Ruben Naeff

Where to start?

Four pieces to get to know Ruben.

De Bètacanon
A canon as a love song to science (more)

MMXII for orchestra
Stay happy when the world collapses (more)

News

COMING MAY 11, SAN FRANCISCO
Read this interview by Dan VanHassel about music, Holland & America, economics, and more, looking forward to the May 11th premiere of Euphoria by Wild Rumpus, as part of their 2011 Commissioning Project. (Also see their closed Kickstarter campaign).

Further upcoming
Jul 2013 W4's New Instrument Workshop
Sep 2013 Premiere by Lindsay Kesselman, Nicholas Photinos and Yasuko Oura, Washington D.C.
Feb 2014 W4 Collaboration with Contemporaneous

Earlier highlights
04/12 SYZYGY plays Fill the Present Day with Joy
2012
12/21 MMXII wins Andrew Gerlicher competition
12/21 MMXII on the last day of earth
12/08 Premiere by Jamie Jordan & David Friend, Ithaca, NY. 11/17 Platypus plays Fill the Present Day with Joy, Vienna
11/03 String Quartet Smack Down, Austin, TX
10/4-6 BODYART Dance company, New York
09/22 W4's 2nd End of Summer festival, Brooklyn
July Honorable mention RenegadeEnsemble
07/20 Aspen Contemporary Ensemble premieres Mainstream
07/15 Aspen Orchestra premieres MMXII for orchestra
06/17 Bang on a Can Marathon plays Bash (press release)
06/08 West 4th presents Cellophilia
06/05 Signal premieres MMXII at June in Buffalo
05/14 Vigil plays W&W on Music w/a View
05/04 NYUCME plays Bash!
04/22 All-Ruben concert in NYC
04/13 Premiere Four-Minute Symphony
03/22 Vigil in Hartford, CT
03/19 NYU Contemporary Ensemble in NYC
03/10 Center City Opera Theater in Philadelphia, PA
03/02 Cadillac Moon Ensemble in NYC
Jan The Aftermath in Hanover, Germany (video)
2011
Dec Wild Rumpus Commissioning Prize
11/13 Hartford Opera Theatre's New in November