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Robert Rehnig, born in 1977 and based in Leipzig, works in the fields of sound art and electroacoustic music. He studied piano with Josef Christof at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" as well as electroacoustic composition and sound art with Robin Minard at the SeaM (Studio for electroacoustic Music - Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt"/ Bauhaus Universität) in Weimar and with Kevin Austin and Mark Corwin as guest at the electroacoustic studio of the Concordia University in Montréal. Since 2006 he is member of the CEC (Canadian Electroacoustic Community). He cofounded the theater company "erweiterte zugeständnisse" (Leipzig/Vienna, 2008) and in 2009 together with other artists he launched the cross genre studio AVA workspace. Since 2008 he also focused on eletroacoustic improvisation. Since 2012 he teaches electroacoustic music at Neue Musik Leipzig. At last the electroacoustic audiobook "jean henri fabre: der heilige pillendreher" has been released at buchfunk publishing. Works were presented in the last years at:

soundart (selection):

Singuhr Hörgalerie (Wasserspeicher Prenzlauer Berg), Berlin / Germany - "vice versa" two installations in collaboration with Robin Minard, Hanns Holger Rutz and Ludger Hennig

Patarei (Lukustatud), Tallinn / Estonia - "sedimentary order"

Cityhall, Markkleeberg / Germany - "restoration in audio" work order by the city of markkleeberg

Künstlerhaus Wien (sound:frame), Vienna / Austria - "movie (blue remake)" in collaboration with Tobias Günther and Friederike Köpf

electroacoustic compositions (selection):

Goethe Institut, Budapest / Hungary - "Flamingos besteigen das Matterhorn", electroacoustic collage for texts by Friederike Köpf

Kubus Augustusplatz, Leipzig / Germany - "Zwischenspiel für Schumanns Engel", work order by the MDR Figaro broadcast company

Oscar Peterson Concert Hall (Harvest Moon Festival), Montréal / Canada - "untitled I" and "untitled II"

Weimarer Frühjahrstage für zeitgenössische Musik, Weimar / Germany - "cairo caleidoscope" in collaboration with Christian M. Fischer, work order by the festival

electroacoustic improvisation (in different collaborations* - selection):

20°/40°, Belgrade / Serbia

Studio R33, Budapest / Hungary

Cinema Obló, Lausanne / Switzerland

Jim Whiting's Bimbotown, Leipzig / Germany

M89 Soundart Gallery, Leipzig / Germany

Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic, Lodz / Poland

Modern Hungarian Art Museum, Pécs / Hungary

W.I.M., Zurich / Switzerland

* (selection: ensembles: HKM+, Diatribes; musicians: Simon Berz, Cyril Bondi, D'Incise, Laurent Estopee, Geoff Gersh, Ludger Hennig, Alderk Hespos, Lin Hui-Chun, Marko Jevtic, Christoph Knoche, Stephan Kuhn, Markus Markowski, Mikolaj Palosz, Constantin Popp, Andreas Schremmer, Luca de Siena, Johannes Sienknecht, Piero SK, Zsolt Sörés, Igor Stangliczky and others)

music for stageplays (selection):

Projekttheater, Dresden / Germany - "Iras Protest", production by erweiterte zugeständnisse

LoffT, Leipzig / Germany - "Die Figur", production by erweiterte zugeständnisse

Spielraum Theater, Vienna / Austria - "Hermanns Haus", production by erweiterte zugeständnisse