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.
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
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
Web links
Commons : Clarinetists - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Malmö Operaorkester. Malmö Opera website, accessed July 18, 2017 .
- ↑ Raymond Holden: Brymer, John Alexander (Jack). Oxford DNB, accessed March 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Christopher Corbett. BRSO website, accessed July 18, 2017 .
- ^ Daniel J. Wakin: Ending a 60-Year Gig at the NY Philharmonic. The New York Times, June 4, 2009, accessed March 1, 2017 .
- ^ Professor Johannes Gmeinder. HfM Saar, accessed on December 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Michael Gruber. Stadttheater Klagenfurt, accessed on March 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Orchestra. Vienna Volksoper, accessed on March 1, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Musicians and Management. Wiener Symphoniker, accessed on March 13, 2017 .
- ↑ 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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- ↑ 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
- ↑ Mag. Reinhard Wieser on the MUK website