Gregor Huebner
Violinist, Pianist and Composer
Award-winning, Grammy-nominated composer and violinist Gregor Huebner has spent his career exploring the spaces between musical worlds. Moving effortlessly between contemporary classical music, jazz, improvisation, and world music, he has developed a distinctive musical voice that is deeply personal, adventurous, and open to unexpected connections.
Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Huebner lives and works between New York and Munich. Both cities have profoundly shaped his artistic identity: the European classical tradition of his upbringing and the openness, energy, and diversity of New York have become essential elements of his musical language.
As a violinist and composer, Huebner has performed and collaborated with an extraordinary range of musicians and ensembles. He is a member of the Sirius Quartet, the NY- NRG Quartet, the Nagai/Huebner/Takeishi Trio, El Violin Latino, Berta Epple, and the Munich Composers Collective. His performances have taken him to international festivals including the Montreux Jazz Festival, Kork Jazz Festival in Ireland, Tbilisi Jazz Festival, and the Bell Atlantic Festival in New York.
A particularly important part of Huebner’s artistic journey has been his long-standing collaboration with pianist Richie Beirach and bassist George Mraz. Together they created three critically acclaimed albums, including Round About Federico Mompou, which was nominated for a Latin Grammy. These collaborations reflect Huebner’s enduring interest in bringing different musical traditions into conversation and discovering what can emerge in between them.
His work as a composer has been recognized internationally. In 2017, Huebner received the Grand Prize in the New World Composers Competition of the New York Philharmonic. In 2026, he was awarded a New Jazz Grant by Chamber Music America.
Huebner has received commissions from institutions including the International Bach Academy Stuttgart, the State Theater of Fürth, the State Academy of Music Ochsenhausen, the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, the WDR Big Band, and Tribeka New Music, among many others. His compositions have been premiered by ensembles including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Nova Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra.
At the heart of Huebner’s work is a fascination with connection: between composition and improvisation, classical music and jazz, written tradition and spontaneous expression, and different cultures and generations. Rather than treating genres as boundaries, he sees them as starting points for exploration. His music often emerges from this dialogue, balancing structure with freedom and precision with the unexpected.
His playing has received equal recognition. Reviewing a recording featuring Huebner, Richie Beirach, and saxophonist Charlie Mariano, The Irish Times described Huebner as being “in the kind of mood to blow anyone away,” praising the music for its emotional complexity and beauty. The New York City Jazz Record has called his music “challenging and vivid,” noting the seamless incorporation of chamber music elements with avant-garde jazz.
Alongside his international career as a performer and composer, Huebner is dedicated to teaching and mentoring the next generation of musicians. He currently holds a professorship of composition at the University of Music and Theater Munich.
Whether performing on stage, composing for a symphony orchestra, improvising with a jazz ensemble, or working with young composers, Gregor Huebner continues to follow the same instinct that has guided his career from the beginning: to remain curious, to cross borders, and to let music create connections where none seemed possible before.