Trumpeter and exceptionally gifted pastry baker. He studied trumpet with Malte Burba and Mike Svoboda in Mainz and Basel and was a member of the International Ensemble Modern Academy in 2008–09.

As a music interpreter, performer, composer, and improviser, he is especially devoted to new and experimental music. He gives concerts in Germany and abroad, as a soloist and as a guest in ensembles. He has appeared at numerous festivals, such as Lucerne Festival, Milano Musica, Munich Biennale, Musica Viva Festival in Munich, Warsaw Autumn, and Ultraschall in Berlin. Cooperation with other composers and premiere performances of works for trumpet are at the heart of his activity, as is the exploration of new sound possibilities and the work on his own compositions and improvisations. He has premiered works by Adriana Hölszky, Niklas Seidl, Jagoda Szmytka, Dmitriy Kurlandskiy, Julio Estrada, Peter Ablinger, Michael Maierhof, and others. His book on extended trumpet techniques was published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 2015. Next year, he will appear as a soloist in the new production of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s opera Donnerstag aus Licht in Basel.

Paul Hübner has won prizes in national and international competitions, notably at the International Competition for Contemporary Chamber Music in Cracow, Competition of the German Music Council (DMR), Ensemblia competition for composers, and Stockhausen Courses in 2010, 2011 and 2013.