The pianist Carlos Robinson is that rare representative of classical music who goes far beyond academic limits in his work. On the one hand, he graduated from the conservatory and completed his post-graduate studies in piano, as well as his theoretical post-graduate studies as a musicologist, and plays Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Scriabin and Debussy. On the other hand, he can be seen, for example, playing colorful, complex, and filled with ancient culture Azerbaijani jazz mugham. His love of hybrid forms and experiments comes as no surprise: as the musician himself says, his career and views have been seriously influenced by projects and friendships with another revolutionary in classical genres – the conductor Teodor Kourentzis and his brother Vangelino.
This spring the musician recorded a mini album Surrogate dreams II with works by Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Debussy and a jazz-mugam single, Waiting for Aziza, and in June of this year presented the EP I Hope This Night Will Never End, which includes his piano pieces. In January 2022, Riad Mammadov gave a recital at the Boston Theater, with works from the program released on a separate album.