Martin Fröst
| Martin Fröst | |
|---|---|
| job | Solo clarinetist and conductor |
| Genres | Classical and modern music |
| Instruments | Clarinet and basset clarinet |
| Year of birth | 1970 (age 49) |
| place of birth | Upsala Sweden
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| education | 1. Royal College of Music Stockholm near Sölve Kingstedt 2. Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media with Hans Deinzer |
| Annual appearances | about 60 |
| Years active | since 1994 |
| Awards, honors | various awards 1997–2016 |
| Recordings | Numerous CDs, video and audio recordings on YouTube and takt1, audio recordings also on Spotify and Deezer |
| CD labels | BIS, Sony Classical |
| Agency | HarrisonParrott, London, United Kingdom |
| Website | https://www.martinfrost.se/ |
| family | married, several children |
| Hobbies | To run |
| residence | Stockholm Sweden
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Martin Fröst (born December 14, 1970 in Sundsvall ) is a Swedish clarinetist .
Fröst started playing the violin at the age of six and the clarinet at the age of nine. After completing primary school, he moved to Stockholm at the age of 15 to study clarinet with Sölve Kingstedt at the music academy there. He later continued his training at the Hanover University of Music and Drama with Hans Deinzer . Today Fröst is considered internationally as one of the best clarinet soloists.
Martin Fröst has recorded various CDs, including Mozart's , Nielsen , Ahos and Weber's clarinet concertos, works by Hindemith , Copland and Arnold as well as works for clarinet and piano , including the sonatas op.120 by Brahms , together with the pianist Roland Pöntinen .
From the 2006/07 to 2008/09 season, Martin Fröst was an artist in the “Junge Wilde” series at the Dortmund Konzerthaus .
In 2014 Fröst was awarded the Léonie Sonning Music Prize and in 2016 the ECHO Klassik Instrumentalist of the Year Award in the clarinet category.
Web links
- Official website
- Biography at hamburgersymphoniker.de ( Memento from February 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- Review of the new CD “Fröst & Friends. Additions of a Decade, ” accessed July 11, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography at hamburgersymphoniker.de ( Memento from February 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ ECHO KLASSIK Prize Winner 2016 Instrumentalist (clarinet). Retrieved February 1, 2017 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Freezes, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish clarinetist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sundsvall |