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April 2019 Newsletter
Establisment of the Martin Fröst Foundation·Wednesday, March 13, 2019
The launch of the foundation will take place at
the Stockholm Concert Hall on April 23, where Fröst will give a concert
together with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Adolf Fredrik’s Girls’
Choir.
ABOUT THE MARTIN
FROST FOUNDATION
The renowned clarinetist Martin Fröst launches
the Martin Fröst Foundation this spring in his homeland Sweden, followed by
launches in Beijing, Paris, New York and London later in 2019. The purpose
of the foundation is to give children and young people from all over the
world the opportunity to receive music education, enable access to
instruments and develop the classical concert form for future generations.
The main sponsor of the foundation is Buffet
Crampon, the world’s largest manufacturer of wind instruments and leader in
professional clarinets. Buffet Crampon will donate instruments to the
foundation and provide vital financial support.
The launch of the foundation took place at the Stockholm Concert Hall on
April 23, where Fröst will gave a concert together with the Swedish
Chamber Orchestra and Adolf Fredrik’s Girls’ Choir.
The foundation will provide resources that can improve and enable children’s and young people’s access to music education and instruments, with a particular focus on regions where cultural resources exist, but financial means are lacking. Buffet Crampon will donate 2 euros to the Martin Fröst Foundation for each student clarinet sold. In addition, the foundation’s purpose will be to support the development of the classical concert form – something that Fröst constantly strives to explore through his critically acclaimed projects. Partner Buffet Crampon will assist in providing funds to people and organizations aiming to open new doors and influence the development of classical music for future audiences.
“Because of recent developments in my life, I took some important personal decisions and also made some crucial artistic choices. The most important of these was to start the foundation. I am so happy that we are finally making this happen and for the great and generous support by Buffet Crampon.” says Martin Fröst.
“We are honored and enthusiastic to associate the name of Buffet Crampon to this humanitarian project. We have been very closed of musicians all over the world since almost 200 years and are very proud with this partnership to help artistic creation and talent of young musicians.” says Jérôme Perrod, CEO of Buffet Crampon Group.
Martin Fröst will be supported by a board including Hermann Stefánsson,
professor at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, and Peter Norman,
Swedish economist and former Minister for Financial Markets in the Swedish
Government. The Artistic Advisory Board will be chaired by Yehuda Gilad,
founder and professor of clarinet at the Colburn Conservatory and professor
at USC, and will be assisted by the great clarinetists and teachers Antonio
Saiote and Keith Lipson, who will also join the artistic committee for the
foundation.
ABOUT MARTIN FRÖST
Martin Fröst is widely recognised as an artist who constantly seeks new ways to shape, challenge and rebuild the classical music arena and, together with Miles Davis, the only wind soloist to have received one of the world’s highest music honours; the Léonie Sonning Music Prize. The prestigious list of previous recipients includes Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky, Birgit Nilson and Daniel Barenboim.
The New York
Times has described Fröst as an artist who possesses “a virtuosity and a
musicianship unsurpassed by any other clarinettist – perhaps any
instrumentalist, in my memory”.
As a soloist and conductor, Fröst has performed with some of the world’s
greatest orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York
Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra,
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Munich Philharmonic,
Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR
Radiophilharmonie and other important ensembles.
ABOUT THE BUFFET CRAMPON GROUP
The Buffet Crampon group is a wind instrument manufacturer that has its registered offices in Mantes-la-Ville, France. Number two worldwide, and European leader in its sector, with a turnover of almost 100 million Euros and an international export rate of approx. 95% of its production, the group counts almost 900 associates from 12 different nationalities.
With its eleven brands: Buffet Crampon, Besson, Antoine Courtois, J. Keilwerth, W. Schreiber, B&S, Hans Hoyer, Melton Meinl Weston, Powell, Rigoutat Paris & Scherzer, the group is active in the segment of woodwind (clarinets, bass clarinets, oboes, bassoons, saxophones, flutes) and brass (trumpets, horns, flugelhorns, trombones, altos, baritones, euphoniums, tubas, saxhorns) instruments. Buffet Crampon’s professional clarinets, oboes and bassoons are manufactured in a grand tradition of French lutherie, in the historic location of Mantes-la-Ville, France. The brass instruments are manufactured in Markneukirchen, a German city with a strong tradition of musical instruments.
