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March 2013 Hot News
30 March 2013
Troy University (Alabama) Clarinet Day - VIP Dr Timothy
Phillips, Director
Troy, Alabama USA
Summary soon forthcoming
24 March 2013
Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro)
Clarinet Master Class Residency and Concert with VIP Sabine
Grofmeier - Dr Todd Waldecker, Director
Murfreesboro, Tennessee USA
Summary soon forthcoming
23 March 2013
Ohio University Clarinet Gala - Dr Rebecca Rischin, Director
Athens, Ohio USA
On Saturday, March 23, 2013, Ohio University hosted its eleventh clarinet gala,
a full day of clarinet events for all ages and interests, in collaboration with
Flute Fest. Teachers, students, parents, amateurs, and professionals attended.
In its second consecutive year was the Honors Clarinet Choir, featuring
outstanding high school students selected competitively from all over Ohio, West
Virginia, and Indiana. All events took place in Robert Glidden Hall, the School
of Music, on the campus of Ohio University in Athens.
The featured guest artist was Jane Carl, Professor of Clarinet at the University
of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory of Music. She presented a wonderful master
class featuring Ohio University students, and a fantastic recital with OU
faculty pianists Youmee Kim and Gail Berenson as well as Jan Gippo, former
piccolist of the Saint Louis Symphony, who was the special visiting artist for
Flute Fest. The recital featured works by Rogerson, Guastavino, and Ewazen.
In addition to Carl's recital and master class, the day included a master class
with Rebecca Rischin, Professor of Clarinet at Ohio University, featuring
students from the Honors Clarinet Choir, and a host recital featuring Rischin
and Alison Brown Sincoff, Associate Professor of Flute, performing works by
Boulanger, Kovacs, La Montaine, Mirco, and Muczynski. The Honors Clarinet Choir
and Honors Flute Choir presented a super grand finale concert performing works
by Via, Louke, Cohen, Bruckner, Mozart, Lennon/McCartney, and Shaw. Joining them
for the last piece on the program was Carl, who performed Artie Shaw's Clarinet
Concerto with clarinet choir accompaniment. Current Ohio University students and
guests of the gala also participated in this last piece. The day ended with a
big pizza party.
2 March 2013
Ensemble
54 Performance in New York with Paquito d'Rivera Premiere , VIP
David Gould, Director
New York City USA
Summary soon forthcoming
2 March 2013
Tennessee Tech University Clarinet Day - Wonkak Kim, Director
Tennessee USA
Summary soon forthcoming
1 - 3 March 2013
Texas Clarinet Colloquium at Texas A & M University, VIP Dr
Mary Alice Druhan,
Director
Commerce, Texas USA
Summary soon forthcoming
3 March 2013
College Park, Maryland USA
University of Maryland (College Park) Clarinet
Day - VIP Robert DiLutis, Director with
Major Clarinet Guest Artists including VIP William Blayney (Seattle Symphony),
Ralph Skiano (Richmond, Virginia Symphony), VIP Richard MacDowell (Retired from
University of Austin (Texas)
Summary soon forthcoming
5 March 2013
VIP and Co-Solo Klarinettist
in the
Berliner Philharmoniker
Andreas Ottensamer awarded
Exclusive Recording Contract with Deutsche Grammophon/Mercury Classics
London, United Kingdom
CLARINETTIST ANDREAS OTTENSAMER
ENTERS AN EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH MERCURY CLASSICS/
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
London, March 2013. The charismatic 23-year-old Austrian
clarinettist Andreas Ottensamer has entered an exclusive
recording partnership with Mercury Classics/Deutsche
Grammophon, making him the first ever solo clarinettist to
sign an exclusive agreement with the Yellow Label.
Acclaimed for the great depths of his playing, his musical
versatility and stunning stage presence, Ottensamer has been
widely recognized as one of the leading clarinettists of his
generation.
His first album, Portraits – The Clarinet Album,
will be released this summer. Andreas has selected a
programme of wide-ranging musical styles, with concertos
from Copland and Spohr as centerpieces. From the operatic
elegance of Cimarosa and the early-Romantic intensity of
Spohr to the jazz inflections of Copland and Gershwin,
Portraits shows the endless musical variety of the
clarinet as much as its player. The album was recorded with
the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra led by Yannick
Nézet-Séguin.
Dr. Alexander Buhr, Managing Director of Mercury Classics,
said: “Andreas is one of the most naturally musical
characters I’ve ever met and a clarinettist with heart and
soul. His dedication to the quality of music-making, as
soloist, chamber musician or as orchestral musician, is
truly inspiring. I am very excited to welcome him to the
label and convinced that with his passion and drive, he will
champion the clarinet on new grounds.”
Andreas Ottensamer said: “Having the opportunity to work
with such an extraordinary team is a great privilege. It is
very exciting to be accompanied by these prestigious labels
from such an early stage on. I’m looking forward to
everything to come.”
The beauty of tone and distinct musicality over a wide range
of styles have won extensive critical plaudits for Andreas
Ottensamer. Sybill Mahlke wrote in Der Tagesspiegel
of his “limitless dynamic range . . . he plays with a
vitality that pushes boundaries.” NRC Handelsblad
said: “Andreas Ottensamer melts with his clarinet . . . he
is an ‘Übersolist’ and a phenomenon.” Rebecca Schmid wrote
for MusicalAmerica.com: “Solo clarinettist Andreas
Ottensamer played with particular finesse . . . and a touch
of melancholy.” As principal clarinettist Andreas Ottensamer
has played with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
from July 2010 to February 2011 and with the Berliner
Philharmoniker.
Born in 1989, Ottensamer comes from an Austro-Hungarian
family of musicians and was drawn to music early, receiving
his first piano lessons when he was four. At the age of ten
he began studying cello at the University of Music and
Performing Arts Vienna, then changed to the clarinet under
Johann Hindler in 2003.
Ottensamer gained his first orchestral experience as a
deputy player in the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera and
the Vienna Philharmonic and as a member of the Gustav Mahler
Jugendorchester. In 2009 he interrupted his liberal arts
studies at Harvard University to become a scholar of the
Orchestra Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker.
In March and May 2013 Andreas Ottensamer will be touring
Korea and Japan, playing repertoire from his debut album. |
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