Lives
Film

Perfect Lives

"R" Narrator
Automatic Writing
Film

Automatic Writing

Writer
525
Film

525

Writer
Improvement (Don Leaves Linda)
Film

Improvement (Don Leaves Linda)

Narrator I
Frames for Seconds
Film

Frames for Seconds

1991
Atalanta Strategy
Film

Atalanta Strategy

Himself
The Commission
Film

The Commission

Hector Berlioz
Four American Composers: Robert Ashley
Film

Four American Composers: Robert Ashley

Himself

Filmography