2 April 2019
Julian Bliss Master Class at Rowen University - Dr Rie Suzuki, Host
New Jersey
2 - 3 April 2019
Roeland Hendrikx Master Class
5 April 2019
Tschaikovky International Competition Application Extension Deadline 5 April
Moscow and St Petersburg, Russia
5 April 2019
VIP and Renowned Soloist and Professor at the Musikhochule Luebeck Sabine Meyer Soloist performing Weber Clarinet Concerto with the Orquesta de Valencia
Valencia, Spain
El próximo 5 de abril, la Orquesta de Valencia ha preparado un programa centrado en Weber y Mendelssohn para el público del Palau de la Música de Valencia. Para llevarlo a cabo, contará una vez más con su director titular, Ramón Tebar, al frente, así como de dos grandes invitados: el Coro Nacional de España cantará en El sueño de una noche de verano de Mendelssohn, mientras que la clarinetista alemana Sabine Meyer hará lo propio en el Concierto para clarinete nº1 de Weber, sin duda su gran especialidad y por la que se dió a conocer en todo el mundo. Además se escucharán la Obertura de Oberon, también de Weber, y el Arreglo para orquesta del Scherzo del Octeto de Mendelssohn.
6 April 2019
6 - 7 April 2019
Simone Nicoletta Master Class
S Maria Maddalena, Romania
7 April 2019
New York Philharmonic Ensemble Concert at Merkin Hall with VIP Pascual Martinez-Forteza performing Stravinsky's L'Histore du Soldat
New York City
An Ensembles concert provides an intimate connection between musician and audience. Hear the individual talents that make up the orchestra. Experience the passion and personality of the performers. And see how a small setting can make for a huge musical event.
PIAZZOLLA - Three tangos
Anna Rabinova, violin; Satoshi Okamoto, bass
BEETHOVEN - String Quartet No. 2
Soohyun Kwon, Jin Suk Yu, violins; Cynthia Phelps, viola; Alexei Yupanqui
Gonzales, cello
STRAVINSKY -
L'Histoire du soldat
Yulia Ziskel, violin; Timothy Cobb, bass; Pascual Martínez
Forteza, clarinet; Judith LeClair, bassoon;
Christopher Martin, trumpet; Joseph Alessi, trombone; Markus
Rhoten, percussion
7 April 2019
American Chamber Ensemble Concert honoring Women Composers - Hofstra University
Hempstead, Long Island, New York
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10 April 2019
Chicago Symphony Free Chamber Concert (Orchestra on Strike)
A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM Wednesday 4/10/19 at 730pm BE THERE!!
Handel: Sonata in B- flat major HWV 357
William Welter, Oboe
Dennis Michel, Bassoon
Mio Nakamura, Piano
Brahms: Sonata in f minor, Op. 120,
No. 1
John Bruce Yeh, Clarinet
Mio Nakamura, Piano
Mozart: Quintet in E-flat, K452
William Welter, Oboe
John Bruce Yeh,
Clarinets
Dennis Michel, Bassoon
Daniel Gingrich, Horn
Mio Nakamura, Piano
#standbyyourorchestra #CSOMusicians
10 - 21 July 2019
Aria International Summer Academy - Mihai Tetel, Director - Clarinet Boot Camp Session
South Hadley, Massachussetts
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11 April 2019
VIP Timothy Phillips Master Class at Southeast New Mexico Clarinet Day
14 April 2019
Senior VIP Richard Nunemaker Performs Gottschault 'Hacksaw' for Bass Clarinet and Winds with the Louisville Wind Ensemble
Louisville, Kentucky
Invitation for Students to enroll at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music - Application Deadline: 15 April 2019
Tel Aviv, Israel
Applications to the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music are now accepted.
Deadline is April 15, 2019.
For full information about the application process and to read more
about our school and its activities click here:
https://en-arts.tau.ac.il/Music
4 - 14 April 2019
Samnium International Competition
Benevento, Italy
5 - 7 April 2019
II Encontro de Clarinete at the University De Evora
Italy
6 April 2019
Long Island University (LIU) Clarinet Fest
Brookville, New York
Save this date – April 6, 2019 – and join us for The LIU Post Clarinet Fest 2019 presented by the College of Communications, Arts and Design and the LIU Post Department of Music.
For more information email us at post-music@liu.edu or call 516-299-2474.
