Robert O'Brien

Robert O’Brien was Head Librarian of the Cleveland Orchestra from 2007 until his retirement in 2022. Prior to his appointment in Cleveland he was Principal Librarian of the Atlanta Symphony from 1985 until 2007. From 1981 through 1985 he was Principal Librarian of the Rochester Philharmonic in New York.

A 1976 graduate of the Philadelphia Musical Academy, Robert worked as a free-lance French Horn player and librarian for numerous organizations in and around Philadelphia including the Opera Company of Philadelphia, The Delaware Valley Philharmonic, The Reading Symphony, The Pennsylvania Ballet, The Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts and as Circulation Coordinator at the Fleisher Collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia.