Robert Rabinowitz
Music, writing, listening, digital experiments, impossible archives, and occasional interference from Doktor Are.
This site is a portal into several overlapping worlds: Robert Rabinowitz’s website , Doktor Are’s cryptophonic experiments, Gersh Georgewin’s dubious archive, published interviews and essays, interactive web apps, and (coming soon) galleries of art and video.
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Robert Rabinowitz
Composer · Writer · Multi-Instrumentalist
Music, writing, recordings, interviews, collaborations, and current creative work. -
nterspecies Instrument Engineering & Quantum Flutodynamics Laboratory
Arcane systems, musical experiments, false precision, and occasional useful discovery -
Forensic Musicologist: Deconstructive Composer & Sound Archaeologist Sonic autopsies, controlled musical entropy, “Blues in Blue”
Zen and the Art of Playing Flute
A reflective approach to being a flutist, where practice, attention, sound, and identity meet.
My continuing Flutist Quarterly series on attention, deep listening, musicianship, and the role of sound in contemporary life.
Listening as a Life Practice: Claire Chase Interview
My Flutist Quarterly conversation with Claire Chase on listening, performance, Density 2036, and music as a life practice.
The Sound of Hope: Listening with Anders Hagberg
My Flutist Quarterly interview with Swedish flutist Anders Hagberg on sound, improvisation, hope, and musical presence.
Library of Congress Flute Collection
Flutist Quarterly series by Robert Rabinowitz and Carol Lynn Ward-Bamford on the Dayton C. Miller Collection — the Flute Vault, historic instruments, provenance, makers, and the stories behind one of the world’s greatest flute archives.
James DeMars and R. Carlos Nakai: A Two Worlds Collaboration
My Flutist Quarterly interview with composer James DeMars on his legendary collaboration with R. Carlos Nakai — a partnership that bridged classical and Native American traditions and left a lasting musical legacy.
These browser-based projects include practical utilities, educational resources, sonic experiments, and interactive reimaginings of historical or otherwise impossible musical performances. For the best experience, use a tablet, laptop, or desktop.
Imaginary Landscape No. 4: Launch →
A web-enabled realization inspired by John Cage’s work for twelve radios, twenty-four players, and conductor.
Hljóðrúnaþing Composer: Launch →
Hljóðrúnaþing is a complete, multidisciplinary compositional system that I’ve developed. It is designed to create music that is structurally and spiritually derived from Norse and Icelandic mythology. This app runs off these same principles, casting runes and then deriving pitch, harmony, rhythm, timbre, and form which can be played back and/or downloaded as midi or musicxml files.
Íslenzkr Rúnar ok Galdrastafir (Generative Music Tool): Launch →
Transform ancient Norse runes and magical staves into ethereal musical structures, soundscapes, and exportable scores.
Equation Driven Resonance Engine: Launch →
An audio-visual experiment where you can explore equation-based worlds where mathematical variants shape motion, resonance, and sound.
Interactive GL Shader (Visual Experiment): Launch →
A live browser-based visualization for exploring motion, color, texture, and shader-driven abstraction.
The V0̸w of The FrAct/ure, A Manifesto: Enter →
A unified declaration from the Re-Assemblers: part manifesto, part rupture, part cryptic transmission.