List of clarinetists

Clarinetists are musicians who play the clarinet solo or in an orchestra. The list is arranged alphabetically within the music genres.

Classic

A.

• Anders Eskil Åberg , principal clarinet in the Malmö Opera Orchestra
• Karl Theo Adler
• Dirk Altmann
• Armand Angster (* 1947)
• Michel Arrignon
• Bettina Aust (* 1988)

B.

• Carl Baermann (1811-1885)
• Heinrich Joseph Baermann (1784–1847)
• Franz Joseph Bähr (1770-1819)
• Pablo Barragán (* 1987)
• Cristo Barrios (* 1976)
• Johann Joseph Beer (1744-1812)
• Mate Bekavac (* 1977)
• François Benda (* 1964)
• Wilfried Berk (* 1940)
• Heinrich Biegenzahn (* 1970)
• Kalman Bloch (1913-2009)
• Walter Boeykens (1938-2013)
• Alfred Boskovsky (1913–1990)
• Tara Bouman (* 1970)
• Lux Brahn
• Alois Brandhofer (* 1951)
• Shirley Brill (* 1982)
• Eduard Brunner (1939-2017)
• Jack Brymer (1915–2003), principal clarinet in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Nicholas Bucknall

C.

• Alessandro Carbonare (* 1967)
• Ernesto Cavallini (1807-1874)
• Michael Collins
• Larry Combs
• Christopher Corbett (* 1979), principal clarinet of the BRSO

D.

• Alain Damiens
• Eddie Daniels (* 1941)
• Hans Deinzer (1934-2020)
• Fabio Di Càsola
• Jacques Di Donato (* 1942)
• Roland Diry
• László Dömötör
• Stanley Drucker (* 1929), principal clarinet with the New York Philharmonic

E.

• Odilo Ettelt

F.

• Joy Farrall
• Giora Feidman (* 1936)
• Jean-Marc Foltz (* 1968)
• Sidney Forrest (1918-2013)
• Robert Friedl (* 1963)
• Thomas Friedli
• Nikolaus Friedrich (* 1956)
• Martin Fröst (* 1970)
• Wenzel Fuchs (* 1963)

G

• Irith Gabriely (born 1950)
• Rudolf Gall
• Heinrich Geuser
• Hermut Gießer
• Corrado Giuffredi
• Paul Gloger
• Johannes Gmeinder (* 1976), professor for clarinet at the HfM Saar
• Sabine Grofmeier (* 1973)
• Michael Gruber (* 1981), principal clarinet of the Carinthian Symphony Orchestra

H

• Helmut Hödl , Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper
• Alan Hacker (1938-2012)
• Horst Hajek (1944-2013)
• Chen Halevi
• Franz Hammerla (1902–1974)
• Richard Haynes (* 1983)
• Peter Heubeck (* 1941)
• Harald Hendrichs (* 1968), principal clarinet player at the Essen Philharmonic
• Johann Simon Hermstedt (1778-1846)
• Kilian Herold
• Patricia Heiliger
• Hubert Hilser (* 1943), (bass) clarinetist in the Bavarian State Orchestra
• Johann Hindler (* 1951)
• Eric Hoeprich

I.

• Ewald Ivanschitz (1953-2014)

J

• Nina Janßen (* 1972)
• Rudolf Jettel (1903–1981)
• Thorsten Johanns

K

• Robert Kahm
• Sharon Kam (* 1971)
• Verena Kastner
• Reginald Kell
• Thea King (1925-2007)
• Franz Klein
• Christian Krech (* 1969)
• Oskar Kroll (1908–1945), author of the book The Clarinet (ed. 1965)
• Dieter Klöcker (1936–2011)
• Jože Kotar
• Kari Kriikku (* 1960)
• Otto Kronthaler (* 1957)
• Marty Krystall (* 1951)
• Diethelm Kühn
• Dieter Kühr (* 1941)
• David Kweksilber (* 1973)

L.

• Thomas Lampert (* 1958)
• Jean-Xavier Lefèvre (1763-1829)
• Karl Leister (* 1937)
• Manfred Lindner
• Heinz-Peter Linshalm (* 1975)
• Martin Litschgi (* 1972)
• Ralf Ludwig

M.

