Contact: Genepritsker@gmail.com
Gene Pritsker Composer
“Mischief-maker and cultural blender-in-chief, Pritsker is a serious artist, yet much of his work is witty and irreverent.” Anyone can draw a mustache on the Mona Lisa, but few musicians draw it as artistically and creatively as Gene Pritsker.”
- Raymond Tuttle, Fanfare Magazine
'The shape-shifting Gene Pritsker is one of the only composers who continues to break down the barriers that still exist in the sometimes water-tight compartments that industry marketers revel in."
- Raul d'Gama Rose, All About Jazz
“Mischief-maker and cultural blender-in-chief, Pritsker is a serious artist, yet much of his work is witty and irreverent.” Anyone can draw a mustache on the Mona Lisa, but few musicians draw it as artistically and creatively as Gene Pritsker.”
- Raymond Tuttle, Fanfare Magazine
"...audacious...multitalented."
- The New York Times
'The shape-shifting Gene Pritsker is one of the only composers who continues to break down the barriers that still exist in the sometimes water-tight compartments that industry marketers revel in."
- Raul d'Gama Rose, All About Jazz
'Intending to make music
dangerous again.”
- Sequenza21
Gene Pritsker Composer
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Performances:
2026
May
5/3
NYC premiere of 'Animals Carnaval' as part of Composers Concordance presents Anne Akiko Meyers with Gene Pritsker’s Sound Liberation event at Joe's Pub
Also on the program premiere of a the new R&B song 'Silence And Cold Whispers', arrangement of Villa Lobos Black Swan, a performance of 'Gnawa Gnaw #1' among other pieces.
5/9
Premiere of 'For Those About To Fugue We Salute You' and a performance of 'Variations on My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama' performed as part of Composers Concordance presents 'My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama Quartet 'Unplugged' at Salomon Arts Gallery.
5/17
'Shit List' and 'Shit Liszt Said'premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents Sh*t L*szt - Part of The 14th Annual CompCord Festival - Comedy
@ St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery
5/20
'She’s So Chaconne’ for solo violin and 'Prelude and Fugue’ for violin and piano from Suite #1 performed by Ekaterina Gubanova and Maria Romanenko at the Nosov Mansion in Moscow, Russia
5/22
'Stand-up / Get Up' premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents
'Stand-up / Get Up' - Part of The 14th Annual CompCord Festival - Comedy @ Jim Kempner Fine Arts
5/24
'One-liners' 2 trumpets and guitar premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents
16th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon - Comedy Theme - Part of The 14th Annual CompCord Festival - Comedy @ Loft393
5/29
'Grab Em by The Pussy Polka' and 'Protest Polka' will be premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents CompCord Polka Band
Part of The 14th Annual CompCord Festival - Comedy @ Loft393
5/31
'Raw' for viola, sax and bass clarinet premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents Missing Link Ensemble @ Ki Smith Gallery
5/31
''Revivification' for chamber orchestra performed to the silent movie of the same title as part of Film Score Fest 2026 at the Oriental Theater in Denver, CO.
June
6/5
'Holy Human Stupidity, Batman' for solo cello
performed as part of Composers Concordance presents 'Sahara von Hattenberger Solo Cello.'
6/7
'If I Could Remember' for CompCord Ensemble on poetry of Roger Aplon and 'Orlando di Lasso Changes (from Renaissance Changes)' premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents
CompCord at Howland. At the Howland Cultural center in Beacon NY.
6/12
'I Saw It Scrawled On A Bathroom Wall' for reed quartet premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents Readings & Reeds. At Jim Kempner Gallery
6/16
'FD Fanfare’ performed as part of the Mostly Modern Festival in Saratoga Springs NY.
