Carol Robinson

Concert (Robinson)
2024-02-22 | Lycée Fabert, Metz, France
The trio Archipel Nocturne will be performing four of my Weather Pieces, including Blanc de Neige (Aide à l’écriture d’une œuvre original du ministère de la Culture) written specially for them. The rehearsals and performance will take place at the very musical Lycée Fabert, involving the students as much as possible in the process.
Violaine Gestalder, saxophone – Christelle Séry, electric guitar – Louis-Michel Marion, contrebasse
Organized by Fragm/ent

Concert (Scelsi)
2024-02-29 - 2024-03-02 | Don Bosco Cultural Center, Basel, Switzerland
Scelsi specialist Marianne Schroder organizes this beautiful festival in the gorgeous Don Bosco Cultural Center. It will be good to play the music of the master.

Concert (Farrenc, Jones, Matsui, Piaf, Renié, Robinson, Sanson, Sylvestre)
2024-03-07 19:30 - 21:00 UTC | Fondation des Etats-Unis, Paris, France
Every celebration of creative women counts! For International Women’s Rights Day and Women’s Month 2024, the Fondation des Etats-Unis in Paris honored former and current FEU composers and performers. The program designed by Isabelle Pazar, illustrated this year’s theme perfectly: Investing in Women: Accelerating Progress. I was glad to be included in the program. (music by Farrenc, Jones, Matsui, Piaf, Renié, Robinson, Sanson, Sylvestre)

Screening (d'Ayala Valva)
2024-03-11 18:00 - 19:30 | Institut Français Milano, Milano, Italy
As part of the Milano Triennale, there will be a projection of Standing Waves, Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva’s film on the making of Occam Océan Cinquanta by Éliane Radigue and Carol Robinson, with the SWR orchestra in Stuttgart.

Lecture
2024-03-14 10:00 - 11:30 | Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität, Linz, Austria
I will be giving a lecture about the open composition systems with electronics that I use in my Weather Pieces, as well as the collaborative co-compositional process developed with Éliane Radigue. It is part of an annual three-day seminar on improvisation and jazz hosted by the Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität in Linz.
Live Stream: https://www.bruckneruni.at/live/

Concert (Radigue & Robinson)
2024-04-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Fondation Cartier, Paris, France
The retrospective of Éliane Radigue’s work continues at the Foundation Cartier with two nights of duets in the sumptuous exhibition by Bijoy Jain, including the premiere of OCCAM XXIII for saxophone and our co-signed OCCAM RIVER XXII.

Concert (Brophy, Milliken, Robinson, Scelsi, improvisations)
2024-05-03 20:00 - 21:00 | Höchster Schloßplatz 1, Frankfurt, Germany
Ventures (Cathy Milliken & Carol Robinson) will be giving a retrospective concert in Frankfurt to celebrate thirty years of creative collaboration with the photographer Jürgen Wiesner.

Concert (Radigue & Robinson)
2024-05-05 19:00 - 20:00 | The Space at irondale, Brooklyn, United States
Bang on a Can brings the outstanding Ensemble Klang to Brooklyn. They will be playing our OCCAM HEXA V as part of this year’s Long Play Festival.

Concert (Radigue) postponed
2024-05-26 17:00 - 19:00 | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
As part of a three-concert series dedicated to Éliane Radigue, Carol Robinson, birbyne and Rhodri Davies, harp, will be performing OCCAM I, OCCAM III and OCCAM RIVER XVI inside the exhibition of Leonor Antunes during the grand opening of the new Gulbenkian Centro de Arte Moderna.

Concert / fiesta release party
2024-10-03 18:30 - 23:00 | Pol_n, Nantes, France
Come celebrate the release of our album La démesure du pas, recorded by Christophe Havard during musical walks here and there. For the occasion we will be a quintet, to make Nantes sound. As a bonus, there will be an exhibition of drawings/scores by Matthieu Prual, and special listening stations. With Matthieu Prual, Carol Robinson, Gabriel Lemaire, Joris Rühl and Toma Gouband.

