Eric Wubbels - Composer/Pianist

News/Upcoming

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Very happy to have been awarded the
Ernst von Siemens Foundation Composers Prize 2023

more info here

Congrats to fellow prize winners
Sara Glojnaric and Alex Paxton

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New York Times profile
by Seth Colter Walls

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Horn Trio premiere
May 20th
Kylwyria (Erica Dicker, John Gattis, Daniel Anastasio)
St. John in the Village (NYC)

phrēn at Wigmore Hall (London, UK)
JACK Quartet
Apr. 22nd

In residence at HSLU (Lucerne, CH)
Apr. 1-4th

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Lector and Guest Composer at Ostrava Days 2023
August
Ostrava, CZ

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New Documentation

recording and score for BREAD, from interbeing

TAK Ensemble

Eric Wubbels · BREAD [2021], from "interbeing" (w/ score)

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2022-23 Selected Upcoming Shows and Performances

June 9, 2022:           Ojai Festival                                        AMOC performs gretchen am spinnrade
Aug. 25, 2022:    TIME:SPANS Festival                            JACK Quartet premieres phrēn
Sept. 14, 2022:          Roulette                                                       Wet Ink presents HEX by Kate Soper and Vicente Hansen Atria's Orlando Furioso
Sept. 17, 2022:         Barcelona String Quartet Biennale         JACK Quartet performs phrēn
Oct. 6, 2022:           Bludenzer Tage, Austria                     JACK Quartet performs phrēn
Oct. 7, 2022:           Boulezsaal, Berlin, DE                                JACK Quartet performs phrēn
Oct. 12, 2022:         Salon de Jazz, Köln, DE                         duo w/ Etienne Nillesen
Oct. 18, 2022:         km28, Berlin, DE                                   duo w/ Elias Stemeseder
Nov. 19, 2022:          DiMenna Center                                         Wet Ink Ensemble (works by Pluta, Mincek, Roberts, and Burkhardt)
Dec. 3, 2022:            NY Phil Nightcap Series                        TAK Ensemble performs INSTRUMENTS from interbeing (+ works by Behzadi, Bird, Gee, and Sorey)
Dec. 25, 2022:        Goethe Institut Tokyo (JAPAN)              Cabinet of Curiosities performs katachi, + works by Tørvund, Crane, Christensen, and Schüttler

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Feb. 19, 2023:            Tenri Institute                                           Wet Ink presents Ingrid Laubrock and Ian Antonio performing Axamer Folio, + works by Kondo and Bach
Mar. 4, 2023:             Ackermannshof, Basel                             soyuz 21 (Sascha Armbruster and Joao Pacheco) performs Axamer Folio, + Rosenberger, Toro Peréz, and Nussbaumer
Mar. 5, 2023:             Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich            "
April 1-4, 2023:        Lucerne, Switzerland                         In residence at the Hochschule Luzern (HSLU)
April 14, 2023:         University of Iowa                                      Conor Hanick, Keir GoGwilt, and Jay Campbell play movements from if and only if
April 22, 2023:         Wigmore Hall, London                            JACK Quartet performs phrēn
May 20, 2023:           St. John in the Village (NYC)                Kylwyria premieres Horn Trio
May 20, 2023:           art.ist Wiesbaden (DE)                               Maximilian Haft, Jan-Filip Tupa, and Gilles Grimaître perform if and only if
May 22, 2023:         SMC Lausanne (Switzerland)                   Maximilian Haft, Jan-Filip Tupa, and Gilles Grimaître perform if and only if

Aug. 2023:                Ostrava Days (CZ)                                    Lector and Guest Composer at Ostrava Days 2023

(+ more TBA)

Eric Wubbels (b.1980) is a composer and performer. Since 2004 he has been pianist and Co-Director of the
Wet Ink Ensemble (NYC), and he performs regularly in projects with Mariel Roberts and Josh Modney,
Weston Olencki, and Charmaine Lee, among others.

His music has been presented by LA Phil Green Umbrella series, Huddersfield Festival, ISSUE Project Room,
Roulette, Bowerbird, Chicago Symphony MusicNOW, New York Philharmonic CONTACT, Contempuls (Prague),
TIME:SPANS, and Zurich Tage für Neue Musik, among others.

Wubbels has been awarded grants and fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Letters,
NYFA, NYSCA, Fromm Foundation, Chamber Music America, ISSUE Project Room, MATA Festival,
Barlow Endowment, Jerome Foundation, and Yvar Mikhashoff Trust, and residencies at the MacDowell
Colony ('11, '16, '20), Copland House, L'Abri (Geneva), Djerassi Resident Artists Program, and Civitella
Ranieri Center (Italy).

As a performer, he has given U.S. and world premieres of works by major figures such as Peter Ablinger,
Richard Barrett, Beat Furrer, George Lewis, and Mathias Spahlinger, as well as vital young artists such as
Rick Burkhardt, Erin Gee, Bryn Harrison, Clara Iannotta, Darius Jones, Cat Lamb, Ingrid Laubrock,
Charmaine Lee, Alex Mincek, Sam Pluta, Katharina Rosenberger, Kate Soper, and Anna Webber.

