David Rothenberg has been writing and performing for many years on the topic of nature and humanity. Rothenberg is also the author of Why Birds sing, a book about making music with birds. It was published in Germany, Italy, Spain and Taiwan. The BBC TV documentary based on it was made into a feature-length documentary. The next book, Thousand Mile Song is about making music with whales. It was made into a French TV film. Rothenberg is a jazz clarinetist and composer. He has 11 CDs under his own name. Whale Music and Why Birds Sing are two other releases. Whale Music Remixed featured contributions by many electronic artists, including Scanner, DJ Spooky and Mira Calix. He also features Timothy Hill and Pauline Oliveros on his 2014 CD, Cicada Dream Band. Berlin Bulbul, his latest CD that features live performances with nightingales, was recorded with Korhan Erel. David Rothenberg is Professor of Philosophy u0026 Music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The institute has supported and encouraged all of Rothenberg’s creative endeavors since 1992. Rothenberg’s work with whales was featured in a recent article in The New York Times. There were also articles in The Wire, Living on Earth and The Wire. St. Martins Press published his latest book about insects and music in April 2013. It also included a companion CD. The New Yorker, Wall St Journal, New York Times and Radiolab all covered it. You can find more videos and coverage on TV here. You can also find additional podcasts and reviews here. You can also find the CD with the same title here. Discover where dubstep comes from… bugstep! Sudden Music, Blue Cliff Record and Hand’s End were his previous books. Survival of the Beautiful is his book about beauty evolution and how science and art can better be intertwined. It was published by Bloomsbury, in 2011. The Wall Street Journal, Guardian and Telegraph have all given it positive reviews. Rothenberg’s debut CD on ECM Records was One Dark Night I left My Silent House, which featured pianist Marilyn Crispell. It was released in May 2010. Le Monde called it “une petite merveille”. Svenske Dagbladet, Stockholm, gave it six stars. This was its highest rating. The Guardian praised “the clarinet subtleties and the tonal adventurefulness of Joe Maneri” and All About Jazz praised our “wonderful craft, subtlety,” and the record was released in the USA at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City on June 22, 2010. You can now purchase it on Amazon and iTunes. Expulsion of The Triumphant Beast is Rothenberg’s duet album with Lewis Porter. Next, a duet featuring British electronic music wizard Scanner is called You Can’t get There From Here. from https://davidrothenberg.wordpress.com
