Rupert W.M. Huber (born 1967 in
Mödling
Mödling () is the capital of the Austrian Mödling (district), district of the same name located approximately 15 km south of Vienna.
Mödling lies in Lower Austria's industrial zone (Industrieviertel). The Mödlingbach, a brook which rises ...
,
Austria
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) is an Austrian composer and musician.
In 1994, Huber founded ''Huber Musik'' to publish his own music, and in the same year, founded
Tosca
''Tosca'' is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1 ...
with
Richard Dorfmeister. Huber's 2006 release of ''Fuck Dub Remixes CD'' was also created in collaboration with Dorfmeister.
Huber's works have been
commissioned, amongst others, by
Centre Pompidou
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,
Wiener Festwochen
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, and
Ars Electronica
Ars Electronica Linz GmbH is an Austrian cultural, educational and scientific institute active in the field of new media art, founded in Linz in 1979. It is based at the Ars Electronica Center (AEC), which houses the Museum of the Future, in t ...
. He lives in
Vienna
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and
Berlin
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.
References
Bio, worklist, and statements, partly in EnglishShort bioOfficial website
1967 births
Living people
Austrian male composers
Austrian male musicians
People from Mödling
Musicians from Lower Austria
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