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Hot News December 2018 - Monthly Summary

 

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Hot News November 2018 - Monthly Summary

 

VIP Anthony McGill, (Solo Clarinetist in the New York Philharmonic) performs with the University of Texas (Austin) Wind Ensemble including Bernstein's Prelude, Fugue and Riffs and Bolcom's Clarinet Concerto and conducts a Master Class - 1 - 4 November 2018

 

Recital and Master Class of Master Ronald Van Spaendonck, clarinetist / clarinettiste - at the National University of Arts -  Buenos Aires, Argentina  - 3 - 5 November 2018

 

 

                 

 

         

 

                          

 

               

 

                   

 

              

 

           

   

Hot News October 2018 - Monthly Summary

 

Yamaha Artists Clarinet Day - Paris, France - 1 October 2018

 

Thailand International Clarinet Academy - Bangkok, Thailand - 1 - 6 October 2018

 

Senior VIP Franklin Cohen and the Fidelio Wind Octet Concert - Aukland, New Zealand - 4 October 2018

 

Senior VIP Richard Nunemaker (BS 64) Performs World Premiere of Arthur Gottschalk 'Hacksaw' for Bass Clarinet and Wind Ensemble with the Fredonia Wind Ensemble - Paula Holcomb, Conductor - Fredonia, New York - 6 October 2018

 

11th Klarinette Symposium with the Deutsche Klarinetten Gesellschaft - Dusseldorf, Germany - 5 - 7 Oktober 2018

Chicago Pro Musica Concert with VIP John Bruce Yeh - Lockport, Illinois - 7 October 2018

 

VIP Philippe Cuper (Solo Clarinetist in the Paris Opera Orchestra and Renowned International Soloist - Recital and Master Class at the Buffet Crampon New York Showroom - 11 October 2018

 

VIP Pavel Vinnitsky, Acclaimed Soloist and member of the New York Philharmonic, performs Copland Clarinet Concerto with the Stamford (Connecticut) Symphony - 13 October 2018

 

Boston Clarinet Academy with VIP Philippe Cuper - VIP Jonathan Cohler, Director - Cambridge, Massachusetts USA - 13 - 14 October 2018

VIP Denise Gainey Lectures and Recital at the University of British Columbia - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 14 October 2018

VIP Wenzel Fuchs performs Two Brahms Chamber Concerts at Paris Theatro Champs-Elysees - Paris, France - 14 - 15 October 2018

VIP Nathan Williams and Master Class at the Buffet Crampon New York Showroom - 16 October 2018

Michigan State University Clarinet Extravaganza - VIP Guy Yehuda, Director with Senior VIP Franklin Cohen - East Lansing, Michigan - 21 October 2018

Fredonia Clarinet Ensemble with Senior VIP Richard Nunemaker performing the Krommer Concerto for 2 Clarinets arranged for this ensemble with Professor Andrew Seigel - Fredonia, New York - 24 October 2018

American Single Reed Summit at Truman State University - VIP Radovan Cavallin and Kristine Dizon, Directors Kirksville, Missouri - 25 - 28 October 2018

Rutgers University Single Reed Day - VIP Maureen Hurd-Hause, Director - with Guest Artist Bence Szepesi - New Brunswick, New Jersey - 28 October 2018

Carlino International Clarinet Competition - Carlino, Italy - 25 - 28 October 2018

 

 

                   

 

                   

 

                       

 

                 

 

                       

 

             

 

Hot News September 2018 - Monthly Summary

 

VIP Wenzel Maria Fuchs marks 25th Year as Solo Klarinettist in the Berliner Philharmoniker, successor to Senior VIP Karl Leister - 1 September 2018

 

Long awaited release of Senior VIP Stanley Drucker, legendary Solo Clarinetist in the New York Philharmonic for 61 years, written and compiled by Mitchell Estrin, longtime student and Orchestral Associate and Professor at the University of Florida and President of the International Clarinet Association - ICA