• Wolfgang Maeder
• Ivan Mähr , former solo clarinetist in the Bavarian State Orchestra
• Jon Manasse
• Ralph Manno (* 1964)
• Sebastian Manz (* 1986)
• Robert Marcellus (1928–1996)
• Michele Marelli (* 1978)
• Christof May (* 1970)
• Ulrich Mehlhart (* 1955)
• Andreas Merten
• Patrick Messina
• Karl Meyer
• Paul Meyer
• Sabine Meyer (* 1959)
• Wolfgang Meyer (1954-2019)
• Jost Michaels (1922-2004)
• Jean-Christian Michel
• Andy Miles (* ≈ 1964)
• Ernesto Molinari (* 1956)
• Richard Mühlfeld (1856–1907)
• Rainer Müller-van Recum (* 1957 in Hanover)

N

• Theo Nabicht (* 1963)
• Charles Neidich
• Alexander Neubauer (* 1976), clarinetist with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra

O

• Kalmen Opperman
• David Orlowsky (* 1981)
• René Oswald
• Andreas Ottensamer (* 1989)
• Daniel Ottensamer (* 1986)
• Ernst Ottensamer (1955-2017)

P

• Gerald Pachinger (* 1967), 1st clarinetist with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
• Calogero Palermo (* 1971)
• Olivier Patey
• Antony Pay (* 1945)
• Johannes Peitz
• Wolfhard Pencz (* 1957)
• Gervase de Peyer (1926-2017)
• Nicolai Pfeffer (* 1985)
• Hans Pfeifer (1934-2019)
• Julien Pontvianne (* 1983)
• Michel Portal (* 1935)
• Alfred Prinz (1930-2014)
• Ulrich Pluta

R.

• Paolo Ravaglia (* 1959)
• Simon Reitmaier
• Mona Matbou Riahi (* 1990)
• Peter Rieckhoff (1939–1994)
• Michael Riessler (* 1957)
• Moritz Roelcke
• Etienne Rolin (* 1952)
• Kyrill Rybakov (* 1977)

S.

• Paulo Sérgio Santos
• Ciro Scarponi (1950-2006)
• Andreas Schablas
• Peter W. Schatt (* 1948)
• Stefan Schilling (* 1967 in Kiel)
• Leopold Schmidl
• Peter Schmidl (* 1941)
• Stefan Schneider (* 1964)
• Markus Schön (* 1971)
• Hans Schöneberger , principal clarinet in the Bavarian State Orchestra
• Matthias Schorn (* 1982)
• Gil Shaked-Agababa (* 1985)
• Stephan Siegenthaler (* 1957)
• William O. Smith (1926-2020)
• Martin Spangenberg (* 1965)
• Anton Stadler (1753-1812), Mozart has Clarinet Concerto premiered
• Hans Rudolf Stalder
• Ferdinand Steiner (* 1970)
• Eberhard Steinert (music teacher)
• Suzanne Stephens (* 1946)
• Milenko Stefanović (* 1930)
• Richard Stoltzman (* 1942)
• Harald Strebel (* 1942)
• Wolfgang Stryi (1957-2005)
• Petra Stump (* 1975)

T

• Christian Teiber (* 1975)
• Annette Thomas
• Marco Thomas (* 1972)
• Ken Thomson (born 1976)

V

• Annelien Van Wauwe (* 1987)
• Jean-Claude Veilhan (* 1940)
• Hans-Werner Vogelwiesche

W.

