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David Bird is a composer, producer, and multimedia artist. His work explores the dramatic potential of electroacoustic and multimedia environments, often highlighting the relationships between technology and the individual. Bird's compositions have been performed at venues such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, as well as festivals including the Gaudeamus Festival, Wien Modern, SPOR Festival, MATA Festival, Musica Electronica Nova Festival, Festival Mixtur, and more. He has collaborated with groups such as JACK Quartet, Yarn/Wire, Talea Ensemble, Ensemble Dal Niente, International Contemporary Ensemble, Ensemble intercontemporain, Mantra Percussion, Vortex Ensemble, Mivos Quartet, Black Page Orchestra, AuditivVokal Dresden, loadbang, Bozzini Quartet, lovemusic, and andPlay. His work has been released on labels such as Oxtail Recordings, New Focus Recordings, Carrier Records, and TAK Editions, and has received praise from outlets such as The New York Times, The Wire, Textura, and Best of Bandcamp.

NEWS

10/28 - Premiere of “American City” by Mivos Quartet
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, NY

10/24 - Performance of “Drop” by NeoQuartet and Bozzini Quartet
NeoArte Festival, Gdańsk, Poland

10/19 - Premiere of “Hinterlands” by lovemusic
Donaueschinger Musiktage, Donaueschingen, Germany

10/18 - Performance of “Hypochondriac” by Beyond This Point
at the International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL

9/5 - Performance of “Cove” by lovemusic
Gaudeamus Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands

8/20 - Performance of “Moln” by Talea Ensemble
TIME:SPANS Festival, New York, NY

7/13 - Performance of “Decoder” by RePercussion Trio
Cistermúsica, Alcobaça, Portugal

7/12 - Performance of “Decoder” by RePercussion Trio
Teatro da Cerca de S. Bernardo, Coimbra, Portugal

7/9 - Performance of “Decoder” by RePercussion Trio
Teatro Helena Sá e Costa, Porto, Portugal

5/17 - Premiere of “Chroma” by Grossman Ensemble
Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL

3/28 - Performance of “Iron Orchid” by Ning Yu
National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY

2/29 - Premiere of "fm life" by Line Upon Line
CRASHBOX, Austin, TX

2/22 - Performance of "dimvoid" by Adrianne Munden-Dixon
Oracle Egg, Los Angeles

2/21 - Performance of "dimvoid" by Adrianne Munden-Dixon
UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

2/7 - Performance of “Cove” by lovemusic
Fulton Hall, the University of Chicago, IL

2/4 - Performance of “Cove” by lovemusic
Constellation Gallery, Chicago, IL

Featured
Premiere of "Chroma" reviewed by Hyde Park Herald

“This work is glorious in the color and shading of sounds that the composer forges, with the Grossman Ensemble creating lush sound alloyed with sparkle.”

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Wire Hums featured in AnEarful's Best Of 2023: Classical

"…Bird’s work to deconstruct the instrument sonically is deliberate and fascinating throughout. Lyricism, violence, and humor all about each other in an album that shows a whole new side to a composer whose work is always a great listen."

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"Wire Hums" Featured in Bandcamp Daily

“Wire Hums is the sound of 14 cellos breaking—and dissolving, exploding, transforming and miraculously reassembling—as he pushes and processes a synthesized version of the instrument through algorithmic bottlenecks.”

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"Wire Hums" Released on Oxtail Recordings

Using generative and algorithmic procedures to push a physically modeled cello to its limits, Bird obliterates the lines between real and unreal, physical and digital, order and chaos.

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Premiere of “The Ambition of Ghosts” a Double Concerto for Violin and Viola, String Orchestra, and Radios

The Ambition of Ghosts" is a double concerto for violin and viola, string orchestra, and radios that explores the intersection of technology and magic.

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