 

VIP Karel Dohnal Performing Mozart Clarinet Concerto K622 with Essener Philharmoniker and conductor Friedrich Haider at Zollverein in Essen, Germany - 1 September 2018

 

4th Edition of the Jacques Lancelot International Clarinet Competition 26 August to 2 September in the city of Yokosuka in Japan - Final Competition takes place Rouen-France from the 17th of October until the 24th of October 2019

 

VIP Nicola Jeurgensen, Solo Klarinettist in the WDR Radio Sinfonie Orchester Koln, retires after 17 years and becomes Professor at the Folkwang Academy of Music in Essen, Germany

 

University of Colorado Clarinet Day  -  Dr Daniel Silver, Director    Boulder, Colorado - 16 September 2018

 

Karel Dohnel performs Mozart Clarinet Concerto K622 with the Essener Philharmoniker - Krakau, Poland - 18 September 2018

 

Bence Szepesi, noted Hungarian Clarinetist in Recital at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall - New York City - 19 September 2018

 

VIP Alexander Fiterstein Performs Nielsen Clarinet Concerto Op 57 with Peabody Institute Symphony Orchestra - Baltimore, Maryland - 21 September 2018

 

VIP Shirley Brill Performs Francaix Clarinet Concerto with the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra/Zoi Tsokanou - 21 September 2018

 

Memorial Concert Honoring VIP and Music Dean Dr Randall Paul at Wright State University - Dayton, Ohio - 22 September 2018

 

CASS Single Reed Day - Nottingham, United Kingdom - 23 September 2018

 

Austin Peay University Clarinet Day with VIP and Solo Clarinetist in the Los Angeles Philharmonic Boris Allakhverdyan - Clarksville, Tennessee - 23 September 2018

 

 Legend Senior VIP Stanley Drucker of the New York Philharmonic  and Jamie Bernstein featured on CBS Sunday Morning on the occasion of coverage of Leonard Bernstein's 100th anniversary of his birth - 23 September 2018  - 

CBS Sunday Morning Broadcast on Bernstein

 

VIP Shirley Brill, Renowned Soloist and Chamber Artist, appointed as Clarinet Professor at the Hochschule fur Musik Saar in Saarbrücken, Germany

CASS Single Reed Day - Nottingham, United Kingdom - 23 September 2018

 

2nd International Festival de Clarinete - Monterrey, Mexico - 23 - 28 September 2018

 

ClariMania 2018 - VIP Jan Jakub Bokun, Director - Wroklaw, Poland - 27 - 29 September 2018

 

University of Auckland (New Zealand) Clarinet Weekend - VIP Marie Ross, Director, featuring Senior VIP Franklin Cohen - Auckland, New Zealand - 29 - 30 September 2018

 

WA Concert Series 1st Concert Celebrating American Composers John Harbison and Joan Tower - VIPs Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima, Directors - New York City - 29 September 2018

 

 

 

                       

 

                       

 

Hot News August 2018 - Monthly Summary

 

Music Seminar in Kitokaruizowa, Japan - VIPs Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima, Directors - 30 July - 10 August 2018

 

Gonjiam Woodwind Festival - with VIP Wenzel Maria Fuchs - 8 - 10 August 2018 - Gonjiam, Korea

 

VIP Anneliene Van Wauwe performs Mozart Clarinet Concerto K622 (on Bassett A Clarinet) with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard, Conductor, at the Royal Albert Hall London, United Kingdom - 19 August 2018

 

Clarinet Legend Guy DePlus, past Solo Clarinetist in the Paris Opera, Professor at the Paris Supereore Conservatory and renowned Recording Artist for several decades and major figure  in supporting the Clarinet field worldwide, marks his 94th Birthday - 29 August 2018

 

22 - 27 August 2018  -  Master Classes with VIPs Andrew Marriner (London Symphony) and Pascual Martinez-Forteza (New York Philharmonic) at the Mallorca Music Festival, Spain