Concert (Radigue)
2024-10-18 19:30 - 20:30 | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
As part of Leonor Antunes’ “the constant inequality of leonor’s days”, the newly reopened Gulbenkian Centro de Arte Moderna will host a three-concert series dedicated to music by Éliane Radigue. (curation Carol Robinson)
22/09/24 OCCAM XIX, OCCAM XXVII
Louis-Michel Marion, 5 string double bass and Erwan Keravec, bagpipes
18/10/24 OCCAM I, OCCAM III, OCCAM RIVER XVI
Rhodri Davies, harp and Carol Robinson, birbyne
19/10/24 OCCAM II, OCCAM XXVI, OCCAM RIVER XXIII
Silvia Tarozzi, violin and Enrico Malatesta, percussion

Concert (von Bingen, Frey, Robinson, Scelsi)
2024-10-27 18:00 - 19:00 | Pavillon d’Artois, Vaux sur Seine, France
The unveiling of a new project for voice and basset horn, featuring ecstatic music spanning different centuries and styles. with Hélène Faucher, contralto & Carol Robinson, basset horn.

Pavillon d’Artois https://www.vauxsurseine.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Pavillon-dArtois.pdf

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Concert (Giner, Hong, Rey, Robinson)
2024-11-10 18:00 - 19:30 | Petit Kursaal, Besançon, France
The Festival POTE is presenting L’illusion des étangs II, a new version of my L’illusion des étangs, this time, for 9 musicians, which should be very interesting.

Screening and concert (d’Ayala Valva, Radigue / Robinson)
2024-12-29 20:00 - 22:00 | Kursaal Santalucia, Bari, Italy
Angoli, the eclectic international festival in Bari, will be hosting a projection of “Stehende Wellen”, Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva’s film about the making of Occam Océan Cinquanta (Radigue/Robinson) with the SWR Symphony Orchestra. A concert of OCCAM RIVER XXII (Radigue/Robinson) performed by Bertrand Gauguet, saxophone and Carol Robinson, bass clarinet, will follow.

Concert (Hennies, Mitchener & Huynh, Radigue / Robinson)
2025-01-09 20:00 - 23:00 | Korzo, den Haag, Netherlands
Ensemble Klang performs works of stillness and immersive minimalism on the opening night of this year’s Musical Utopias. The two sets revolve around musical memory and conjure vivid aural recollections to contrasting effect.

Concert (Ablinger, Buzzi, Fullman, Kammerer Newman, Oliveros, Ortiz, Radigue / Robinson, Russolo, Walshe / Conrad)
2025-01-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Wigmore Hall, London, United Kingdom
Premiere of the latest Radigue / Robinson work, OCCAM DELTA XXIII, with musicians from Ensemble Klang performing as part of the London Contemporary Music Festival. With Erik-Jan de With – baritone sax, Anton van Houten – trombone and Joey Marjis – percussion.

CD release concert (Robinson & Teyssot-Gay)
2025-02-26 20:30 - 22:00 | La Marbrerie, Montreuil, France
Join us for the release of our new CD, STOP KILLING US. 55’ minutes of tenderness and almost violent intensity for bass clarinet, electric guitar and live electronics.
Carol ROBINSON composition, texts, bass clarinet, voice
Serge TEYSSOT-GAY electric guitar
Bandcamp release February 20,2025
https://carol-robinson.bandcamp.com/album/stop-killing-us

accueil en résidence et enregistrement au GMEM — Centre national de création musicale (Marseille)

Concert (Radigue)
2025-03-01 14:00 - 16:00 | Conzertgebouw, Brugges, Belgium
Some of original performers of Éliane Radigue’s music reunite to play several early pieces from OCCAM OCEAN as part of SLOW (36 hours) at the stunning Conzertgebouw. Julia Eckhardt – viola, Carol Robinson – bass clarinet & birbyné (Lithuanian reed instrument), Rhodri Davies – harp

Concert (Robinson – Teyssot-Gay – Testu)
2025-05-12 19:30 - 21:30 | Carreau du Temple, Paris, France
Live recording for Anne Montaron‘s program A l’improviste / Radio France
Carol Robinson, clarinets – Serge Teyssot-Gay, electric guitar – CharlotteTestu, double bass
This time, the trio of subtle improvisers let themselves be carried away by sounds that seem to originate in nature.
Broadcast on France Musique, Sunday June 15 at 9pm (Carrefour de la Création).
First half: Violaine Gestalder, saxophones and effects pedals – Loris Binot, prepared piano, Kaoss Pad and magnetic bow

Concert (Radigue)
2025-06-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Eglise Protostant, Albi, France
The GMEA is the producer of our three-city tour featuring the astonishing OCCAM RIVER XVII for birbyne and harp.

