Tobias Feierabend

Born in Paris in 1993, Tobias Feierabend is a French-American composer based in France. Both experimental and highly sensitive, his music is rooted in a variety of past, present, artful and popular influences.

He holds a Master’s degree in Composition (2023) and a Master’s degree in Musicology (2017) from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where he obtained 4 Prizes with highest honors in Composition, Analysis, Aesthetics and XX-XXIst-century writing. He has studied with Frédéric Durieux, Yan Maresz, Luis Naón, Grégoire Lorieux, Claude Ledoux, Jean-Luc Hervé and Valéry Aubertin. He has also participated in a variety of masterclasses conducted by prominent composers, including Tristan Murail, Unsuk Chin and Clemens Gadenstätter. His works are regularly commissioned by ensembles and institutions such as Ensemble Itinéraire, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Multilatérale, Philharmonie de Paris and Radio France, among others.

In April 2018, he won the Composition Prize of the city of Boulogne-Billancourt with his piece Nu, for ensemble. In 2021, the Philharmonie de Paris commissioned him to write a new score for ensemble, Rosace, which was programmed as part of the European Concert Hall Organisation’s “Rising Stars” series. In 2021, after being spotted by Tristan Murail, he began collaborating with music publisher Henry Lemoine. Between 2022 and 2023, he received several awards and supports: he first won the Marthe Depelsenaire Composition Prize from the Fondation de France, then received patronage from the Vincent Meyer Foundation; in December 2023, he was awarded the prestigious “Prix de la Vocation” by the Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet Foundation, chaired by Elisabeth Badinter and sponsored by Benjamin Millepied.

Following the premiere of his latest ensemble piece Spin-Off as part of the Présences 2024 Festival at Radio France, his future projects include a commission from the Ensemble Intercontemporain for flutist Emmanuelle Ophèle (2024), a Second String Quartet for France Musique’s Création Mondiale program (2025), and the staging of Odyssée Nocturne(2025), a show combining music, theater and New Magic.

Tobias Feierabend also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris. In addition to his work as a composer, he has taught musical analysis at the Boulogne-Billancourt Conservatory until 2023, and is regularly invited by institutions such as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris to take part in exam juries, give training courses and act as a professor. 

His scores are published by Jobert/Henry Lemoine and Accordinova.