 

8th European Clarinet Festival - VIPs Gabor Varga, Stephan Vermeersch, Directors - Gyor, Hungary - 28 - 31 August 2018

 

 

 

             

 

                     

 

                         

 

           

 

                         

 

                 

 

               

  

Hot News July 2018 - Monthly Summary

 

VIP Wenzel Maria Fuchs Master Class Curso at the Santa Cecilia Cullera - Italy - 27 - 30 July 2018

 

International Clarinet Workshop - VIP Alexander Fiterstein, Director - Kibbutz Mizra, Israel - 24 - 29 July 2018

 

3rd International Clarinet Festival  (CCOM)  - Juan Juan, Director - Beijing, China - 24 - 28 July 2018

 

International Clarinet Workshop - VIP Alexander Fiterstein, Director - Kibbutz Mizra, Israel - 24 - 29 July 2018

 

VIP Philippe Cuper Master Class with the Korea Clarinet Ensemble - Choong Ju, Korea - 23 - 28 July 2018

 

Clarinet Sicily Festival 2018 - Sicily, Italy - 20 - 22 July 2018

 

Buffet Crampon Summer Clarinet Academy at the University of Northern Florida in Jacksonville - 16 - 21 July 2018

 

International Clarinet Masterclass and Competition " Julian Menendez "  - Avila, Spain - 15 - 23 July 2018

 

 

Belgian Clarinet Academy - VIP Eddy Vanoosthuyse, Director - Ostend, Belgium - 12 - 18 July 2018

 

The United States Army Band (Pershing's Own) Annual Alumni Weekend - 12 - 14 July 2018 - Fort Myer and Washington, DC

 

3rd Annual Alexander Fiterstein Clarinet Academy and Festival - Minneapolis, Minnesota - 9 - 13 July 2018

 

ClarinetFest with the International Clarinet Association (ICA) - VIP Eddy Vanoosthuyse, Director - Ostend, Belgium  -  6 - 11 July 2018

 

Karel Dohnal Performs Copland Clarinet Concerto two concerts with Essener Philharmoniker and conductor Tomas Netopil in Krupp Hall in Essen as last concerts of the symphony concert season, and one open air concert in Grugapark in Essen, Germany  -  5 - 6 July 2018

Ostrava Clarinet & Saxophone Master Classes - Ostrava, Czech Republic - 29 June - 6 July 2018

 

 

                    

 

                 

 

                    

 

          

 

June 2018 Hot News - Monthly Summary

 

Selmer Summer Clarinet Academy at Michigan State University - East Lansing, Michigan - 29 May - 3 June 2018

 

Wetzlar Klarinetten Competition - Wetzlar, Germany - 1 - 3 June 2018

 

VIP Stephanie Zelnick Master Class - Cornwall, Ontario, Canada - 3 June 2018

 

Andrea Caputo, 1st Prize winner in the International Competition "Premio Crescendo" in Florence (Firenze), Italy, and Student with VIP Wenzel Fuchs at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, plays Solo Clarinet with Andreas Wittmann, conducting "Das Sinfonie Orchester Berlin" at the Berlin Philharmonie - 9 June 2018

 

Lift Clarinet Academy - Wesley Ferriera, Director - 11 - 15 June 2018 - Junior Academy 18 -22 June 2018 - Colorado State University at Fort Collins

George Mason University Clarinet Academy - Fairfax, Virginia - 18 - 22 June 2018 - Catina Sweedy, Director

ChamberFest Cleveland - VIP's Franklin and Diana Cohen, Directors  - Cleveland, Ohio - 14 - 30 June 2018

 

 

 

West Point Band Alumni back to the stage for a wonderful evening of musical collaboration with the West Point Concert Band - Eisenhower Hall - 23 June 2018

 

 

                     

 

                     

 

             

 

May 2018 Hot News - Monthly Summary

 

