David Bird is a composer and multi-media artist based in New York City.
His work explores the dramatic potential of electroacoustic and mixed media
environments, often highlighting the relationships between technology and the
individual. His work has been performed internationally, at venues and festivals
such as the MATA festival in New York City; the Gaudeamus Festival in Utrecht,
Netherlands; the Wien Modern Festival in Vienna, Austria; the SPOR festival in
Aarhus, Denmark; the IRCAM Manifeste Festival in Paris, France; the Festival Mixtur
in Barcelona, Spain. He has composed and collaborated with groups like the Ensemble
Intercontemporain, the Jack Quartet, the Bozzini Quartet, Yarn/Wire, the Talea
Ensemble, Mantra Percussion, the Mivos Quartet, the Austrian Ensemble for
Contemporary Music (OENM), AUDITIVVOKAL Dresden, Ensemble Proton Bern, Loadbang, the
TAK Ensemble, Ensemble Moto Perpetuo, and the Nouveaux Classical Project. He is a
founding member of the New York-based chamber ensemble TAK, and an artistic-director
with Qubit New Music, a non-profit group that curates and produces experimental
music events in New York City.
