Barbara Held

Flutist and Composer, focused on the performative Aspect of Spatial Sound Work, activating Space with live acoustic musical Instruments or with sensitive Atmospheres of electronic Processes and evolving Sound Compositions. Known for her subtle exploration of the minutae of sonic material, Held creates sensitive, focused sound work that draws the listener in. Held’s work exposes the detail of the physical space of listening in equal part to a keen attention to how we listen as bodies moving through the world. She created and produced the series “Música a Metrònom”, a festival of experimental music that supported collaborations between musicians and visual artists. She was curator of “Possibility of Action: the life of the score” for the CEDOC / MACBA, and “Lines of Sight”, a series of seven programs of experimental music and radio art for radio web MACBA.

May 5th, 2015