Carol Robinson, birbyne – Rhodri Davies, harp

Concert (Radigue)
2025-06-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Le vent des signes, Toulouse, France
GMEA is producing our three-city tour, featuring the astonishing OCCAM RIVER XVII for birbyne and harp.

Carol Robinson, birbyne – Rhodri Davies, harp

Concert (Radigue)
2025-06-07 18:30 - 19:30 | CRAC, Sète, France
The third concert of our GMEA tour takes place at the CRAC, inside Leonor Antunes’ fabulous exhibition “the constant inequality of leonor’s days*” Erwan Keravec joins us with his superb solo.

OCCAM XXVII for bagpipes. Erwan Keravec, bagpipes

OCCAM RIVER XVII for birbyne and harp. Carol Robinson, birbyne – Rhodri Davies, harp

Residency
2025-08-10 - 2025-08-17 | Atélier Expérimental, Clans, France
I feel very lucky to be able to spend a week composing in the mountain village of Clans, thanks to the Atelier Experimental. Residencies like this are such a treasure. I’ll be working on a new quartet called “by the heat of distant stars”.

Residency
2025-08-29 - 2025-09-01 | Barnsdall Art Park Foundation, Los Angeles, United States
Thanks to Monday Evening Concerts, there will soon be a new piece in the OCCAM OCEAN cycle. I will be in LA to make OCCAM HEXA 8 (Radigue / Robinson) with a group of excellent local musicians.
photo©Anne Bourne

Concert (Robinson, Radigue)
2025-09-05 18:00 - 19:00 | Neutra VDL Studio, Los Angeles, United States
I will be playing a solo birbyne rooftop concert at the Neutra VDL studio as part of the opening of Leonor Anthunes’new shows in the studio and at the Marian Goodman Gallery. Performing at this stunning Richard Neutra building will be amazing.
Twilights(2003) C. Robinson birbyne and fixed media
Day / Light Times (2008) C. Robinson
birbyne solo
Many Bees (2010) C. Robinson
birbyne and fixed media
OCCAM III (2012) E. Radigue
birbyne solo

Concert (Dufay, Radigue / Robinson, Tenney)
2025-09-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Zipper Hall, Los Angeles, United States
Monday Evening Concerts is producing the last of the OCCAM pieces. The premiere of OCCAM HEXA 8 will be performed in the gorgeous Zipper Hall by a group of fine local musicians. It will be a very moving moment for all.

Concert (Behrman, Radigue, Robinson)
2025-10-04 20:00 - 22:00 | ISSUE Project Room, Brooklyn, United States
ISSUE Project Room is celebrating the great David Behrman with a series of concerts. For this one, trumpeter Nate Wooley will join me to perform Éliane Radigue’s beautiful duet OCCAM RIVER III, that was premiered at ISSUE in 2014. I’ll perform one of my Weather Pieces, Les si doux redoux, and David Behrman and I will once again play his excellent Viewfinder.

GALA for David Behrman
2025-10-08 19:30 - 21:30 | ISSUE Project Room, Brooklyn, United States
ISSUE Project Room is delighted to honor legendary composer and computer music pioneer David Behrman at our 2025 Gala. The in-person event will take place on the evening of Wednesday, October 8th at ISSUE’s 22 Boerum Place, our home theater in Brooklyn.

Performance (Barber, Beach, Beethoven, Chostakovitch, Fauré, Messiaen)
2025-11-13 18:30 - 20:00 | La Fondation des Etats-Unis, Paris, France
As part of the Université de la paix, the Foundation des Etats-Unis is hosting a concert to open the exhibition “Art in Search of Peace: Resist, Repair, Reconnect.”
Designed to echo the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, this performance combines music, readings, and video clips. The result of a collective research and creative effort, it creates a sensitive dialogue between musical works and selected texts, offering an experience that is both historical and emotional.

Concert (Gauguet, Radigue, Robinson)
2025-11-30 20:30 - 21:30 | Teatro dell’Arte, Milan, Italy
As part of the Milano Triennale, a three-day listening forum “In reciproca attesa” (Waiting for each other), organized in collaboration with the Culture Department of the Italian Buddhist Union, there will be concerts, discussions and experiences.
