Metropolis Ensemble | Groanbox: Eric Huebner

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Eric Huebner
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Pianist Eric Huebner has drawn world-wide acclaim for his performances of new and traditional music since making his debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at age 17. His playing has been described as “full of grace and light” by critic Paul Griffiths and “masterfully precise” by Village Voice critic Kyle Gann. He was recently referred to as “the new superstar” of the 2008 Ojai Festival by critic Alan Rich where he performed the solo music of Carter and Ligeti.

Mr. Huebner has worked with a number of the world’s leading conductors including Lorin Maazel, David Robertson, Alan Gilbert and Oliver Knussen and has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Riverside Symphony, Redlands Symphony and the Juilliard Orchestra. At Carnegie Hall, Mr. Huebner recently performed Gyorgy Ligeti’s Piano Concerto with David Robertson conducting and was subsequently invited to perform Olivier Messiaen’s Oiseaux Exotiques as part of a Live from Lincoln Center gala broadcast on PBS. Since 2001, Huebner has been a member of the award winning ensemble Antares, appearing at such venues as the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, the Krannert Center in Champagne-Urbana, University of Iowa’s Hancher Auditorium and at numerous other universities and venues throughout the United States.

In addition to a career as soloist and chamber musician, Mr. Huebner is an active freelancer in the New York City area. He has appeared with many of the city’s leading new music ensembles including Speculum Musicae, Zankel Band, Manhattan Sinfonietta, So Percussion, Continuum, New York New Music Ensemble, American Modern Ensemble, ACME and Flexible Music. Highlights of the upcoming season include concerts in Indiana, Virginia, Missouri, Washington and New York with Antares, a solo recital and residency at Adelphi University and performances of new chamber music with Flexible Music at Bowling Green and Syracuse Universities.

Mr. Huebner has been heard on PBS and NPR, and on radio stations KMOZ (Los Angeles), WNYC (New York), Radio Bremen (Germany), ORF (Austria) and the BBC. He has recorded for the Col Legno, Centaur, Bridge, Albany, Tzadik, Innova and Mode labels and currently serves on the adjunct piano faculty at Lehman College in New York, A recent Albany Records release of the piano music of Daniel Rothman was met with critical acclaim and a disc of the complete piano music of Roger Reynolds featuring Huebner and the pianist Yuji Takahashi will be available from Mode Records this spring. Mr. Huebner holds a B.M. and M.M. from The Juilliard School where he studied with Jerome Lowenthal.

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