Eric Wubbels - Composer/Pianist

News Summer 2026

June 25-28th

Composer in Residence at Avanti Summer Sounds Festival
Porvoo, FINLAND

including premiere of a new work for solo piano
for Joonas Ahonen

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July 14th

Pioneer Works
Brooklyn

Conrad Tao premieres Φ (II)

alongside works by Carter and Ustvolskaya
and sets by Charmaine Lee and Aaron Turner/Randall Dunn

*

August

Composition Faculty
for TAK Ensemble's TAK LAB
with Seth Cluett and Qiujiang Levi Lu

NYC

**

Fall 2026

release of Altarpiece H. af K.
with Dana Jessen, Ben Roidl-Ward, and Katherine Young
on Kou Records

**

December 9th

Ensemble Modern
(dir. Jean Deroyer)
performs Auditory Scene Analysis (I)
alongside Grisey Partiels, Saariaho Io, and others

Alte Oper Frankfurt

***

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).

A recipient of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation Composer Prize, Wubbels has been awarded grants and
fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Koussevitzky Foundation/Library of Congress, and
Chamber Music America, among others, and his music has been presented by LA Phil Green Umbrella series, Huddersfield Festival,
ISSUE Project Room, Cafe OTO, Roulette, Bowerbird, LAMPO, ECLAT Festival, TRANSIT, Rainy Days, TIME:SPANS, Archipel,
Ostrava Days, EAR WE ARE, Zurich Tage für Neue Musik, and Ultraschall.

Current ongoing projects include Second Nature (flute, percussion, keyboards trio with Erin Lesser and Ian Antonio of Wet Ink),
interbeing (with TAK Ensemble), and duo with vocalist Charmaine Lee.

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, Catherine Lamb, Ingrid Laubrock,
Charmaine Lee, Alex Mincek, Sam Pluta, Kate Soper, Anna Webber, and Katherine Young.

He has recorded for Kou Records, hatART, Carrier, Out of Your Head, and Intakt, among others, and has held
teaching positions at Amherst College, Oberlin Conservatory, and the Peabody Institute.

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News Summer 2026 June 25-28th Composer in Residence at Avanti Summer Sounds Festival Porvoo, FINLAND including premiere of a new work for solo piano for Joonas Ahonen * July 14th Pioneer Works Brooklyn Conrad Tao premieres Φ (II) alongside works by Carter and Ustvolskaya and sets by Charmaine Lee and Aaron Turner/Randall Dunn * August Composition Faculty for TAK Ensemble's TAK LAB with Seth Cluett and Qiujiang Levi Lu NYC ** Fall 2026 release of Altarpiece H. af K. with Dana Jessen, Ben Roidl-Ward, and Katherine Young on Kou Records December 9th** Ensemble Modern (dir. Jean Deroyer) performs Auditory Scene Analysis (I) alongside Grisey Partiels, Saariaho Io, and others Alte Oper Frankfurt * 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). A recipient of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation Composer Prize, Wubbels has been awarded grants and fellowships from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Koussevitzky Foundation/Library of Congress, and Chamber Music America, among others, and his music has been presented by LA Phil Green Umbrella series, Huddersfield Festival, ISSUE Project Room, Cafe OTO, Roulette, Bowerbird, LAMPO, ECLAT Festival, TRANSIT, Rainy Days, TIME:SPANS, Archipel, Ostrava Days, EAR WE ARE, Zurich Tage für Neue Musik, and Ultraschall. Current ongoing projects include Second Nature (flute, percussion, keyboards trio with Erin Lesser and Ian Antonio of Wet Ink), interbeing (with TAK Ensemble), and duo with vocalist Charmaine Lee. 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, Catherine Lamb, Ingrid Laubrock, Charmaine Lee, Alex Mincek, Sam Pluta, Kate Soper, Anna Webber, and Katherine Young. He has recorded for Kou Records, hatART, Carrier, Out of Your Head, and Intakt, among others, and has held teaching positions at Amherst College, Oberlin Conservatory, and the Peabody Institute.