VIP Gregory Raden (Solo Clarinetist in Dallas Symphony) Master Class at RDG Woodwinds - Los Angeles, California - 2 May 2018

 

VIP Wenzel Fuchs Soloist (Mozart Clarinet Concerto) with the Mozarteum Orchestra from Salzburg, Austria (where he is Professor) in Karazawa, Japan - 4 May 2018

 

 New York Woodwind Quintet 'Celebrating Winds' Concert with the WA Concert Series at the Tenri Cultural Center - VIP Charles Neidich, Director - New York City USA - 4 May 2018

 

VIP Annalien Van Wauwe performs Copland Clarinet Concerto with the Antwerp Symphony (Belgium) - 5 May 2018

 

Major Chamber concert with Clarinetist Ruzaliia Kasimova and Friends - State Institute for Art Studies - Moscow, Russia - 11 May 2018

 

Paquito D’Rivera received an Honorary Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Manhattan School of Music. The presentation was made during the school’s Commencement Ceremony by MSM President James Gandre and Interim Provost Joan Gordon - 11 May 2018

 

VIP Chad Burrow (Professor at the University of Michigan) Master Class - Soochow, China - 13 May 2018

 

VIP Chad Burrow (Professor at the University of Michigan) 2nd Master Class - Shenzehn, China - 16 May 2018

 

VIP Sunny Kang Performs Major Recital at 'The Cell'  in unique Program - New York City - 16 May 2018

 

Clarinet Summit Concert with Senior VIP Richard Nunemaker and Salvatore Andolina - Buffalo, New York - 17 May 2018

 

VIP Wenzel Fuchs (Solo Klarinettist in the Berliner Philharmoniker) Master Class and concert at the Conservatorio Nikolini in Piacenza, Italy - 18 - 19 May 2018

 

Concertante Symphony No 6 by M. Kabeláč performed with Soloist Karel Dohnal at The Prague Spring Festival with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (Czech Republic) and conductor Marko Ivanović.- 19 May 2018

 

VIP and acclaimed  Soloist Anneliene Van Wauwe performs Hartman's Kammerkonzert, Clarinet, String Quartet and Chamber Orchestra.  Fantastic piece! Huge thanks to Schumann Quartet, Hartmut Haenchen and Salzburg Camerata - 26 May 2018 - Wuerzburg, Germany -  You can watch our concert here:


https://www.br-klassik.de/concert/ausstrahlung-1382386.html

 

 

 

                       

 

                   

 

                        

 

                 

 

             

 

April 2018 Hot News - Monthly Summary

 

Senior VIP Richard Stoltzman and Miki Stoltzman perform Duo Concert with Clarinet and Marimba at the National Gallery in Washington, DC - 1 April 2018

 

VIP Shirley Brill gives Masterclasses at the Milan Conservatory - VIP Luigi Magistrelli, Host - Milan, Italy - 5 - 6 April 2018

 

Iowa Clarinet Day at Drake University with VIP Charles Neidich - Des Moines, Iowa - 7 April 2018

 

Buffet Clarinet Festival - University of Oregon - VIP Wonkak Kim, Director - Eugene, Oregon - 7 April 2018

 

3rd Sidney Forrest Clarinet Competition at University of Maryland Clarinet Day - VIP Robert DiLutis, Director - College Park, Maryland - 8 April 2018

 

VIP Charles Neidich performs with the Parker String Quartet at the Howland Music Circle with a rediscovered Clarinet Quintet by Russian composer Aleksandr Lokshin - Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet - 8 April 2018 Beacon, New York - 8 April 2018

 

American Chamber Ensemble Chamber Concert at Hofstra University - Hempstead, Long Island, New York 8 April 2018

Bernstein and Brahms – Celebrating 100 Years of Leonard Bernstein – Brahms Clarinet Trio and other works by Leonard Bernstein, with special guest, clarinetist Senior VIP Stanley Drucker. Pre-concert Q & A with Stanley Drucker: his years in the Philharmonic with Bernstein

