Erik Hall
Erik Hall is a musician and composer in Michigan.
He is best known for his multi-instrumental solo recordings and live performances of contemporary classical works, which have been featured by The Wire, Pitchfork, Bandcamp Daily, WNYC New Sounds, and The New York Times. His 2020 re-creation of Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians won the Libera Award for Best Classical Record, and his 2023 interpretation of Simeon ten Holt’s Canto Ostinato followed with a nomination in the same category.
Erik has composed or arranged music for Chicago’s Grammy-winning Third Coast Percussion, NYC’s Grammy-nominated Metropolis Ensemble and Sandbox Percussion, and for feature films The Night Clerk and The Mountain.
He has recorded and toured with NOMO, Wild Belle, His Name Is Alive, In Tall Buildings, and Lean Year, appearing at Lollapalooza, Coachella, Pitchfork Music Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, CONAN, and The Tonight Show.
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Selected Press
Shrewd... prismatic... organic...Makes a minimalist standard freshly thrilling to revisit.
Beguiling… meditational… magical
Pays audacious homage to Steve Reich’s 1976 minimalist masterpiece without losing any of its unique timbre. ★★★★
Kaleidoscopic… It reminds us that the world we live in is full of a beauty so subtle, so wonderful, as to be profound.
A compelling hour-long enactment of Canto Ostinato’s tense flexing and exhilarating release.
Mesmerizing as patterns emerge, coalesce, and retreat.
Not only a fitting tribute to a brilliant composer but proof positive that the musician performing this piece is a unique and singular talent.”