David Rothenberg

Distinguished Professor
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Portrait photograph of David Rothenberg

David Rothenberg

Distinguished Professor
New Jersey Institute of Technology
david.b.rothenberg@njit.edu

Biography

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 most recently In the Wake of Memories and Faultlines. He has performed or recorded with Pauline Oliveros, Peter Gabriel, Ray Phiri, Suzanne Vega, Scanner, Elliott Sharp, Umru, Iva Bittová, and the Karnataka College of Percussion. His award-winning film Nightingales in Berlin has been shown all over the world. His latest books are Whale Music and Invisible Mountains. Rothenberg is a Distinguished Professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.