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Name James Erber
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User Name jameserber
Member Status  Full Member
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Home Page http://jameserber.load.cd/
Date of birth 14/02/1951
Region United Kingdom  
Interests New Music
Profile James Erber was born in 1951 in London. He studied Music at the Universities of Sussex and Nottingham and composition with Brian Ferneyhough in Freiburg-im-Breisgau.

His music (which has been performed and broadcast widely throughout Europe, in Australia, New Zealand and the USA) includes "Epitomaria-Glosaria-Commentaria" for 25 solo strings (1981-84), the "Traces" cycle for solo flute (1991-2006), two string quartets, "Das Buch Bahir" for 9 instruments (2004-2005) and "Landscape (with Laocoon and his Sons)" for clarinet, trumpet and percussion (2010-12).
Pianist Ian Pace’s recording of "You done torn your playhouse down" for NMC has achieved wide critical acclaim, while Kate Romano’s recording of "Strange Moments of Intimacy" for solo clarinet is available on the Metier label. A recording of "le colonne d’Ercole" by cellist Frank Cox is due for release by Centaur Records (USA), while aarly next year, the young Italian flautist Matteo Cesari will record the Traces cycle and two other shorter works for solo flute for Convivium Records.