 

Live broadcast of the Max Bruch Double Concerto with Clarinetist VIP Anneleine Van Wauwe and violist Eivind Ringstad with the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales in Cardiff Bay (United Kingdom) at Hoddinnot Hall - 13 April 2018

 

VIP and Solo Klarinettist in the Radio Sinfonie Stuttgart (SWR) Sebastian Manz performs Weber's 2nd Clarinet Concerto Op 74 with the Berner Symphony Orchestra in Innsbruck, Austria - 18

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2018 MTSU High School Honors Clarinet Choir Weekend - Dr. Todd Waldecker, Director with Vandoren Regional Artist Jenny Maclay as Soloist - Murfreesboro, Tennessee -  21 April 2018

 

University of Delaware Clarinet Day -  Dr Christopher Nichols, Director  - Newcastle, Delaware - 21 April 2018

 

With VIP Alexander Fiterstein with an incredible week in Minsk, Belarus (where I lived until I was 2 years old). I was fortunate to play both Copland’s Clarinet Concerto and Weber’s Alla Polacca and give a masterclass (на русском) at the Belarusian State Academy of Music -

Minsk, Belarus - 15 - 21 April 2018

 

Music for Peace: Chamber Music Boston with VIP Jonathan Cohler and Friends  - Cambridge, Massachusetts - 21 April 2018

 

Harold Wright Merit Award Competition with the Boston Woodwind Society - Boston, Massachusetts - Shuyan Jin - winner of the 2018 Harold Wright Merit Award Competition - 22 April 2018

VIP and Solo Klarinettist in the Berliner Philharmoniker Wenzel Fuchs Soloist performing Mozart Clarinet Concerto K622 with Alan Gilbert conducting - Berlin, Germany - 25 and 27 April 2018

Amici Ensemble - A Legacy of Inspiration on its 30th Anniversary - Joaquin Valdepeñas, Solo Clarinetist in the Toronto Symphony, cellist David Hetherington and pianist Serouj Kradjian, Directors Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 28 April 2018

VIP Eddy Vanoosthuyse performs Mozart Clarinet Concerto with the Lumen Symphonicum - Ghent, Belgium - 28 April 2018

 

                   

 

                       

 

                        

 

                   

 

                     

 

          

 

March 2018 Hot News - Monthly Summary

 

University of Alabama (UAB) Clarinet Symposium - with VIP Jessica Phillips - Dr Denise Gainey, Director - Birmingham, Alabama - 3 - 4 March 2018

Clarinet Colloquium - Texas A & M University - VIP Mary Alice Druhan, Director - Commerce, Texas - 2 - 3 March 2018

 

Clarinetist David Shifrin, recipient of Chamber Music America CMA’s 2018 Richard J. Bogomolny National Service Award - Boston, Massachusetts - 4 March 2018

 

VIP and Professor at the University of Maryland (College Park) and Solo Clarinetist in the Annapolis Symphony Robert DiLutis Soloist with the University Orchestra performing the Jean Francais Clarinet Concerto - 9 March 2018

 

Ben Lulich, Solo Clarinetist in the Seattle Symphony, performs the Nielsen Clarinet Concerto, Op 57 - 9 March 2018

 

Alexander Lang - Renowned Jazz Clarinetist and American Federation of Musicians Signatory Grammy Award Winner - March 2018 - New York

 

VIP and Solo Klarinettist in the Berliner Philharmoniker Wenzel Fuchs Master Class - Bou;dgne-Billancourt -  12 March 2018

 

Nico Bertelli, authority on Early Chaleameau and Clarinets - Suminar and Master Class at the Milan Conservatory - VIP Luigi Magistrelli, Host - 14 March 2018

 

Senior VIP Richard Stoltzman Master Class and Solo Performance at the University of Northern Florida (Jacksonville) - 14 March 2018

 

Baylor University Clarinet Festival - Dr. Jun Qian, Director - Waco, Texas - 17 March 2018

