Gregor Huebner Explained

Gregor Huebner
Birth Name:Gregor Hübner
Birth Date:23 May 1967
Origin:Stuttgart, Germany, E.U.
Instrument:Violin, Piano
Genre:Jazz
Occupation:Musician, Composer
Associated Acts:Sirius Quartet, Richie Beirach, El Violin Latino, SalsaFuerte, Tango Five, Berta Epple
Website:www.GregorHuebner.com

Gregor Huebner (born May 23, 1967) is a violinist, pianist and composer. He performs solo and with several ensembles including El Violin Latino, Sirius Quartet, Berta Epple and Salsafuerte. From 1985 to 2012 he was a member of Tango Five. He is a professor of composition at the University for Music and Theater in Munich, Germany. In 2017 he received the Grand Prize for New York Philharmonic's New World Initiative Composition Challenge for his composition “New World, Nov 9. 2016.”[1]

Life and work

Following his graduation from the Ravensburger Spohn school, Huebner studied classical violin, jazz piano and composition at the Conservatories of Vienna and Stuttgart with Florian Auer Two and Gerhard Voss.[2]

In 1985, Huebner and his brother Veit Hübner began performing with Tango Five.[3] The band performed both at the World Exhibition 1992 (Seville)[4] and 2000 (Hanover) and at the 2004 Athens Olympics.[5] They also appeared at the 1998 Tango Festival in Montevideo and Buenos Aires. Tango Five disbanded in 2012. Three members (Bobbi Fischer, Gregor Huebner and Veit Hübner) created a new group called Berta Epple in 2012.[6]

In 1996, he began collaborating with pianist Richie Beirach. Their album Round About Frederik Mompou was nominated for the Latin Grammy 2002.[7] Other recordings include Round About Bartok released in March 2000 (ACT company),[8] Beirach/Huebner/Mraz Round about Monteverdi[9] in 2003 and Duo Beirach/Huebner Duality (Niveau Records) in 2007.[10]

In 1997, he began work with Johnny Almendra[11] on three albums Los Jovenes del Barrio, Eye Contact and Son Radical. He played with Randy Brecker, John Patitucci, Billy Hart, Mark Feldman, Smokey Robinson, David Darling, Uri Caine, Tim Hagans and the Absolut Ensemble. He recorded with Joe Zawinul and Diane Reeves.[12]

In 2009, he released Exercises, Etudes and Concert Pieces with Advanced Music and Eric Carle's Ich habe die Geige klingen sehen at the Gerstenberg Verlag. In the same year he published his orchestra compositions at Norsk Musikvorlag. In the same year he scored the movie Bergwehen for the German movie channel ZDF together with Gerd Baumann. The movie was nominated for the German TV Awards in 2011.

Huebner's critically acclaimed Latin Jazz album El Violin Latino was released in 2011.[13] The Latin Jazz Network selected it as a Noteworthy Recording of 2011[14] and the album won Nr. 3 Best CD in 2011 on WBGO New York. He is currently recording a new album entitled El Violin Latino - Vol 2. The album features musicians—Johnny Almendra, Latin percussion, Klaus Mueller, piano, Ruben Rodriguez, bass, Louis Bauzo, Latin percussion, Jerome Goldschmidt, percussion, Marcos Napa, Afro-Peruvian percussion and Karen Joseph, flute—performing new arrangements of Cuban, Brazilian & Tango Music. It is expected to be released in the fall of 2015.

Musical style

Huebner's style as a composer is a mix of his musical heritage, the folk music of eastern Europe, his studies of contemporary music and "Neue Music" in Vienna and Stuttgart. While studying and living in New York City he focused on Jazz Improvisation and developed a keen interest in different kinds of world music particularly Latin American music styles.[15] As a violinist and pianist he performs all of these styles with his groups, El Violin Latino, Sirius Quartet, Berta Epple, Richie Beirach Duo/Quartet, his own NY-NRG Quartet and his newly founded Munich Composers Collective.[16]

Prizes, awards, and commissions

Huebner has been lauded with awards in Europe and the United States including the Jazz award of the State Baden-Württemberg in 1998 and the "President’s Award" of the Manhattan School of Music in 1996.[17] In 2017 he was awarded the Grand Prize for New York Philharmonic’s New World Initiative Composition Challenge for his composition “New World, Nov 9. 2016.”[18]

He has written commission for Intentional Bachakademie in Stuttgart, Germany, Grand Theatre Luxemburg, Musikfest Stuttgart 2010, Tribeka New Music Festival 2012, a piano concerto for Musikfest Stuttgart in 2013. He 2014 he was commissioned to compose a lyrical setting of poems by William Blake written for Sirius Quartet and the Stuttgart Collegium Iuvenum Boys Choir[19] and an orchestral composition for the Radio Symphonie Orchester and the SWR Big Band.[20]

His works have been premiered by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Landesakademie Ochsenhausen, and his string quartet “NYC” premiered at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.

