Profiles
Federico Reuben (b. 1978, Costa Rica) is a composer and live electronics performer based in London. Federico has written music for a wide variety of chamber and vocal ensembles, as well as for orchestra, chamber orchestra and one opera. He has received a wide variety of commissions from ensembles and soloists including Ensemble MAE, Piano Circus, Sarah Nicolls, Roentgen Connection, Python Saxophone Quartet, Royal Ensemble and Singers. His music has been performed and broadcast across Europe and the Americas.
As a sonic artist he has experience with sound and robotic installations, fixed electroacoustic and mixed media compositions, live-electronics and cross-arts collaborations. He is also active as a laptop improviser and has played with improvisers such as John Edwards, Steve Noble, Aleks Kolkowski, Javier Carmona, Dominic Lash, Alexander Hawkins and Rachel Musson.
Federico recently completed his PhD in Music Composition at Brunel University, London, supervised by Richard Barrett and Christopher Fox. He also holds a Bachelors and Masters degree in composition from The Royal Conservatoire, The Netherlands where he studied with Louis Andriessen, Richard Ayres, Gilius van Bergeijk and Martijn Padding. In addition, he received courses and workshops tutored by composers including Steve Reich, Jonathan Harvey, Clarence Barlow, Marco Stroppa and Michael Jarrell. He also attended a one-year intensive course in Music Technology at The Institute of Sonology, The Netherlands.
Federico is a founding member of squib-box, a London based artist-led organization and net-label that promotes newly composed and improvised music.