Tal Rosner

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Tal Rosner (b. Jerusalem, 1978) received his BA from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem (1999-2003) and an MA in Graphic Design from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London (2003-2005). He lives and works in London.

Since 2005 Rosner has worked closely with musicians, combining multiple layers of sound and visuals to create a new language of classical/contemporary music videos. His work includes collaborations with Katia and Marielle Labèque on Stravinsky and Debussy's music for two pianos (released on DVD, KLM Recordings 2007), an interpretation of Conlon Nancarrow's Player-Piano Study No. 7 (Barbican Festival 2007 and Serpentine Summer Pavilion 2008), and Lachen Verlernt, with Jennifer Koh and Esa-Pekka Salonen (commissioned by Cedille Records, Oberlin Conservatory, 92nd Street Y and Carolina Performing Arts).

In Seven Days (Piano Concerto with Moving Image), Tal Rosner’s collaboration with world-renowned British composer Thomas Adès, was commissioned by the Southbank Centre in London and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association in 2008. Following its UK and US premieres at the Royal Festival Hall in London and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, In Seven Days began a three year world tour in the autumn of 2009, including New York (with the NY Philharmonic), Zürich Tonhalle and Cologne Philharmonie, where it was filmed for and broadcast on WDR German television.

In 2008 Tal Rosner won the BAFTA for Best Title Sequence for the Channel 4 television series Skins. He has continued to work on all the subsequent UK series including the recent season five and the new US series for MTV, both broadcast in January 2011.

His experimental film Without You was commissioned by Animate Projects for Channel 4 and Arts Council England. It screened at prominent film festivals and venues, including Clermont-Ferrand, Rotterdam, Tribeca (NYC), Onedotzero and the Tate Modern in London. Without You has gained a wide following since its
appearance, including TV broadcasts in the UK and France/Canal+, and won the Cinephilia Best Experimental Film Award at the 2010 London Short Film Festival (ICA & Roxy, UK). A retrospective of Tal Rosner’s work was held at the Forum des Images in Paris, as part of the Nemo Festival in April 2009.

In 2010 Rosner’s seven-channel gallery installation Family Tree was launched at the Tenderpixel Gallery in London and screened at the Step09 Art Fair in Milan as one of five installations presented at the ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ Museum of Science and Technology. The same year his activities crossed over into the world of theatre with a video projection for John Adams’ musical I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, which was commissioned by the Barbican London and Theatre Royal Stratford East.

In January 2011 his multiple-channel film Polaris - with music by Adès - inaugurated the Miami New World Symphony building designed by Frank Gehry (the piece was co-commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association and the San Francisco Symphony). Chronograph, a site-specific digital art mural that he created in collaboration with American artist Casey Reas, was commissioned for the opening of the same building, and has been screened daily on its 7,000-square-foot exterior projection wall ever since.

Rosner recently created the film and animation element for a new ballet production for Sadler’s Wells, The Most Incredible Thing. The full-length dance work, featuring music by the Pet Shop Boys and direction/choreography by Javier De Frutos, premiered in London in March 2011 and was broadcast on BBC Four.

Tal Rosner has also created visuals for commercial work for renowned brands, including Sony and Chanel.
 

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The Most Incredible Thing (full-length stage Ballet), Director and Choreographer: Javier De Frutos, Original Score by the Pet Shop Boys, Film & Animation by Tal Rosner, approx. 40 min. Premiered at Sadler’s Wells, London, UK 2011.

Polaris, 3 HD triptych or 1 HD (split-screen), approx. 13 min. Commissioned by the New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy for the opening of the New World Center, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association and the San Francisco Symphony, UK-USA 2011.

Chronograph: Digital Art Mural, Software based HD Animation. Commissioned by the New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy for the opening of the New World Center, USA 2011.
In collaboration with Casey Reas.

I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, HD Animation, approx. 20 min. Commissioned by Theatre Royal Stratford East and the Barbican, London, UK 2010.

Family Tree: Video Installation, 7 synchronised DVD Channels, 8 min (loop). Patron: Jenny Hall, with the support of Arcadi. Produced by B&W Films (Rosa Bosch and James Pout), UK-France-USA 2010.

Skins Series 4 Titles, HD, 30 sec. Commissioned by Company Pictures for Channel 4/E4, UK 2010.

Lachen Verlernt, HD, 9 min 45 sec. Commissioned by Jennifer Koh, Cedille Records, Oberlin Conservatory, 92nd Street Y and Carolina Performing Arts, UK-USA 2009.
Released commercially as part of Rhapsodic Musings: 21st century works for solo violin (© Cedille Records, 2009).

Sunday Morning (from Four Sea Interludes), HD Animation, approx. 4 min. Commissioned for live performance by Miami's New World Symphony Orchestra, USA 2009.

Skins Series 3 Titles, HD, 30 sec. Commissioned by Company Pictures for Channel 4/E4, UK 2009.

Without You, HD, 4 min 50 sec. Commissioned by Animate Projects for Channel 4 in association with Arts Council England, UK 2008.

In Seven Days Piano Concerto with Moving Image, 6 synchronised DV Channels or 1 HD (split-screen), 29 min. Commissioned by The Southbank Centre London and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, UK-USA 2008.

Skins Series 2 Titles, HDV, 30 sec. Commissioned by Company Pictures for Channel 4/E4, UK 2008.

Nancarrow Player-Piano Study No. 7, DV, 6 min 50 sec (film) or approx. 10 min (live performance). Commissioned by the Barbican London, UK 2007.
In collaboration with Sophie Clements.

Skins Series 1 Titles, DV, 30 sec. Commissioned by Company Pictures for Channel 4/E4, UK 2007.
Won BAFTA Craft Award for Best TV Title Design of 2007.

Stravinsky Concerto for Two Pianos (4 Movements), DV, approx. 20 min. Commissioned by KML Foundation, UK-France 2006-7.
Con Moto/6 min 02 sec
Notturno/4 min 27 sec
Quattro Variazione/4 min 11 sec
Preludio & Fuga/4 min 34 sec

Stravinsky 3 Easy Pieces, DV, approx. 4 min. Commissioned by KML Foundation, UK-France 2006-7.
March/1 min 15 sec
Waltz/1 min 43 sec
Polka/51 sec

Stravinsky 5 Easy Pieces, DV, approx. 6 min. Commissioned by KML Foundation, UK-France 2006-7.
Andante/1 min 02 sec
Espanola/54 sec
Balalaika/47 sec
Napolitana/1 min 04 sec
Galop/1 min 48 sec

Debussy En Blanc et Noir (3 Movements), DV, approx. 16 min. Commissioned by KML Foundation, UK-France 2006-7.
Avec emportement/4 min 20 sec
Lent. Sombre/6 min 48 sec
Scherzando/4 min 27 sec

The 4 above were released commercially as Stravinsky/Debussy Two Piano
Music CD/DVD (© KML Recordings 1112-1113, 2007).

Doppelganger, DV, 4 min 10 sec, a student film (during an MA degree at Central Saint Martins), London, UK 2005.