Fyrirlestur með tónskáldinu og heimspekingnum David Rothenberg í Háskólabíó (hátíðarsalurinn).
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14. janúar kl. 16:30

Tónlistarmaðurinn og heimspekingurinn David Rothenberg er staddur á Íslandi í tengslum við námskeiðið Dark Matters, þverfaglegt námskeið á vegum LHÍ og HÍ. Hann mun kynna verk sín og segja frá sjálfum sér á opnum fyrirlestri í Háskólabíó þann 14. janúar kl. 16:30.

David Rothenberg hefur í listsköpun sinni fjallað um tengslin milli manns og náttúru í mörg ár.
Hann er m.a. höfundur bókarinnar Why Birds Sing, sem fjallar um hljóðheim fugla. BBC gerði síðar heimildarmynd byggða á bókinn og hefur hún verið gefin út víða um heim.

Um bókina: http://www.whybirdssing.com/
Heimildarmynd BBC á youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_cqJsdnOrg

David Rorthenberg skrifaði einnig bókina The Thousand Mile Song sem fjallar um hvalasöng. http://www.thousandmilesong.com/

Hægt er að kynna sér verk Davids nánar hér: https://davidrothenberg.wordpress.com/

Aðgangur er ókeypis, allir eru velkomnir.

David Rothenberg will give a talk about his life's work at the Univeristy Cinema (Háskólabíó) this Thursday, January 14th, at 16:30. No admission, all is welcome.

David Rothenberg has written and performed on the relationship between humanity and nature for many years. He is the author of Why Birds Sing, on making music with birds, also published in England, Italy, Spain, Taiwan, China, Korea, and Germany. It was turned into a feature length BBC TV documentary. His following book, Thousand Mile Song, is on making music with whales. It was turned into a film for French television.

As a composer and jazz clarinetist, Rothenberg has eleven CDs out under his own name, including On the Cliffs of the Heart, named one of the top ten CDs by Jazziz Magazine in 1995 and a record on ECM with Marilyn Crispell, One Dark Night I Left My Silent House. Other releases include Why Birds Sing and Whale Music. He invited many musical colleagues to join him on Whale Music Remixed, with contributions from noted electronic artists such as Scanner, DJ Spooky, Lukas Ligeti, Mira Calix, Ben Neill, and Robert Rich. His 2014 CD features Pauline Oliveros and Timothy Hill, called Cicada Dream Band. His latest CD featuring live performances with nightingales is Berlin Bülbül, made together with Korhan Erel. David Rothenberg is Professor of Philosophy and Music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, which has encouraged and supported all of his creative projects since 1992.