Composer-performer Raz Mesinai makes music at the intersection of dub music and modern composition. As a solo artist and with his ensembles, Mesinai’s music has been performed at The Lincoln Center Festival, Zankel Hall/Carnegie Hall, The Kitchen, the Next, Next Wave Festival/BAM, The Whitney Museum, ICA London, Saafelden Jazz Festival, Etnafest, Tonic, The Stone, The Winter Garden, and numerous others, as well as at Love, Soundlab, and the legendary Mars, Sound Factory, Limelight and Save the Robots. In recent years, his work has been commissioned and performed by The Kronos Quartet, Ethel, VIA, and cellist Maya Beiser. In 2002 his music received an honorary award in the Ars Electronica Digital Musics category. Mesinai is also an accomplished film composer. He was a Sundance Composers’ Lab Fellow in 2004, and has scored feature films, documentaries, and short films, including Sorry, Haters (Official Selection Toronto Film Festival), Romantico (Official Selection Sundance Film Festival) and The Projectionist, for which he won the Herb Alpert Award for Excellence in Music for Film. His music has also been featured in films by Ridley Scott, Jonathan Demme and Darren Aronofsky. More information at www.razmesinai.com.
