David Shifrin
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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.
He premiered Ezra Laderman's Clarinet Concerto with the Fort Worth Symphony in 1995.
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.
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.
Recordings
Three of his recordings have been nominated for Grammy Awards:
- 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 1985 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.
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
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