Daniel Wohl


Daniel Wohl is a Paris, France born composer based in Brooklyn, New York, known for seamlessly blending electronics with acoustic instruments.

Education

Wohl holds degrees in composition from Bard College, University of Michigan and the Yale School of Music. His teachers include composers David Lang, Martin Bresnick, Joan Tower, Bright Sheng, Ingram Marshall, William Bolcom and Aaron Jay Kernis.

Music

His music has been performed by contemporary classical ensembles such as So Percussion, the Calder Quartet, Eighth Blackbird, the American Symphony Orchestra and the Albany Symphony Orchestra in a variety of settings including Carnegie Hall, Le Poisson Rouge, Webster Hall, the Dia Beacon, and Mass MoCA. He has also collaborated with electronic and pop artists including Laurel Halo, Julia Holter, and Son Lux.
In 2013, Wohl released his first full-length album, Corps Exquis, on New Amsterdam Records to broad critical acclaim. The New York Times praised it as a "boldly surreal aural experience" while Pitchfork gave it high marks calling Wohl "an original voice."
Wohl collaborated on the score for Tar, a film about poet C.K. Williams featuring James Franco, Mila Kunis and Jessica Chastain.
Since 2008, Wohl has served on the music composition faculty at Sarah Lawrence College in New York.

Works

323 violin, cello, organ, 3 voices, 2 percussionists and electronics
Aorta piano and electronics
Cantus violin, cello, piano, bass clarinet, percussion and electronics
Capture string quartet, keyboard, percussion and electronics
Corps Exquis Remix violin, cello, piano, bass clarinet, percussion and electronics
Corpus violin, cello, piano, bass clarinet, percussion, optional mezzo-soprano, and electronics
Exchange amplified violin, cello, percussion and electronics
Fluctuations violin, cello, 3 melodicas, bass clarinet and electronics
Found Object – Faded Music orchestra and electronics
Insext violin, cello, piano / toy piano, bass clarinet /clarinet, percussion and electronics
Limbs violin, cello, piano, bass clarinet, percussionists and electronics
Microfluctuations in Plainchant saxophone quartet and electronics
Mix Tape percussion quartet, string quartet and electronics
Neighborhood violin, cello, organ, clarinet, 2 percussionists and electronics
One Piece cello, piano, and electronics
Ouverture violin, cello, piano, bass clarinet, percussion and electronics
Pixelated piano, toy piano, glockenspiel and electronics
Plus ou Moins bass clarinet, cello, violin, percussion, piano and electronics
Progression string quartet, five percussionists and electronics
Rectangle prepared piano and electronics
Ritual vibraphone
Saint Arc solo cello and electronics
Sideshow electric guitar quartet, percussion quartet and electronics
Slow Wave percussion quartet and electronics
Spontaneous Logic percussion quintet and sampler