• Reiner Wehle (* 1954)
• Jörg Widmann (* 1973)
• Reinhard Wieser (* 1966), 1st clarinetist with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, lecturer at the Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna
• Leopold Wlach (1902–1956), first clarinetist with the Vienna Philharmonic

Y

• Michel Yost (1754–1786)

Z

• Michele Zukovsky

jazz

• Woody Allen (born 1935)
• James Allsopp (* 1981)
• Armand Angster (* 1947)
• From Baars (* 1955)
• Sidney Bechet (1897-1959)
• Sándor Benkó (1940-2015)
• Heiko Bidmon (* 1982)
• Barney Bigard (1906-1980)
• Acker Bilk (1929-2014)
• Jean-François Bonnel (* 1959)
• Harvey Boone (≈1898–1939)
• Matthieu Bordenave (* 1983)
• Christer Bothén (* 1941)
• Willem Breuker (1944-2010)
• Don Byron (born 1958)
• John Carter (1929-1991)
• Xavier Charles (* 1979)
• Anat Cohen (* 1975)
• Buddy Collette (1921-2010)
• Lucio Dalla (1943–2012)
• Eddie Daniels (* 1941)
• Angel Bat Dawid (* 1980)
• Buddy DeFranco (1923-2014)
• Catherine Delaunay (* 1969)
• Jacques Di Donato (* 1942)
• Johnny Dodds (1892-1940)
• Eric Dolphy (1928-1964)
• André Donni (* 1971)
• Jimmy Dorsey (1904-1957)
• Paquito D'Rivera (* 1948)
• Lajos Dudas (* 1941)
• Rudolph Dunbar (1899–1988)
• Kai Ewans (1906–1988)
• Fernando Fantini (1929-2018)
• Irving Fazola (1912-1949)
• Jochen Feucht (* 1968)
• Jean-Marc Foltz (* 1968)
• Pete Fountain (1930-2016)
• Benny Gebauer (* 1939)
• Fatty George (1927-1982)
• Arun Ghosh (* ≈1976)
• Jimmy Giuffre (1921-2008)
• Vinny Golia (born 1946)
• Benny Goodman (1909-1986)
• Edmond Hall (1901-1967)
• Stan Hasselgård (1922-1948)
• Woody Herman (1913-1987)
• Peanuts Hucko (1918-2003)
• Willie Humphrey (1900-1994)
• Bobby Jones (1928-1980)
• Theo Jörgensmann (* 1948)
• Bob Kaper (* 1939)
• Marty Krystall (* 1951)
• Rolf Kühn (* 1929)
• Oliver Leicht (* 1969)
• Thomas L'Etienne (* 1956)
• Dan Levinson (born 1965)
• George Lewis (1900–1968)
• Christof May (* 1970)
• Annette Maye (* 1974)
• Jason Mears (* ≈1976)
• Mezz Mezzrow (1899–1972)
• Jean-Christian Michel (* 1938)
• Eddie Miller (1911-1991)
• Johnny Mince (1912-1994)
• Andy Miles (* ≈ 1964)
• Gabriele Mirabassi (* 1967)
• Mauro Negri (* 1966)
• Jan Morks (1925-1984)
• Jens Neufang (* 1960)
• Albert Nicholas (1900–1973)
• Jimmie Noone (1895-1944)
• Klaus Pehl (* 1944)
• Ken Peplowski (* 1959)
• Alphonse Picou (1878–1961)
• Michel Pilz (* 1945)
• Vincent Pongracz (* 1985)
• Michel Portal (* 1935)
• Russell Procope (1908-1981)
• Claudio Puntin (* 1965)
• Idris Rahman (born 1976)
• Michael Riessler (* 1957)
• Perry Robinson (1938-2018)
• Leon Roppolo (1902–1943)
• David Rothenberg (* 1962)
• Stan Rubin (* 1933)
• Pee Wee Russell (1906-1969)
• Werner Schmidt (* 1932)
• Louis Sclavis (* 1953)
• Tony Scott (1921-2007)
• Jerry Šenfluk (1946–2019)
• Matthias Seuffert (* 1971)
• Sha (* 1983)
• Artie Shaw (1910-2004)
• Omer Simeon (1902-1959)
• Alex Simu (* 1981)
• Bill Smith (1926-2020)
• Giacomo Smith (* 1987/88)
• Milenko Stefanović (* 1930)
• Jimmy Strong (1906-1977)
• Monty Sunshine (1928-2010)
• Frank Teschemacher (1906–1932)
• Ken Thomson (born 1976)
• Rebecca Trescher (* 1986)
• Gianluigi Trovesi (* 1944)
• Jeremy Viner (* 1985)
• Ove Volquartz (* 1949)
• Holger Werner (* 1981)
• Mark Weschenfelder (* 1982)
• Putte Wickman (1924-2006)

