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Robert Phillips (born July 26, 1953 in New York City) is an American classical guitarist. The son of Dr. Robert Michael Phillips (born Robert Warren Phillips) and Dr. Irma Phillips née Pedrogo who resided, although only briefly, in Valley Stream, New York. A few months after his birth his parents returned to his mother's native Puerto Rico, living in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Three years later they returned to the U.S., residing for two years in Brooklyn, New York and then relocating to Deer Park, New York. Robert attended Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic school and then Seton Hall High... MORE

Robert Phillips (born July 26, 1953 in New York City) is an American classical guitarist. The son of Dr. Robert Michael Phillips (born Robert Warren Phillips) and Dr. Irma Phillips née Pedrogo who resided, although only briefly, in Valley Stream, New York. A few months after his birth his parents returned to his mother's native Puerto Rico, living in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Three years later they returned to the U.S., residing for two years in Brooklyn, New York and then relocating to Deer Park, New York. Robert attended Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic school and then Seton Hall High School. Phillips began his musical training at age 8 on the accordion. He began to teach himself the guitar at age 12. He did not work under a teacher until 1967, when he began to learn finger-style folk guitar. After one year of lessons, Phillips outpaced his teacher, who suggested that he study classical guitar. In 1971, he entered Hofstra University as a Music Education major, studying guitar under Stanley Solow. On graduating in 1975, Phillips began studies in New York under José Rey de la Torre. In 1976, Rey de la Torre left New York for San Francisco, and Phillips worked on his own for the next LESS