Biography

Robert Rowe lived and worked in Europe from 1978 to 1987, associated with the Institute of Sonology in Utrecht, the Royal Conservatory in the Hague, the ASKO Ensemble of Amsterdam, and IRCAM in Paris, where he developed control level software for the 4X machine. In 1990 his composition Flood Gate won first prize in the "live electroacoustic" category of the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition.

In 1991 he became the first composer to complete the Ph.D. in Music and Cognition at the MIT Media Laboratory. He is currently a Professor of Music and Associate Director of the Music Technology program at New York University. His music is performed throughout North America, Europe, and Japan and is available on compact discs from New World, Romeo, Quindecim, Harmonia Mundi and the International Computer Music Association. The MIT Press has published his two book/CD-ROM projects : Interactive Music Systems (1993), and Machine Musicianship (2001).

Robert Rowe is artistic director of the biannual Interactive Arts Performance Series which unites computers, video, music, and other arts in live performance. The next performance will be Monday, February 26, 2007 in NYU's Frederick Loewe Theater, 35 W. Fourth St. in New York, featuring works for interactive multimedia from Luke DuBois and Mark Hetzler. The concert begins at 8 p.m. and admission is free. This performance is a co-production with the Electronic Music Foundation.