6/20
'Lilith's Rise-Up' premiered at the ‘Ecstasy, The Night of the Soul’ concert by soprano Ljiljana Winkler and pianist Saori Anraku as part of 'The Long Night of Art’ festival at Rococo Hall in Augsburg Germany
6/24
New music premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents 'CompCord Chicago Cadence' at the Check Out in Chicago, IL
6/21
"Grip' for violin and string orchestra, and many arrangements of Gene's are performed as part of Zerno Jazz in Lviv, Ukraine by Petro Krysa and the Lviv Virtuosos Orchestra.
arrangements include 'Summertime/Blackdog', 'Our Love Is Here To Stay' 'Oh Heart of Love', 'Walk With Me', 'Somewhere, Over the Rainbow', 'Come Sunday' and the 'Soprano VS. String Orchestra Suite' at Lviv National Philharmonic
6/26-27
‘Trumpets’ for trumpet and Samplestra and Singin' for trumpet and drone performed by Stephen Burns at the The 2026 Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar in Hanover, NH
July
7/2
'Blues From An Airport Bar' performed as part of Composers Concordance presents Denis Sedov - bass voice Karina Pogosbekova - piano at The Ellington Room
7/2
An Arrangement of 'Theme to Serpico’ for concert band performed by The Big Band of the Municipality of Chalandriat the event ‘A Tribute to Greek Music' in Greece.
7/12
Premiere of 'Concerto In Groove' for violin, Di.J. and string orchestra in Lviv, Ukrainie with Petro Krysa and the Lviv Virtuosos Orchestra at Lviv National Philharmonic
7/18
Performing a set with Noizpunk & Petro in Bukovets, Ukraine.
7/20
Performing with Machik Ozawa and Peter Christian Hall at the club Lamaz in Paris, Fance.
7/24
'Water & Space {Part 1}' premiered as part of Composers Concordance presents CompCord Ensemble at Villa Kostabi in Rome Italy
7/30 - 8 /16
Gene is back at the Outreach Festival in Schwaz Austria for many concerts, workshops and masterclasses.
7/30
New composition performed at Music Power in the Park as part of the Outreach Festival
7/31-8/2
'Evolution Geneopédie' for solo accordion
premiered by William Schimmel as part of his
2026 Accordion Seminars
Aug.
8/6 - 8 /8
Outreach main festival Gene has a premiere with the Outreach Orchestra.
8/16
'The Painters’ an 8 movement composition for modified string quartet performed at Mathoi Stage as part of the Outreach Festival
8/28
Performing with Machik Ozawa at The Delancey as part of Composers Concordance presents Machiko Ozawa & Gene Pritsker Duo
8/30
Premiere of 'I Will Survive 55' as part of Composers Concordance presents Sound Liberation at Joe's Pub
Also performance of other GP compositions for this birthday event.
About
Composer Gene Pritsker has written over one thousand compositions, including chamber operas, orchestral and chamber works, electro-acoustic music and songs for hip-hop and rock ensembles. His compositions employ an eclectic spectrum of styles, that are influenced by his studies of various musical cultures.
He is the founder and leader of Sound Liberation, an eclectic hip hop-chamber-jazz-rock-etc. ensemble. He also Co-Directs Composers Concordance and is a co-founder and composer-in-residence of the Grammy nominated Absolute Ensemble. Gene's music is performed all over the world at internationally recognized festivals and by highly respected ensembles and performers.
"My music is extremely eclectic, for me music has no bounds - I view the world of music as one big genre. My motto for my art is 'ending the segregation of sound vibration.'"
Gene is also a guitarist/rapper/Di.J./ and producer and incorporates each of these musical attributes to create music that is “not designed for easy listening or to melt into the background. It is insistent. It demands attention and curiosity."
- New York Newsday.