Huebner has performed in Jazz festivals around the globe including Cork (Ireland), Tbilisi (Georgia), Montreux, New York (JVC, Bell Atlantic), Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA (Tango Festival), Stuttgart, Germany (Jazz Open) and Porto (Portugal). Sirius Quartet performed at the Taichung Jazz Festival, Taiwan's largest jazz event, in 2013 and 2014.[21] The 2014 Festival opened with a performance by English Jazz Pianist John Escreet performing with Sirius Quartet.

He has performed at major concert halls around the globe including Carnegie Hall, Apollo Theater, Berlin Philharmonie, Frauenkirche in Dresden, Gewandhaus Leipzig. Each summer he participates in an International Summer Music Festival in Messinia, Greece.[22]

Discography

Compositions

Scholarships and awards

Education

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gregor Huebner wins Grand Prize in NY Phil's New World Initiative Composition Challenge!!. Sirius Quartet. 16 August 2017 . en-US. 2019-04-18.
  2. Web site: Gregor Huebner – El Violin Latino Vol. 3, Los Soñadores Gregor Huebner. 24 January 2019 . en-US. 2019-04-18.
  3. Web site: Jazz Caliente: Gregor Huebner And El Violin Latino. Lloyd. Robin. www.knkx.org. 6 April 2018 . en. 2019-04-18.
  4. Web site: Gregor Hubner Quartet. Jazzheads. 2019-04-18.
  5. Web site: Gregor Huebner - Peregrina Music. www.peregrinamusic.de. 2019-04-18.
  6. Web site: Berta Epple. 30 November 2016.
  7. Web site: Round About Federico Mompou - CD Out Of Print - Round About Federico Mompou - Richie Beirach - Artists - ACT Music - In the spirit of jazz. jazz. ACT Music-In the spirit of. ACT Music. de. 2019-04-18.
  8. Web site: Round About Bartok - Richie Beirach, Gregor Hubner, George Mraz User Reviews. AllMusic. en-us. 2019-04-18.
  9. News: CD: Beirach/ Huebner/ Mraz: Round About Monteverdi. Fordham. John. 2003-05-09. The Guardian. 2019-04-18. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  10. Web site: Duality - the first 10 years Richie Beirach & Gregor Huebner. All about Jazz.
  11. Web site: Gregor Huebner: El Violin Latino Volume 2. Gama. Raul da. 2016-04-02. Latin Jazz Network. en-US. 2019-04-18.
  12. Web site: Gregor Huebner. Sirius Quartet. en-US. 2019-04-18.
  13. News: da Fonseca-Wollheim. Corinna. Where the Violin Found Its Rhythm. May 18, 2011. Wall Street Journal. May 18, 2011.
  14. Web site: Navas. Danilo. Noteworthy Recordings of 2011. Latin Jazz Network. 23 December 2011 . December 23, 2011.
  15. Web site: El Violin Latino Gregor Huebner. 19 November 2016 . en-US. 2019-04-18.
  16. Web site: Progressive Chamber Music Festival. Indiegogo. en. 2019-04-18.
  17. Web site: FEBfest 2019. Fairbanks Concert Association. en-US. 2019-04-18.
  18. Web site: New World Composition Challenge Winners. New York Philharmonic The New World Initiative. New York Philharmonic. 22 May 2017.
  19. News: SCHWEITZER. VIVIEN. A Mesh of Sounds 'Voices, Winds and Paths' at the Chelsea Music Festival. June 11, 2014. New York Times.
  20. Web site: Classic goes Jazz, präsentiert von Götz Alsmann. SRW. October 5, 2014.
  21. Web site: Local, international musicians to perform at Taichung jazz festival. 12 October 2014 . October 12, 2014.
  22. Web site: 6th International Summer Music Festival. 2015-02-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20150209214028/http://www.mani-sonnenlink.com/mani-sonnenlink/Festival-de.html. 2015-02-09. dead.
  23. Web site: 2012 Tribeca New Music Festival. March 15, 2012.

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