World music

• Mihály Borbély (* 1956)
• Robert Friedl (* 1963)
• Arun Ghosh (* ≈1976)
• Jan Hermerschmidt (* 1966)
• Annette Maye (* 1974)
• Bernd Ruf (* 1964)
• Tony Scott (1921-2007)
• Hüsnü Şenlendirici (* 1976)

Klezmer

• Kathie Arder
• Sam Beckerman (1883-1974)
• Sid Beckerman (1919-2007)
• Naftule Brandwein (1889–1963)
• Helmut Eisel (* 1955)
• Giora Feidman (* 1936)
• David Krakauer (* 1956)
• David Orlowsky (* 1981)
• Perry Robinson (1938-2018)
• Joel Rubin (* 1955)
• Dave Tarras (1897-1989)
• Harry Timmermann (* 1952)

Choro

• Luiz Americano (1900-1960)
• Severino Araújo (1917–2012)
• Wilfried Berk (* 1940)
• Abel Ferreira (1915–1980)
• K-Ximbinho (1917-1980)
• Thomas L'Etienne (* 1956)
• Paulo Moura (1932-2010)
• Nailor Proveta
• Paulo Sérgio Santos

Dance music

• Erhard Bauschke (1912–1945)
• Lubo D'Orio (1904-1983)
• Kurt Edelhagen (1920–1982)
• Shep Fields (1910-1981)
• Freddy Gardner (1910-1950)
• Charly Gaudriot (1895–1978)
• Kurt Henkels (1910–1986)
• Jimmy Joy (1902–1962)
• James Kok (1902-1976)
• Jean Omer (1912-1994)
• Arthur Rollini (1912-1993)
• Heinz Schönberger (1926–2011)
• Phil Spitalny (1890-1970)
• Hugo Strasser (1922-2016)
• Benny de Weille (1915–1977)

Folk music

• Hans Aregger (* 1930)
• Henry Arland (* 1945)
• Edi Bär (1913-2008)
• Stefan Battaglia (1911–1977)
• Martin Beeler (1920-2008)
• Luzi Bergamin (1901–1988)
• Carlo Brunner (* 1955)
• Serkan Çağri (* 1976)
• Dumitru Fărcaș (* 1938)
• Kasi Geisser (1899–1943)
• Josias Just (* 1953)
• Ismail Lumanovski (* 1984)
• Urs Mangold (* 1954)
• Ueli Mooser (* 1944)
• Sali Okka (born October 5, 1986 in Varna, Bulgaria)
• Ivo Papasov (* 1952)
• Jost Ribary (1910-1971)
• Edy Wallimann (* 1946)

Rock / pop

• Compte Caspar
• Max Coppella
• Noah Fischer (* 1971)
• John Helliwell (* 1945)

See also

• Basset horn
• Basset clarinet

Web links

Commons : Clarinetists  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Malmö Operaorkester. Malmö Opera website, accessed July 18, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Raymond Holden: Brymer, John Alexander (Jack). Oxford DNB, accessed March 1, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Christopher Corbett. BRSO website, accessed July 18, 2017 . 
4. ^ Daniel J. Wakin: Ending a 60-Year Gig at the NY Philharmonic. The New York Times, June 4, 2009, accessed March 1, 2017 . 
5. ^ Professor Johannes Gmeinder. HfM Saar, accessed on December 11, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Michael Gruber. Stadttheater Klagenfurt, accessed on March 1, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Orchestra. Vienna Volksoper, accessed on March 1, 2017 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Musicians and Management. Wiener Symphoniker, accessed on March 13, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Univ.-Prof. Mag. Alexander Neubauer. (No longer available online.) Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna , archived from the original on March 13, 2017 ; accessed on March 13, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
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11. ↑ Principal clarinet of the Munich Philharmonic , former professor at the "Franz Liszt" Music Academy, Weimar , now professor at the "Hanns Eisler" Academy of Music, Berlin
12. ↑ Mag. Reinhard Wieser on the MUK website