The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation has awarded one of its 2023 Composer Prizes, which each come with €35,000, to Eric Wubbels (CRF 2014).
Composer and pianist Eric Wubbels was born in 1980 and studied at Columbia University and Amherst College in the United States, where he studied under Lewis Spratlan, Tristan Murail and Fred Lerdahl, among others. His scores have a great sense of authority, distinguished by craftsmanship and a free will of expression, blending sounds into complex structures. His work has been performed in Europe, Asia and the USA, including at the Huddersfield Festival, the MATA Festival, and the Tage für Neue Musik in Zurich. He is likewise co-director of the Wet Ink Ensemble in New York. Congratulations, Eric! The award ceremony will take place on Friday 26th May 2023 in the Hercules Hall of the Munich Residence.
The Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation is providing over €3.7 million in prizes and subsidies in 2023. The largest share of the annual funding, €3 million, is being provided to approximately 120 contemporary music projects worldwide. The Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (EvS Music Prize) has been awarded every year since 1973 by the privately-run Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation (EvS Music Foundation), which is based in Switzerland. Click here to learn more.