LIU Post Department of Music
720 Northern Boulevard
Brookville, NY 11548
(516) 299-2474 (Voice)
(516) 299-2884 (Fax)
E-mail:
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6 April 2019
4th Annnual Southeastern Louisiana University Single Reed Day
Mississippi
6 April 2019
Colorado State University Outreach Clarinet Day
Colorado Springs, Colorado
6 April 2019
VIP Simon Reitmaier Master Class
Kulmbach, Germany
6 April 2019
MTSU Clarinet Choir Day
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
6 - 7 April 2019
Stage Klezmer at the Conservatoire Russe Rachmaninov
Paris, France
7 April 2019
British Clarinet Ensemble Play Day - Charles Hine, Director
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
11 - 14 April 2019
1st Ibero-American Clarinet Competition
Piava, Portugal
12 - 13 April 2019
University of Oregon Clarinet Symposium and Competition - VIP Wonkak Kim, Director
Portland, Oregon
13 April 2019
Southern Mississippi University Clarinet Day
13 - 14 April 2019
Chamber Music Boston Concerts - with James Buswell (Violin) - VIP's Jonathan Cohler and Rasa Vitkauskaite, Directors
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Violinist, conductor, recording artist, and educator James Buswell has always chosen to cultivate the art of music while playing many roles. As a violin virtuoso, he first burst on to the New York music scene as the youngest ever soloist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of seven. His mature solo career commenced in 1963 and has included performances of more than one hundred violin concerti on five continents with major orchestras. A prolific Grammy-nominated recording artist, Mr. Buswell taught at New England Conservatory for 27 years and is currently on the faculty of New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
Jonathan Cohler is recognized throughout the world as “an absolute master of the clarinet”. Through his performances around the world and on record, he has thrilled an ever widening audience with his incredible musicianship and total technical command. His many recordings have received resounding accolades and awards from magazines, radio stations and record guides worldwide. His technical feats have been hailed as "superhuman" and Fanfare Magazine has placed him in the pantheon of legendary musicians: "one thinks of Dinu Lipatti." He is Professor of Clarinet and Chamber Music at the Longy School of Music of Bard College.
Hailed for artistry of poetic and observant sensitivity (Gramophone), Rasa Vitkauskaite is an internationally acclaimed, multiple award-winning pianist. She released her debut solo CD Reflections on Ongaku Records in 2014, featuring works by Beethoven, Ravel, Guastavino and Liebermann. Fanfare praised her "scintillating pianism" while dubbing her "a Beethoven interpreter of penetrating insight". Winner of the Grand Prix at the Mendelssohn Cup Piano Competition, Ms. Vitkauskaite is the pianist of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and faculty member at the Concord Conservatory.
Chamber Music Boston – Boston's newest classical chamber music ensemble featuring exciting performances in intimate settings by world-class artists, was founded in 2016. Recent guest performers include Tchaikovsky Gold medalist Ilya Kaler, University of Maryland professor violinist Irina Muresanu, Metropolitan Opera cellist Julia Bruskin and Concert Artist Guild winner Sebastian Bäverstam.
13 - 17 April 2019
Academia Ibero-Americana do Clarinete
Paiva
14 April 2019
University of Maryland Clarinet Day and Sidney Forrest Clarinet Competition
College Park, Maryland
14 - 18 April 2019
Gran Canarisa International Clarinet Festival - VIP Radovan Cavallin, and Kristin Dizon, Directors
Canary Islands, Spain
18 April 2019
15 April 2019
VIP Richard MacDowell Master Class at West Carolina University
North Carolina
Master Clarinetist and Pedagogue Richard MacDowell conducts a masterclass with members of the WCU Clarinet Studio: Josie Cameron, Alexander Eplin, and Michael Chaney. Sponsored by Buffet Crampon Corporation and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
15 - 17 April 2019
VIP Diana Haskell - 2nd Clarinetist in the St Louis Symphony Master Class at the University of Georgia - VIP D Ray McClellan, Host
Savannah, Georgia
17 April 2019
David Minetti Master Class at the Conservatoire Montserrat Cabelle
France
17 April 2019
IMEP NAMUR Clarinet Choir Concert
Paris, France
18 - 20 April 2019
Clarinet Course with Reinhard Wieser - from Vienna, Austria
Valencia, Spain
April 19 2018
Las Vegas Clarinet Day on Friday at the College of Southern Nevada featuring VIP Robert Spring (Professor at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona)
Las Vegas, Nevada
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Robert Spring as our featured guest artist for the 2019 Las Vegas Clarinet Day on Friday, April 19 at the College of Southern Nevada!
Robert Spring has been described as "one of this country's most sensitive and talented clarinetists," Arizona Republic, "dazzled his audience...flawless technique," The Clarinet Magazine, and "a formidable soloist...played with great emotional life" Copenhagen, Denmark, Politiken. Spring's recording of Grawemeier Award winning composer Joan Tower's works for clarinet was described by The Clarinet Magazine as "truly outstanding....one would be hard pressed to find better performances of contemporary music....first rate music performed with the highest professional standards." The Instrumentalist Magazine says of his recording, "Dragon's Tongue", a CD of virtuoso music for clarinet and wind band, "His musicality and technique make this recording a must for every CD collection." Fanfare Magazine says of the CD, "Tarantelle", music that the famous violinist Jascha Heifetz recorded on violin, being performed on clarinet, "This recording was meant to amaze and, man, it succeeds."
