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David Weinstein

David Weinstein is composer and multimedia artist whose musical and site-specific installation works have been shown worldwide. His musical works juxtapose sound effects, traditional and non traditional instruments, synthetic sound, ancient and exotic tunings and noise.

As a keyboardist Weinstein has recorded and performed in collaboration with musicians including Shelley Hirsch, Elliott Sharp, John Zorn, Ned Rothenberg, Rhys Chatham and many others. Weinstein's theatrical, installation and multimedia pieces have received a number of grants and awards.

He participated in a long collaboration with the live video performance group, The Poool, and works with the artist Doris Vila on her animated, multi-user, multi-screen, responsive environment installations (cited at Prix Ars Electronica 2002).

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David Weinstein is a composer and multimedia artist whose musical and site-specific installation works have been shown worldwide; his musical practice juxtaposes sound effects, traditional and non traditional instruments, synthetic sound, ancient and exotic tunings, and noise. As a keyboardist he has recorded and performed with Shelley Hirsch, Elliott Sharp, John Zorn, Ned Rothenberg and Rhys Chatham; his theatrical, installation and multimedia pieces have received grants and awards. He participated in a long collaboration with the live video performance group The Poool and works with Doris Vila on animated, multi-user, multi-screen responsive environment installations cited at Prix Ars Electronica 2002.

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