Rakotondrabe and Doug Wieselman as the pit band under composer/lyricist Anohni, then called Antony Hegarty, on the Robert Wilson spectacle The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic, starring Willem Dafoe and the performance artist Abramovic as herself. A co-production of the Manchester International Festival in the UK, New York's Armory and the Teatro Real Madrid, the piece was performed in all of those cities between 2011 and 2013, as well as Amsterdam, Antwerp and Basel. Since the 2010's Oren has composed and recorded several long-form dance pieces, two with Jennifer Charles and one with the poet Christina Clark, for the Paris-based dance group Affairi Esteri. With Shlomi Tuizer of that team, He co-led a workshop at the Abbaye at Royaumount for composers and choreographers in 2015. In 2015, Oren opened The Owl Music Parlor in Brooklyn, which he books and usually runs singlehanded. Like the Knitting Factory and Tonic, venues that Oren gravitated to as a young musician, The Owl has proved a hub for a thriving musical community and earned a worldwide reputation as a destination for great music. With Jennifer Charles, he was a headline act the Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków in 2005 and 2015 as La Mar Enfortuna. Oren Bloedow Recording/ Performing Credits Universal (/various) Recording Artists Elysian Fields, Co-leader The Lounge Lizards (R,P) Bruce Springsteen. (P) Warner/Verve (etc) Recording Artist Meshell Ndegeocello. (R, P/ extensive touring) Jazz notables such as Bill Frisell, Roy Hargrove, Jason Moran, Robert Glasper, Chris Dave and more Verve Recording Artist Lizz Wright (R/P/ touring), Jewel (R, P, tv), Norah Jones (P), Regina Spektor (R) Badly Drawn Boy (P) Emmylou Harris. (P) Lou Reed (P) Sony Artists Jeff Buckley (P), Dog’s Eye VIew (R, P), Brenda Kahn (R,P touring (Irish Superstar Glen Hansard (R,P) Martha Wainwright (P - touring), Rufus Wainwright (P - touring), Kate and Anna McGarrigle (P, musical direction Tegan and Sara (P) Metropolitan Opera Composer / Nonesuch Recording Artist Nico Muhly. (P, touring), Nonesuch Recording Artist Thomas Bartlett (R,P, touring), V2 Recording Artist Chocolate Genius (R, P, Musical Direction) Blues/R&B practitioners Otis Rush, Dr. John, Paul Butterfield, Johnny Copeland, Jimmy Vivino, Sean Pelton. (P) Nigerian artists Femi (and Seun) Kuti (P), Ethiopian Superstar Aster Aweke Guitar Chair: Fela! On Broadway with Antibalas (Theater work) Guitar and Bass with Anohni (Antony and The Johnsons (R,P) Robert Wilson’s Life And Death of Marina Abramovic, with Willem Dafoe (and M.A.) (Theater