The America Record Guide writes about his recent recording of the Copland Clarinet Concerto, "Spring is fabulous in the Copland. His phrasing is elegant swing tailored with great flow and a spread of tone colors and expressive subtleties. His low- and mid-range are especially warm, rich, and embracing and highly effective in the introduction and in the bridge to the jazzy finale. And boy what a finale! The pace is neatly judged to pick up at critical junctures so that, by the end, it feels like an improvised jam session."
Spring attended the University of Michigan where he was awarded three degrees, including the Doctor of Musical Arts degree. He was recently awarded the "Citation of Merit Award" from the School of Music Alumni Society. His teachers included John Mohler, David Shifrin and Paul Shaller. Spring has performed as a recitalist or soloist with symphony orchestras and wind bands in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and South America, and has been heard in the United States on National Public Radio's, Performance Today. He frequently serves as clinician and adjudicator and teaches on the faculties of several summer music festivals. He has published numerous articles on multiple articulation and other contemporary clarinet techniques.
Spring was president of the International Clarinet Association from 1998-2000 and has performed for numerous International Clarinet Association conventions. He hosted the 1995 International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest at Arizona State University where he is presently professor of music in clarinet. Spring is also a guest professor at the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music. He is a Henri Selmer Paris Artist and performances on the Privilège clarinet.
22 - 25 April 2019
V Festival Internacional de Clarinete
Lima, Peru
23 April 2019
VIP Andreas Ottensamer (Solo Klarinettist in Berliner Philharmoniker) and Renowned Pianist Yuja Wang Recital at Carnegie Hall
New York City
24 - 27 April 2019
Valeria Sperangeli Master Class
Genova, Italy
24 - 26 April 2019
Clarinetissm Pasqua
Valencia, Spain
24 - 27 April 2019
Starnberger Master Classes
Starnberg, Germany
26 April 2019
VIP and Solo Clarinetist in the Philadelphia Orchestra Ricardo Morales Performs Mozart Clarinet Concerto with the Roxborough Orchestra
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
26 April 2019
Lara Diaz performs 3 World Premieres in Recital at the centro cultural Conde Duque
Madrid, Spain
26 - 27 April 2019
Clarinet Days Master Class with VIP Piero Vincenti
Benevento, Italy
26 April 2019
VIP Robert DiLutis Showing of new Mozart Clarinet Quintet Recording at the Buffet New York Showroom
From Robert DiLutis: I am really excited to announce the release of my new Mozart Quintet LP with the Mellifera Quartet... Yes...LP!! The Buffet Showroom in NYC will be hosting a release event on April 26th from 4-6pm. Hope you can make it ......if you're in the area stop by...the first 50 people get a free LP or download card.
26 - 28 April 2019
Pitea, Sweden
26 - 28 April 2019
Giovanni Punzi Master Classes
Rome, Italy
26 April - 1 May 2019
VIP Philippe Cuper Master Classes
Toscana, Italy
26 - 27 April 2019
Solar Flair Festival featuring composer Theresa Martin at Colorado State University - Wesley Ferriera, Director
Fort Collins, Colorado
28 April 2019
Chicago Symphony Winds (Orchestra on Strike for 4th Week)
Chicago, Illinois
28 April 2019
University of Delaware Clarinet Day - Dr Chistopher Nichols, Director
Newark, Delaware
Delaware Clarinet Day 2019 is on Sunday, April 28, 2019, so mark your calendars! We're excited to host artist clinicians Yevgeny Dokshansky and Catina Franklin Sweedy this year.
28 April 2019
Cincinnati Clarinet Consortium MiniFest 2019 - VIP Ixi Chen, Director
Cincinnati, Ohio
Clarinetists! There's a fantastic event happening April 28, the 3rd annual Clarinet MiniFest hosted by Cincinnati Clarinet Consortium. Our guest artists are none other than my previous Principal Clarinet colleagues at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and beloved friends Jonathan Gunn and Ralph Skiano. We are also excited to welcome Ramón Wodkowski, John Kurokawa, and our sponsors Buffet Crampon, D'Addario Woodwinds, Vandoren USA, Buddy Roger's Music and Yamaha Band & Orchestra! It's going to be a great day of clarinet-ing at Walnut Hills High School.
You can register at www.clarinetcincinnati.com/minifest !! Pre-registered attendees will receive a custom C3 notebook
28 April 2019
Silverwood Clarinet Choir Master Class Day
Central Square, New York
29 April 2019
VIP Analiene Van Wauwe - Professor at the Antwerp Conservatory, announcing Clarinet Studio Registration
Antwerp, Belgium
Admissions for my clarinet class @
Antwerp Conservatory: April 29th 2019
https://www.ap-arts.be/…/woodwi…/register/bachelor/toelating
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