Amizdel and the Ice
Amizdel and the Ice
David Rothenberg and Charlie Rauh perform together again, after many years of collaboration. Rauh is releasing is beautiful new book of essays and vignettes Amizdel, and Rothenberg is back from Europe playing with glaciers and whales, bringing sounds and stories from his travels. This will be unique and wide-sounding evening.
Artist: David Rothenberg and Charlie Rauh
Musician and philosopher David Rothenberg wrote Why Birds Sing, Bug Music, Survival of the Beautiful and many other books, published in at least eleven languages. He has more than forty recordings out, including One Dark Night I Left My Silent House which came out on ECM, and more recently Just Leave It All Behind and Lost Steps. He has performed or recorded with Pauline Oliveros, Peter Gabriel, Ray Phiri, Joe Lovano, Suzanne Vega, Scanner, Elliott Sharp, Umru, Iva Bittová, and the Karnataka College of Percussion. In 2024 he won a Grammy Award as part of For the Birds, in the category of Best Boxed Set. Whale Music and Secret Sounds of Ponds are his latest books. Nightingales In Berlin and Eastern Anthems are his latest films. His piece Eleven Paths to Animal Music premiered at the Sammlung Hoffmann in Berlin in 2025. Rothenberg is Distinguished Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and he is currently writing a book about why birds sing at dawn. www.davidrothenberg.net
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Charlie Rauh has been artist in residence for organizations including The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, The Klaustrid Foundation, and Louisiana State University’s School of Veterinary Medicine. He is the author of the essay/music composition collection Simply, Patiently, Quietly (String Letter Publishing, 2025) and the prose collection, Amizdel (Pete’s Press, 2026)—both of which feature the artwork of Christina Rauh Fishburne. Rauh’s work has been featured in Ploughshares, The Little Things Literary Magazine, Acoustic Guitar, RedBar, and Clepsydra Literary and Art Magazine. He has been guest lecturer for institutions including The Van Cortland House Museum, Louisiana State University, Dey Mansion Washington’s Headquarters, College of Central Florida, and New Jersey Institute of Technology. www.Charlierauh.com
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