About RCR

Robert Cole Rizzi Audio/Visual Artist & Assistant Professor at the Danish National Academy of Music

Artistic Vision & Method

My work exists at the intersection of sound, space, and co-creation. Through site-specific works, I explore how sound can transform and enrich our experience of both familiar and new spaces. My practice is anchored in three core elements:

Site-Specific Sound Art

I work to uncover and emphasize the unique character of places through sound. From historic buildings like Koldinghus to natural areas in Solkær Enge, I create works that engage in dialogue with the architecture, history, and atmosphere of each location.

Co-Creative Processes

Collaboration is central to my practice - both with other artists and local communities. Through participatory projects such as soundwalks and workshops, I invite participants into the artistic process.

Digital and Analog Tools

My approach combines electronic music composition with field recordings and live performance. I work in the space between the planned and the improvised.

Current Positions

Assistant Professor at the Danish National Academy of Music (SDMK) Esbjerg, Electronic Music And Sound Art (EMOL)
Teacher at Kolding Kulturskole / MGK South

Selected Works and Exhibitions

Commission for 4 works for the exhibition "Album" (Holmen Løgumkloster and Museumsberg Flensburg)
Soundwalks in Cultural Region Funen (9 municipalities)
"The Sound of Koldinghus" - 500th anniversary work
"Sound and Power" - sound installation, Harteværket
Exhibition/concerts in Funabashi, Tokyo (collaboration with Torben Jarlstrøm Clausen)
"Christianity in Words" and "Hope" - installations, Sankt Nikolai Church, Kolding Light Festival
"The Danish Song" - soundscape, Solkær Enge

Education

Master in Electronic Music Composition, DIEM Aarhus (2011-2014)
Diploma in Ensemble Direction, Carl Nielsen Institute of Music, Odense (1998-1999)
Music Teacher Degree, major in Electric Guitar, Carl Nielsen Institute of Music, Odense (1994-1998)

Selected Releases

2024: "Artistic Citizenship and Co-creation" (PUV, SDMK)
2023: "Album 2023" (Impulsive Habitat)
2021: "3pr(iii)9ses" (Earsheltering)
2019: "Conversations" (Histamine Tapes, USA)
2014: "RCR" (Schtum Logic Records)

Collaborations and Projects

Gjersøe & Rizzi - "Reality Filtered" "Listen?!"
Project Manager for the Erasmus+ project TEDMA - The European Electronic Music Academy
Development project: "Using Artistry in Valuable and Co-creative Processes"
Inter reg project "Digital Soundscape"
Concert and workshop tour with Tore Honoré Bøe
Bandleader of Trio Chroch (tours in Scandinavia, Germany, Baltic States, USA and Canada)
International collaborations with artists from USA, Korea and Denmark