Gregor Huebner- Violin
Gregor Huebner is an award-winning, Grammy -nominated composer and violinist, celebrated by audiences and critics alike for his visionary work across genres. His music has been described by The New York City Jazz Record as “challenging and vivid… seamlessly incorporat[ing] chamber elements with Avant Garde Jazz.Born in Stuttgart Huebner lives in between New York and Munich. As a member of Sirius Quartet, Richie Beirach/Gregor Huebner Duo, El Violin Latino, Berta Epple and his Munich Composers Collective he performed at many festivals including Montreux Jazzfestival, Kork Festival Irland, Taichung Jazz Festiva Taiwan, Tiblisi Jazz Festival and the Bell Atlantic Festival in New York.Huebner’s collaborations with Richie Beirach and George Mraz have yielded three critically acclaimed albums, including the Latin Grammy-nominated Round About Federico Mompou. 2017 he won the Grande Prize in the New World Composers Competition of the New York Philharmonics.Huebner has also been commissioned by the International Bach Academy in Stuttgart, the State Theater of Fürth and the State Academy of Music Ochsenhausen, The Grand Theatre Luxemburg, the WDR Big Band and Tribeka New Music among many others.His works have been premiered by major ensembles such as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Nova Philharmonic Orchestra and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra.The Irish Times, reviewing a recording of Huebner, Beirach and saxophonist Charlie Mariano, writes, “violinist Gregor Huebner… is in the kind of mood to blow anyone away… emotionally complex… lovely.”He currently holds a professorship of composition at the University of Music and Theater in Munich.