Erich Barganier

Erich Barganier is a composer and multi-instrumentalist hailing from St. Petersburg, Florida who currently resides between New York City and Montreal. He writes chamber, orchestral, film, solo instrumental and electronic music that explores experimental technology, the edge of noise, improvisation, generative processes, and new forms of notation. His music has been released on People Places Records, [walnut+locust], Belts and Whistles Records, Infrequent Seams, Off Latch Press, Nebularosa Records, Pleroma Records, NOUS Records, and Janus Music and Sound.

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​Barganier's works have been presented by Bang on a Can, The International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF), Mostly Modern Festival, The New Music Gathering, National Sawdust, Le Poisson Rouge, Diffrazioni Festival, The DiMenna Center For Classical Music, Spectra Malaysia, Arts, Letters, & Numbers,  New Music New College, New York University, McGill University,  Spectrum NYC, The University of Wisconsin, The University of Georgia, The University of North Georgia, and The University of Alabama, among others. 

He has written for Mivos Quartet, NOW Ensemble, Ashley Bathgate, Sybarite5, Quince, Bearthoven, Sandbox Percussion Ensemble, and Righteous Girls, among others. He has served as an artist-in-residence at CIRMMT (McGill University, Montreal, QC) and Westben Artist Retreat (Westben, ON).

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Barganier began studying composition and theory under Mark Dancigers while attending New College of Florida (B.A., 2014). He pursued further studies at New York University, taking private lessons with Julia Wolfe, Robert Honstein, Joan La Barbara and Tae Hong Park (M.M. 2019). He currently teaches in the music technology faculty at New York University.

He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 2014 and taught English at the Belarus State University of Culture and Arts in Minsk while collecting regional folk songs and performing traditional American music across Eastern Europe. 

As a performer, Barganier has studied and played music across a wide swathe of styles and genres. His "twinkling instrumental work" as part of the Baker-Barganier Duo has been praised by Bao-le Huu of the Orlando Weekly and helped garner the title of "Best Local Album Release of 2017" from Tampa Bay's Creative Loafing for the Baker-Barganier Duo's debut album ...and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

He has studied with electric guitarist Yaron Deutsch and Erich has additionally performed as a multi-instrumentalist, as a solo artist, and in ensembles, having supported the likes of Joan LaBarbara, Elliott Sharp, ETHEL, Robert Mirabel, Esther Lamneck and many others. He currently performs in the electric guitar/clarinet/electronic new music duo Shutterspeed Duo with Ford Fourqurean and is an active soloist in Montreal.