 

Senior VIP Stanley Drucker Master Class for selected students of the Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey  20 March 2018

 Atlanta Symphony clarinetist Laura Ardan named as Mabel Dorn Reeder Chair with a $1.5 million endowment established in 2011

Tennessee Tech University Clarinet Day - 24 March 2018

 

Troy University (Alabama) Clarinet Day - VIP Timothy Phillips, Director - 24 March 2018

 

YaoGuang Zhai, Solo Clarinetist in the Baltimore Symphony, performs Weber 2nd Clarinet Concerto Op 74  - Baltimore and Bethesda, Maryland - 23 - 25 March 2018

Gran Canaria International Clarinet Festival - Radovan Cavallin, Director  - Canary Islands - 24 - 27 March 2018

 VIP Wenzel Maria Fuchs, the first clarinettist of the Berlin Philharmonic... came to keep a refresher course in the clarinet at Arad and a concert as soloist, with Arad (Romania) Philharmonic - 29 March 2018

VIP Robert Spring, Professor at Arizona State University, gives Master Classes at the Chinese National Conservatory in Beijing - 30 March 2018

 

 

                       

 

                       

 

      

   

February 2018 Hot News - Monthly Summary

 

ClariPeru VII workshop for young players - Antonio Mazzini, Director - Lima, Peru - 5 - 10 February 2018 - "Gold Clarinet 2018", - more than 300 clarinettistes from the region of France gathered around a concert! Congratulations to my students and those of Thomas Rollot from the music school "Harmony of wavrin" who participated

 

Texas Clarinet Fiesta at Texas State University at San Antonio - 10 - 11 February 2018

 

University of Central Florida (Orlando) Clarinet Day with VIP Robert Spring - Keith Koons, Director - 17 February 2018

 

2e Walter Boeykens Clarinet Festival with VIP Wenzel Fuchs and Colleagues - Enschede, The Netherlands - 14 - 18 February 2018

 

VIP Annelien Van Wauwe Clarinetist (Belgium) - Borletti-Buitoni Trust winners 2018

Catherine Hudgins, clarinet and William Hudgins, Solo Clarinetist in the Boston Symphony, clarinet soloists in performance of DANIEL CROZIER Concerto for Two Clarinets and Orchestra (World Premiere) - Winter Park, Florida - 23 - 24 February 2018

Senior VIP Franklin Cohen performs Oscar Navarro's 2nd Clarinet Concerto with the San Juan Symphony - Durango, Colorado - 17 - 18 February 2018

Franklin Cohen Faculty Recital at the Cleveland Institute of Music - 23 February 2018

ChamberFest Cleveland presents Winter House Concert featuring ChamberFest's own Franklin Cohen, and  world-renowned pianist, Roman Rabinovich - Cleveland, Ohio - 24 February 2018

 

             

 

                        

 

January 2018 Hot News - Monthly Summary

 

Clarinetissimo Festival  2018 - Brugge, Belgium - 3 - 6 January 2018

 

VIP and 2nd Clarinetist in the New York Philharmonic Pascual Martinez-Forteza performs the Rigoletta Fantasy at Gala Concert for the 125th anniversary of the Ultima Hora newspaper in Palma de Mallorca - 11 January 2018

 

Emona Festival 2018 and Competition - 14 - 20 January 2018 - Ljubljana

 

Senior VIP Franklin Cohen - Solo Clarinetist Emeritus in The Cleveland Orchestra - Recital with the Cleveland Tremont Concert Series - 21 January 2018

 

Senior VIP Stanley Drucker Soloist performing Weber 1st Clarinet Concerto with the Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey, John Enz, Conductor - West Windsor, New Jersey - 21 January 2018

 

VIP Anneliene Van Wauwe - a former BBC New Generation Artist,- Soloist Performing Magnus Lindberg's Clarinet Concerto with the Brussels Philharmonic - 26 January 2018