Erik ULMAN

Erik Ulman (born 1969, Escondido, California) studied composition at the University of California, San Diego, working principally with Brian FERNEYHOUGH; in addition, in 1995-96 he studied with Helmut LACHENMANN at the Stuttgart Musikhochschule on a grant from the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD). After receiving his doctorate from UCSD in 2000, he taught there as a Faculty Fellow from Winter 2001 through Spring 2002; for both Spring and Fall 2003 he was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Composition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His music has been performed by such notable interpreters as the Arditti Quartet, the Cygnus Ensemble, the New York New Music Ensemble, the Nieuw Ensemble, and SONOR.

2004