Eric Wubbels - Composer/Pianist

News

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if and only if

named to

the New York Times'
Best Classical Albums of 2023

and Bandcamp's
Best Contemporary Classical Music of 2023

Album (CD/digital) and full PDF score
available from
Carrier Records

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interbeing (II)
(collab. with TAK Ensemble)

named to

The Wire's
Top Concerts of 2023

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Spring 2024

if and only if

Archipel Festival
Geneva

Trio Thrips
4.13.2024

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Diagrams of the Ear

yarn/wire

ECLAT Festival
Stuttgart, GERMANY
2.2.2024

**

New Scores

(perusal or to order)

Chimeric Form [2023]
horn trio
(32')

INSTRUMENTS, from interbeing [2022]
flutes, clarinets, soprano voice, percussion, violin
(11')

BREAD, from interbeing [2021]
flute, clarinet, soprano voice, percussion, violin
(10')

if and only if [2018-19]
piano trio
[60']

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2023-24 Selected Shows and Performances

August 2023:             Ostrava Days (CZ)                                            Lector and Guest Composer at Ostrava Days 2023
August 28, 2023:       Ostrava Festival (CZ)                                         Ostravská banda plays Auditory Scene Analysis
October 1, 2023:        Tonhalle Zürich (CH)                                         Tamara Stefanovich plays Helix as part of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation 50th Anniversary Celebration
October 7, 2023:        DiMenna Center, NYC                               interbeing (II) w/ TAK Ensemble (incl. premiere of ROOT AND VEIN, and Ode to Man) + sinonó
October 20, 2023:    The Lab, San Francisco, CA                               Selections from interbeing, w/ TAK Ensemble, alongside work by Michelle Lou
October 21, 2023:    Wind River, Santa Cruz, CA                            interbeing (III) w/ TAK Ensemble, alongside work by Michelle Lou; presented by indexical
October 27, 2023:   University of South Carolina                            Wet Ink plays modules/relationships and works by Pluta, Roberts, and Soper on the "Southern Exposure" series
November 8, 2023:    San Francisco Performances                          Jay Campbell and Conor Hanick perform gretchen am spinnrade
November 12, 2023: Tenri Institute, NYC                                           if and only if Album Release Concert, with Mariel Roberts and Josh Modney
December 7-9, 2023: Dixon Place, NYC                                              Wet Ink Ensemble 25th Anniversary Retrospective Festival
December 14, 2023:   Ackermanshof, Basel, CH                                 Fx Kollektiv plays This is This is This is
December 15, 2023: Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich, CH              Fx Kollektiv plays This is This is This is
December 23, 2023:   Bangkok Cultural Center, THAILAND        TAK plays quintets from interbeing, alongside Behzadi, Gee, Sorey, and Bryan Jacobs
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January 17, 2024:       Wolfsonian Museum, Miami, FL                      Guest Composer of New Music Miami ISCM Festival
February 2, 2024:       ECLAT Festival, Stuttgart, DE                          yarn/wire premieres Diagrams of the Ear
March 28, 2024:          Burgess Foundation, Manchester, UK             TAK plays quintets from interbeing, alongside works by Diels, Gee, Sorey, and Jessie Cox
April 3, 2024:            Music Current Festival, Dublin, IRELAND    TAK plays quintets from interbeing, alongside Behzadi, Gee, Sorey, and Jessie Cox
April 13, 2024:            Archipel Festival, Geneva, CH                         Thrips (Gilles Grimaître, Max Haft, Jan-Filip Tupa) plays if and only if
June 4, 2024:                St. Peter's Chelsea, NYC                                    Premiere of new trio for Erin Lesser and Ian Antonio, alongside works by Sam Pluta and Carolyn Chen
June 8, 2024:               Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich, CH               soyuz21 plays Voided Cross (EU premiere)
June 9, 2024:               Ackermanshof, Basel, CH                                soyuz21 plays Voided Cross

plus more TBA...

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Eric Wubbels (b.1980) is a composer and performer. Since 2004 he has been pianist and Co-Director of the
Wet Ink Ensemble (NYC). 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.