He has recorded for hatART, Carrier Records, Out of Your Head, Intakt, New Focus, and quiet design,
among others, and has held teaching positions at Amherst College and Oberlin Conservatory.

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News/Upcoming * Very happy to have been awarded the Ernst von Siemens Foundation Composers Prize 2023 more info here Congrats to fellow prize winners Sara Glojnaric and Alex Paxton New York Times profile by Seth Colter Walls Horn Trio premiere May 20th Kylwyria (Erica Dicker, John Gattis, Daniel Anastasio) St. John in the Village (NYC) phrēn at Wigmore Hall (London, UK) JACK Quartet Apr. 22nd In residence at HSLU (Lucerne, CH) Apr. 1-4th ... Lector and Guest Composer at Ostrava Days 2023 August Ostrava, CZ * New Documentation** recording and score for BREAD, from interbeing TAK Ensemble Eric Wubbels · BREAD [2021], from "interbeing" (w/ score) ** 2022-23 Selected Upcoming Shows and Performances** June 9, 2022: Ojai Festival AMOC performs gretchen am spinnrade Aug. 25, 2022: TIME:SPANS Festival JACK Quartet premieres phrēn Sept. 14, 2022: Roulette Wet Ink presents HEX by Kate Soper and Vicente Hansen Atria's Orlando Furioso Sept. 17, 2022: Barcelona String Quartet Biennale JACK Quartet performs phrēn Oct. 6, 2022: Bludenzer Tage, Austria JACK Quartet performs phrēn Oct. 7, 2022: Boulezsaal, Berlin, DE JACK Quartet performs phrēn Oct. 12, 2022: Salon de Jazz, Köln, DE duo w/ Etienne Nillesen Oct. 18, 2022: km28, Berlin, DE duo w/ Elias Stemeseder Nov. 19, 2022: DiMenna Center Wet Ink Ensemble (works by Pluta, Mincek, Roberts, and Burkhardt) Dec. 3, 2022: NY Phil Nightcap Series TAK Ensemble performs INSTRUMENTS from interbeing (+ works by Behzadi, Bird, Gee, and Sorey) Dec. 25, 2022: Goethe Institut Tokyo (JAPAN) Cabinet of Curiosities performs katachi, + works by Tørvund, Crane, Christensen, and Schüttler * Feb. 19, 2023: Tenri Institute Wet Ink presents Ingrid Laubrock and Ian Antonio performing Axamer Folio, + works by Kondo and Bach Mar. 4, 2023: Ackermannshof, Basel soyuz 21 (Sascha Armbruster and Joao Pacheco) performs Axamer Folio, + Rosenberger, Toro Peréz, and Nussbaumer Mar. 5, 2023: Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich " April 1-4, 2023: Lucerne, Switzerland In residence at the Hochschule Luzern (HSLU) April 14, 2023: University of Iowa Conor Hanick, Keir GoGwilt, and Jay Campbell play movements from if and only if April 22, 2023: Wigmore Hall, London JACK Quartet performs phrēn May 20, 2023: St. John in the Village (NYC) Kylwyria premieres Horn Trio May 20, 2023: art.ist Wiesbaden (DE) Maximilian Haft, Jan-Filip Tupa, and Gilles Grimaître perform if and only if May 22, 2023: SMC Lausanne (Switzerland) Maximilian Haft, Jan-Filip Tupa, and Gilles Grimaître perform if and only if Aug. 2023: Ostrava Days (CZ) Lector and Guest Composer at Ostrava Days 2023 (+ more TBA) about Eric Wubbels (b.1980) is a composer and performer. Since 2004 he has been pianist and Co-Director of the Wet Ink Ensemble (NYC), and he performs regularly in projects with Mariel Roberts and Josh Modney, Weston Olencki, and Charmaine Lee, among others. His music has been presented by LA Phil Green Umbrella series, Huddersfield Festival, ISSUE Project Room, Roulette, Bowerbird, Chicago Symphony MusicNOW, New York Philharmonic CONTACT, Contempuls (Prague), TIME:SPANS, and Zurich Tage für Neue Musik, among others. Wubbels has been awarded grants and fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, NYFA, NYSCA, Fromm Foundation, Chamber Music America, ISSUE Project Room, MATA Festival, Barlow Endowment, Jerome Foundation, and Yvar Mikhashoff Trust, and residencies at the MacDowell Colony ('11, '16, '20), Copland House, L'Abri (Geneva), Djerassi Resident Artists Program, and Civitella Ranieri Center (Italy). As a performer, he has given U.S. and world premieres of works by major figures such as Peter Ablinger, Richard Barrett, Beat Furrer, George Lewis, and Mathias Spahlinger, as well as vital young artists such as Rick Burkhardt, Erin Gee, Bryn Harrison, Clara Iannotta, Darius Jones, Cat Lamb, Ingrid Laubrock, Charmaine Lee, Alex Mincek, Sam Pluta, Katharina Rosenberger, Kate Soper, and Anna Webber. He has recorded for hatART, Carrier Records, Out of Your Head, Intakt, New Focus, and quiet design, among others, and has held teaching positions at Amherst College and Oberlin Conservatory.