Every morning, it’s the same thing : you’re not operational until you’ve had at least 3 cups of coffee. Well, I can help you. First of all, you should definitely have your coffee in one of my “clarinet” mugs: … haha, no, you don’t have to, I’m just kidding! What might really help you is…
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Every musician knows that having good regular practice habits is the key to improve. If you’re a teacher, you have certainly noticed how difficult it could be for a student to practice regularly. Telling them about our own methods does not solve the issue. When I was a teenager, I used to wake up every…
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In a galaxy far far away… is Martin Fröst new album, Roots. His quest to “create new programmes which move beyond traditional concert formats” lead him to the roots of classical music, and to his own roots, too. Mission accomplished. Brilliantly. It’s like you were visiting sort of a museum, with alive, animated artworks. You…
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Do you know Emilien Veret? No? Let me introduce him: he is a french clarinetist in Paris, and has a great project: “Clarinettes urbaines”, which means “urban clarinets” in French (easy, isn’t it?) He plays the Bb clarinet and the bass clarinet, and also beatboxes! He uses loop pedals to create his jazz-world-electro-classical-and-many-other-music-styles-inspired compositions and…
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The very beginning of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue is one of the greatests clarinet solos, which famous glissando is highly remarkable. Here is an amazing video from french clarinetist Oliver Patey, playing at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw. Enjoy!
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I just discovered Ismail Lumanovski a few days ago, through a video a friend of mine shared on facebook: I was so enthusiast that I spent half a day searching all I could find about this fabulous clarinetist, yet pretty unknown here in France… Is he well known in the United States? Let me know…
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