About Us

In 2004, Robert Sherman established the Nadia Reisenberg – Clara Rockmore Foundation to promote and enhance the legacies of these two extraordinary musical sisters, who just happened to be his mother and aunt, respectively.

The Foundation’s core mission is to preserve and keep Nadia’s and Clara’s music alive and available, and to support creative people in all genres who find importance, beauty, meaning and influence in their music and lives. To that end, we draw upon our private family collections, as well as the professional archives at the University of Maryland, to provide resources and accurate information, license their photos and recorded music, lend articles of historic memorabilia, and in general, provide for the ongoing use of their music, images and stories in popular culture and modern creative works, and for educational, scholarly, and historical based endeavors. We produce and/or promote books, films, recordings, lectures, concerts, and similar events that speak to the lives of these great women and the profound impact they have had and continue to have on our musical landscape.

Perhaps, most importantly, we continue to produce new (posthumous) recordings of their music from older material, all fully remastered, often never before heard. With our gratitude to Romeo Records, Bridge Records, and Ivory Classics, the Foundation has enabled and/or produced the release of more than a dozen new recordings (to date) of Nadia Reisenberg’s and Clara Rockmore’s performances.

We are a 501(c)(3) Not-For-Profit family run foundation, and ALL proceeds and donations go exclusively to support and further our activities, projects and mission.

Robert Sherman (1932-2023), Founder and President Emeritus of the Foundation, was a radio broadcast legend on New York stations WQXR and WFUV, having hosted such award winning shows as The Listening Room, Woody’s Children and The Young Artists Showcase in his 65+ years in radio. He was also a widely respected music critic and columnist for the NY Times, author of numerous books, lecturer at NYU and The Juilliard School, orchestral narrator of many world premieres, host of numerous special concerts and live events, and ardent supporter of young up-and-coming musicians.

Steve J. Sherman, Robert’s son, was Vice-President of the Foundation for over a decade, and now serves as President. An acclaimed performing arts photographer, he is perhaps best known for his close associations with Carnegie Hall and the NY Times, and his iconic photographs are published around the world. His two coffee-table photo books on Leonard Bernstein garnered great praise, and he is currently working on his third photo book, this one documenting Carnegie Hall during its “Golden Era” in the latter part of the 20th century. In his “spare time”, he has produced over a dozen major concerts, been a political activist leader, and serves as both a volunteer firefighter and fire commissioner.

Advisors to the Foundation include Steve’s brother Peter Sherman and cousin David Sherman.

To make a contribution, purchase any of the CD albums, or request other information, contact Steve J. Sherman
Telephone: (917) 757-5054 ~ Email: stevejsherman11@gmail.com