Richard Stoltzman (born 1942) is an American clarinetist. He is perhaps the most well-known clarinetist who primarily plays classical music. He has played with over 100 orchestras, as well as many chamber groups and solo recitals, and has won many awards and made many recordings. This article is about the year. ... A clarinetist (sometimes also spelled clarinettist) is a musician who plays the clarinet. ... Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ...

Stoltzman also plays some jazz music on the clarinet. Some of his recordings, such as his album "New York Counterpoint," feature his jazz and modern music. Jazz is an original American musical art form originating around the start of the 20th century in New Orleans. ...

He has also recorded with the Opperman Clarinet Choir.

Stoltzman was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of a jazz-playing railwayman, and spent his early years in San Francisco, California and Cincinnati, Ohio. Flag Seal Nickname: The City by the Bay; The City That Knows How; Golden Mountain (historic Chinese name) Location Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: , Government City-County San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Geographical characteristics Area     City 600. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Queen City Location Location in Hamilton County, Ohio Coordinates: Government Country State County United States Ohio Hamilton Founded Incorporated 1788 1819 Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Geographical characteristics Area 206. ...

Stoltzman earned a Bachelor's Degree from Ohio State University with a double major in music and mathematics. He then studied with Professor Keith Wilson at the Yale School of Music, where he received the Master of Music degree. He worked toward a doctoral degree at Columbia University. He has been a longtime student of master clarinet pedagogue Kalmen Opperman of New York. Together, they founded the Clarinet Summit, a semi-regular international gathering of clarinetists since the 1990s. The Ohio State University is a coeducational public research university in the U.S. state of Ohio. ... The Yale School of Music has received a gift of $100 million that will allow the school to subsidize fully the tuition for all students, Yale President Richard C. Levin has announced. ... Columbia University is a private university in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... Kalmen Opperman (born 1919) is an American clarinetist. ...

Today, Stoltzman is part of the faculty list at the New England Conservatory. The Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra performing in Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music. ...

Performance Experience

Stoltzman began to make his name professionally at Vermont’s Marlboro Music Festival, and was a founding member of the chamber music group TASHI in 1973. Stoltzman has appeared as a soloist with numerous major symphonies, and international jazz festivals, and with stars such as Mel Torme, George Shearing, Judy Collins, Woody Herman, Wayne Shorter and others. In 1993, he was featured in the BBC series "Concerto!" Mel Tormé (September 13, 1925 - June 5, 1999) was a jazz singer with a light, velvety, high-tenor voice. ... George Shearing (born 13 August 1919) is a well-known British jazz pianist. ... Judy Collins Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939 in Seattle, Washington) is an American folk and standards singer. ... Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913–October 29, 1987), better known as Woody Herman, was an American jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, singer, and Big band leader. ... Miles Davis and Wayne Shorter in the 1960s quintet Wayne Shorter (born August 25, 1933) is an American jazz composer and saxophonist. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, sometimes also known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, founded in 1922. ...

Awards and Recognitions

Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance: The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance has been awarded since 1959. ...

• Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma & Richard Stoltzman for Brahms/Beethoven/Mozart: Clarinet Trios (1996)
• Richard Goode & Richard Stoltzman for Brahms: The Sonatas for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 120 (1983)
• On 1 September 2005, Stoltzman was presented with the Yale School of Music's Sanford Medal. The medal has been presented to "celebrated concert artists and distinguished members of the music profession" since 1972.[1]