David Shifrin is an American classical clarinetist. Jump to: navigation, search A clarinetist (sometimes also spelled clarinettist) is a musician who plays the clarinet. ...

Performances

He has performed clarinet concertos with many major orchestras around the world.

He commissioned and premiered a concerto by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Stephen Albert with the Philadelphia Orchestra during the 91-92 season. Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-13, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... The Philadelphia Orchestra, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of the Big Five symphony orchestras in the United States and usually considered among the finest in the world. ...

He premiered Ezra Laderman's Clarinet Concerto with the Fort Worth Symphony in 1995. Ezra Laderman (born June 29, 1924) is an American composer of classical music. ...

He helped popularize the use of a basset clarinet to enable the playing of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Clarinet Quintet in their original form. The basset-horn is a musical instrument, a member of the clarinet family. ... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was one of the most significant and influential of all composers of Western classical music. ...

Posts

• He served as principal clarinet with several orchestras, including the American Symphony Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski, and the Cleveland Orchestra.
• From 1992 to 2004 he was Artistic Director of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
• Since 1987 he has been professor of clarinet (adjunct) at the Yale University School of Music.
• He has served on the faculties of the Juilliard School, the University of Southern California, the University of Michigan, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and the University of Hawaii.
• He was appointed Artistic Director of Chamber Music Northwest in 1981.

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Recordings

Three of his recordings have been nominated for Grammy Awards: Jump to: navigation, search The Grammy Awards (originally the Gramophone Awards), presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard...

• The collected chamber music of Claude Debussy, with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
• The Copland Clarinet Concerto
• Ravel's Introduction and Allegro (with the Tokyo String Quartet)

His 1992 recording of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto and Clarinet Quintet, in which he performed on a custom-made basset clarinet, was named "Record of the Year" by Stereo Review Magazine. Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900–December 2, 1990) was an American composer of concert and film music. ... Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937) was a French composer and pianist, best known for his orchestral work, Boléro, and his famous 1922 orchestral arrangement of Modest Mussorgskys Pictures at an Exhibition. ... The Tokyo String Quartet is an internationally renowned string quartet. ... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was one of the most significant and influential of all composers of Western classical music. ...

External Links

• IMG artists page about Shifrin
• Bio at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center web site
• Shifrin's recording of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto & Clarinet Quintet