Martin Fröst
Clarinet
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Biography
One of a small handful of truly international wind players, Martin Fröst's future highlights include debuts with Concertgebouw Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Washington's National Symphony, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra as well as a conducting engagement with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He will also play with Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse (Giovanni Antonini), Indianapolis Symphony, Bamberger Symphoniker and NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, plus return visits to the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra and Luzerner Sinfonieorchester. He also returns to the Australian Chamber Orchestra following a substantial tour of Europe with them last season, and embarks on a major European tour with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta performing Weber and Copland in May 2013.
Last season Martin Fröst performed with the Wiener Symphoniker, Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Minnesota Orchestra (all under Osmo Vänskä), Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (Gustavo Dudamel), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (Edward Gardner) and Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (Krzysztof Urbañski); as well as the Tonkünstler, Oslo and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic orchestras. In August 2012 he made his debut at New York's Mostly Mozart Festival performing Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto under the direction of Louis Langrée.
Keen to expand the existing clarinet concerto repertoire, Martin has personally championed Anders Hillborg’s Peacock Tales (which incorporates elements of mine and dance), Kalevi Aho’s Concerto (commissioned for him by the Borletti-Buitoni Trust) and Rolf Martinsson’s Concerto Fantastique. 2012/13 sees him premiere a new concerto by Bent Sørensen with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Cologne's Philharmonie under Michael Schønwandt.
A keen recitalist and chamber musician, Martin Fröst gave five concerts as part of a major residency at Cologne's Philharmonie in 2010/11 including a dance programme 'Double Points' with violinist Janine Jansen. In 2011/12 Fröst performed in venues including London's Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw, the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Berlin's Konzerthaus and the Vienna Konzerthaus. He has a long-standing association with the Verbier Festival, and this season not only appears at the festival but also with the Verbier Festival Orchestra in Schloss Elmau and on tour around Asia.
Fröst regularly collaborates with such musicians as Leif Ove Andsnes (at the 2012 Ojai Festival), Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin, Thorleif Thedéen, Roland Pöntinen and the Belcea and Apollon Musagète Quartets. Upcoming chamber appearances include performances at the Schubertiade and a series of concerts with Marc-André Hamelin and Anthony Marwood in Boston, San Francisco and London's Wigmore Hall.
Fröst conducted a series of concerts with the Oslo Philharmonic last season, as well as conducting programmes with Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and Norrkoping Symphony orchestras plus Swedish and Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. Future conducting dates include projects with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Dublin and Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
Martin Fröst is the Artistic Director of the Vinterfest in Mora, and of the International Chamber Music Festival in Stavanger, Norway. He has an extensive discography for BIS, with whom he has an exclusive contract; his recent CD ‘Dances to a Black Pipe’ received substantial critical acclaim.
Martin Fröst has been announced as the recipient of the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2014.
October 2012
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Martin Fröst räknas som en av världens främsta blåsare. Han spelar regelbundet med orkestrar som Concertgebouworkestern Amsterdam, Gewandhausorkestern Leipzig, Philharmonia Orchestra London, Orchestre National de France, Wiener Symphoniker, NHK Tokyo, Washingtons National Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic och New York Philharmonic och dirigerar bl.a. Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Academy of St Martin in the Fields och Kungliga Filharmonikerna i Stockholm.
Tonsättare som Krzysztof Penderecki, Anders Hillborg, Kalevi Aho, Rolf Martinsson och Bent Sörensen har skrivit klarinettkonserter för Martin Fröst.
Martin Fröst spelar också kammarmusik på världens främsta musikscener och festivaler tillsammans många av vår tids främsta instrumentalsolister. Martin Fröst är konstnärlig ledare för Vinterfest i Dalarna och Stavanger Internationella Kammarmusikfestival.
Martin Fröst kommer att tilldelas Léonie Sonnings musikpris 2014.
Mars 2013
Repertoire list
Aho Clarinet Concerto
Arnold Concerto
Boulez Domaines
Brahms/Berio Op 120
Busoni/Ferruccio Concertino
Copland Concerto for Clar and strings
Corigliano Concerto
Crusell Concerto, B-major op 11
Crusell Concerto f minor
Crusell Introduction, Theme, Variations
Danzi Fantasie over"La ci darem la mano"
Debussy Premiére Rhapsodie
Fernström Concerto op 30
Finzi Concerto for Clar and strings
Frumerie Concerto
Hillborg Concerto for Cl and orchestra 33
Hiller Chagall Zyklus
Hindemith Clarinet Concerto
Holmboe Concerto
Larsson Concertino op 45 No 3
Lovreglio/Forsell Fantasia de Concerto
Lutoslawski Dance Preludes
Lyne Concerto
Maros Concerto
Messager Solo de concours
Mozart Concerto, A-major K 622
Nielsen Concerto op 57
Penderecki Sinfonietta No 2
Rouse Clarinet Concerto
Rehnqvist On a distant shore
Rossini Introduction,Theme&Variations 12
Sandström, J Soft Music (Strings and Percussion)
Sandström, S-D Clarinet Concerto
Shaw Clarinet Concerto
Spohr Concerto Concerto No 1
Spohr Concerto No 2
Stamitz, C Concerto
Stamitz, J Concerto
Wallin Clarinet Concerto
Weber Concert in f-minor op 73
Weber Concertino op 26
Weber Concerto in Eb-major op 74
Preferred repertoir:
Mozart Concerto in a kv 622
Weber Op 73 f-minor,
Copland Concerto
Hillborg Concerto
Nielsen Concerto
Rossini Introduktion, Theme with variations, 11 min
Debussy ”Première Rhapsodie” 10 min
Penderecki Sinfonietta No 2( for Cl and Strings) 14 min
Hillborg Concerto (Versions for Strings) 20 min
Weber Clarinet Quintet (Version for strings) 23 min
Good combinations:
Copland Concerto, Hillborg millenium version
Hillborg millenium version,Rossini Introduktion, Theme with variations
Copland Concerto, Rossini Introduktion, Theme with variations
Debussy ”Première Rhapsodie” 10 min, Rossini Introduktion, Theme with variations,
Mozart Concerto in a kv 622, Hillborg millenium version
Weber Op 73 f-minor, Hillborg millenium version
Lutoslawski Dans Preludes (for Clarinet and Strings), Penderecki Sinfonietta no 2( for
Cl and Strings)
Lutoslawski Dans Preludes, Hillborg millenium version
Weber Concerto string arr, Hillborg Concerto (Versions for strings)
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