Lukas Gabric
Saxophonist, musicologist, and composer Lukas Gabric began his musical education at the Conservatory of Carinthia in his native country Austria. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the New School University in New York, a Master of Arts from the City College of New York, a postgraduate Artist Diploma from The Juilliard School, and currently pursues a PhD in musicology at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center. Gabric was selected as a member of the European Generations Unit 2012 - an ensemble consisting of winners of the Swiss generations competition. In 2013 he was a semifinalist in the Thelonious Monk Competition in Washington D.C., placed third in the North American Saxophone Alliance Competition in Urbana-Champaign/IL 2014 and received the Best Soloist and Audience Choice Awards at the Getxo Jazz Festival 2014 in Spain. Gabric's composition Fire Dance was awarded with an ASCAP Herp Alpert Composition Award in 2016. While maintaining a busy performance and recording schedule, Gabric works as a lecturer for music history and theory at the City College of New York, and serves as saxophone faculty for The Juilliard School’s Music Advancement Program (MAP).
In 2018, Gabric received the Bruno Gironcoli Award as well as the Cultural Distinction Award (Kulturehrenzeichen) of his hometown Villach. His musicological writings include publications in German and English.
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It Could Happen To You
From: Truth (Seth Weaver Big Band)By Lukas Gabric
The Last Hour of February
From: Truth (Seth Weaver Big Band)By Lukas Gabric
On A Clear Day
From: Truth (Seth Weaver Big Band)By Lukas Gabric
Red
From: Truth (Seth Weaver Big Band)By Lukas Gabric
Frost
From: Truth (Seth Weaver Big Band)By Lukas Gabric
Here's That Rainy Day
From: Truth (Seth Weaver Big Band)By Lukas Gabric
What If
From: Truth (Seth Weaver Big Band)By Lukas Gabric
The Hudson
From: Truth (Seth Weaver Big Band)By Lukas Gabric
Nancy With The Laughing Face
From: Labor of LoveBy Lukas Gabric