Gene worked closely with jazz fusion legend Joe Zawinul and has orchestrated major Hollywood movies, including 'Cloud Atlas', for which he wrote his ''Cloud Atlas Symphony’ and the 2021 film The Matrix Resurrections
PROJECTS
Sound Liberation / Recordings / Film/Commercial / Money (hip-hop opera) VRE Suite / solo, duo, trio... / Cello Lounge / William James's... opera
Di.J. Noizepunk / Cloud Atlas Symphony / Samplestra / Reinventions / DAYS Composers Concordance & Comp Cord Records / EMX / Maggots / Concertos
RiteOfSpring..Eclectic / Manhattan in Charcoal / Melodies Alone.. / EroicAnization / Groove Possessed / Trump Concerto / Blog
Chamber Timbres – The Eclectic Music of Gene Pritsker
Sound Liberation’s ninth studio album, Elegy, continues the band's fearless exploration of eclectic soundscapes. Founded by Gene Pritsker, the group follows a bold musical philosophy—breaking down barriers between genres and “ending the segregation of sound vibration.” Their music blends an array of styles, driven by hip-hop and rock rhythms, seamlessly weaving elements of classical, jazz, and world music into a uniquely immersive experience.
This album demonstrates some of Composer Gene Pritsker's compsotions that explore the various sounds of string instruments. From solo violin compositions performed by Lara St. John and Machiko Ozawa to string quartets performed by the CompCord String Quartet and Kahlo String Quartet to music for multiple strings including compositions for 3 violin, 5 violins and 2 electric guitars.
‘Under The Wolf’s Cloak’ music by Gene Pritsker poem by Imelda O'Reilly, for narrator, chorus and two Marimbas Performed by Imelda O'Reilly - narrator David Cossin - marimba Macrófona Choir
Sound Liberation Di.J. Quartet Gene Pritsker - Di.J. / guitar Peter Oswald - trumpet Clemens Rofner - bass Simon Springer - Drums
'Blues from an Airport Bar' by Gene Pritsker is a song cycle based on 4 poems of Jacob Miller. The music is inspired by the blues, but with very extended harmony and melody.. The song ‘Path’ is originally written as an r&b track, here it is transformed into a jazzy/operatic chamber piece that features the brilliant voice of Ljiljana and the groovy ensemble playing of the Solenne Band
On ‘Better Now’ Gene Pritsker’s compositions explore soul, hip-hop, modern jazz, cross over classical, blues, r&b, jazz fusion and more. Recorded over a period of two years in various locations and studios, some tracks recorded remotely some in a studio station. The album takes you on a no holds bar genre defying journey that is the defining style of Sound Liberation.
Composer/bass trombonist Dave Taylor and composer/guitarist Gene Pritsker present a full album of duets for this unique instrumental combination. The album was mostly recorded remotely during the pandemic, some of the music was newly written for the project and many of the pieces Dave and Gene performed together before. The whole album was inspired after the duo recorded Gene’s ‘Pandemic Dance #22’, which was part of his Pandemic Dances project.
‘Only A Game’ was a commission by Robert Shannon Fields, to write music for his ballet libretto that he wrote decades ago in the former east Germany. I wrote this string trio inspired by the actions and words of Robert's ballet scenario. The music flowed to the imaginary dancers in my mind that were swaying, jumping acting out Robert's story; the 3rd act starts with a scene called 'A Special Game’. Here the solo cello delves into Shostakovich like chromaticism and lyricism, playing a game with
Soubrette auf der Toilette
‘Let’s Save the World Suite’ is a seven movement composition based on three poems of Erik T. Johnson. It is scored for a quintet of trumpet, sax, electric guitar, electric bass and drum set, with a narrator reciting the poem in three of the movements.
CLOUD ATLAS SYMPHONY
Duets For The End Of The World' is a collaboration between alto saxophonist Todd Rewoldt and composer/guitarist Gene Pritsker, recorded remotely during the pandemic. The album emphasizes duets Pritsker wrote for Rewoldt and himself, but also features Gene’s music for solo alto sax and electronics, larger chamber ensembles, and a composition by composer Seth Boustead.
'Stray-in-Place Song Cycle' is an album of six eclectic songs by Gene Pritsker, based on the poetry of Erik T. Johnson and inspired by the lockdown of 2021. Three of the songs are rock-influenced and the others have jazzier roots. All are performed by world-class musicians. A variety of singers add their unique styles to six pieces, giving the recording an extra-eclectic flavor. They are: Stefanie Egger (Austria); Sophie Dunér (Sweden); Berzan Önen (Turkey); Yelena Dudochkin (USA); and Stefani
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