A recipient of the 2023 Ernst von Siemens Foundation Composer Prize, Wubbels has been awarded grants and
fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, NYFA, NYSCA, Fromm Foundation, ISSUE Project Room,
Chamber Music America, 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, has held teaching positions at Amherst College and Oberlin Conservatory, and for the
2023-24 academic year will teach composition at the Peabody Institute.

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News * if and only if named to the New York Times' Best Classical Albums of 2023 and Bandcamp's Best Contemporary Classical Music of 2023 Album (CD/digital) and full PDF score available from Carrier Records * interbeing (II) (collab. with TAK Ensemble) named to The Wire's Top Concerts of 2023 * Spring 2024** if and only if Archipel Festival Geneva Trio Thrips 4.13.2024 * Diagrams of the Ear yarn/wire ECLAT Festival Stuttgart, GERMANY 2.2.2024 New Scores** (perusal or to order) Chimeric Form [2023] horn trio (32') INSTRUMENTS, from interbeing [2022] flutes, clarinets, soprano voice, percussion, violin (11') BREAD, from interbeing [2021] flute, clarinet, soprano voice, percussion, violin (10') if and only if [2018-19] piano trio [60'] ** 2023-24 Selected Shows and Performances** August 2023: Ostrava Days (CZ) Lector and Guest Composer at Ostrava Days 2023 August 28, 2023: Ostrava Festival (CZ) Ostravská banda plays Auditory Scene Analysis October 1, 2023: Tonhalle Zürich (CH) Tamara Stefanovich plays Helix as part of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation 50th Anniversary Celebration October 7, 2023: DiMenna Center, NYC interbeing (II) w/ TAK Ensemble (incl. premiere of ROOT AND VEIN, and Ode to Man) + sinonó October 20, 2023: The Lab, San Francisco, CA Selections from interbeing, w/ TAK Ensemble, alongside work by Michelle Lou October 21, 2023: Wind River, Santa Cruz, CA interbeing (III) w/ TAK Ensemble, alongside work by Michelle Lou; presented by indexical October 27, 2023: University of South Carolina Wet Ink plays modules/relationships and works by Pluta, Roberts, and Soper on the "Southern Exposure" series November 8, 2023: San Francisco Performances Jay Campbell and Conor Hanick perform gretchen am spinnrade November 12, 2023: Tenri Institute, NYC if and only if Album Release Concert, with Mariel Roberts and Josh Modney December 7-9, 2023: Dixon Place, NYC Wet Ink Ensemble 25th Anniversary Retrospective Festival December 14, 2023: Ackermanshof, Basel, CH Fx Kollektiv plays This is This is This is December 15, 2023: Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich, CH Fx Kollektiv plays This is This is This is December 23, 2023: Bangkok Cultural Center, THAILAND TAK plays quintets from interbeing, alongside Behzadi, Gee, Sorey, and Bryan Jacobs * January 17, 2024: Wolfsonian Museum, Miami, FL Guest Composer of New Music Miami ISCM Festival February 2, 2024: ECLAT Festival, Stuttgart, DE yarn/wire premieres Diagrams of the Ear March 28, 2024: Burgess Foundation, Manchester, UK TAK plays quintets from interbeing, alongside works by Diels, Gee, Sorey, and Jessie Cox April 3, 2024: Music Current Festival, Dublin, IRELAND TAK plays quintets from interbeing, alongside Behzadi, Gee, Sorey, and Jessie Cox April 13, 2024: Archipel Festival, Geneva, CH Thrips (Gilles Grimaître, Max Haft, Jan-Filip Tupa) plays if and only if June 4, 2024: St. Peter's Chelsea, NYC Premiere of new trio for Erin Lesser and Ian Antonio, alongside works by Sam Pluta and Carolyn Chen June 8, 2024: Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich, CH soyuz21 plays Voided Cross (EU premiere) June 9, 2024: Ackermanshof, Basel, CH soyuz21 plays Voided Cross plus 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). 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. A recipient of the 2023 Ernst von Siemens Foundation Composer Prize, Wubbels has been awarded grants and fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, NYFA, NYSCA, Fromm Foundation, ISSUE Project Room, Chamber Music America, 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, has held teaching positions at Amherst College and Oberlin Conservatory, and for the 2023-24 academic year will teach composition at the Peabody Institute.