Richard Stoltzman
Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman has been one of the most distinguished players of his instrument in the 20th and 21st centuries. He has been unusually successful in combining jazz and classical careers.
Stoltzman was born on July 12, 1942, in Omaha, Nebraska, but moved with his family to San Francisco at a young age; his father was a Western Pacific railroad worker who enjoyed the music of the big bands and played the alto saxophone. The young Stoltzman's first music was jazz. He took up the clarinet at eight and was soon joining his father in Bay Area jazz venues. Both Stoltzmans sang in a church choir where Richard would cue off-pitch singers with his clarinet, trying to make it sound like a voice. He later credited this experience for his distinctively warm tone quality. Stoltzman attended The Ohio State University, studying mathematics and music, graduating in 1964. He chose the latter definitively, enrolling at Yale for graduate studies (earning a master's degree in 1967) and studied further at the Marlboro Music School and Festival. There he made the acquaintance of a group of collaborators that included pianist Peter Serkin, cellist Pablo Casals, and violinist Ida Kavafian. Together with Serkin and Kavafian, he formed the chamber group TASHI (a Tibetan term meaning good fortune) in 1973. Stoltzman was the first clarinetist to give solo recitals at both the Hollywood Bowl and Carnegie Hall, where he made his New York solo debut in 1974.
His jazz career also developed during this period. In his concert appearances, he joined an impressive variety of classic and modern performers, including vocalist Mel Tormé, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, and keyboardist Chick Corea, as well as folk-pop star Judy Collins. He was the first performer to feature jazz during a recital at the legendary Bayreuth Opera House. His classical collaborators have included cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Christoph Eschenbach, and he has appeared as a soloist with numerous major symphony orchestras in the U.S. and abroad. Beginning in 1982 with a classic recording of the Brahms clarinet sonatas, Stoltzman had a long association with the RCA label. In 1986, Stoltzman became the first wind player to win the Avery Fisher Prize, given for outstanding performance by an American musician.
Stoltzman was featured in the series Concerto! on the BBC in 1993, performing Copland's Clarinet Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra. As a recording artist, he worked extensively with Bill Douglas (touring and recording together for 30 years) and released one of his most popular recordings, Begin Sweet World, in 1986. Later, he recorded for MMC, Navona, and, beginning in 2019, Avie, where he issued an album recorded jointly with his wife, jazz marimbist Mika Stoltzman, titled Palimpsest. In 2023, Stoltzman returned on the Navona label, performing the Concertante for clarinet and orchestra on an album of works by composer Anthony Iannaccone. By that time, his recording catalog comprised some 75 items. Stoltzman maintained a full schedule of concert performances in 2022, with many devoted to Corea's music.
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Artistas semelhantes
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Aria
Classical - Lançado por RCA Red Seal em 1 de jan. de 1990
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Mozart: Clarinet Concertos/Flute & Harp Concerto
Concertos - Lançado por RCA Victor - Hits - 100 em 9 de nov. de 1998
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WorldBeat Bach
Classical - Lançado por RCA Victor em 1 de jan. de 1990
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Messiaen: Quartet For The End Of Time
Classical - Lançado por RCA Red Seal em 30 de out. de 2007
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Finzi: Bagatelles, Op. 23 & Clarinet Concerto in C-Minor, Op. 31 & Ashmore: Four Seasons
Classical - Lançado por RCA Victor em 1 de jan. de 1991
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Aria
Classical - Lançado por RCA Red Seal em 1 de jan. de 1990
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Volume 1 (Fine Music)
Classical - Lançado por Navona em 1 de fev. de 2011
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New York Counterpoint
Classical - Lançado por RCA Red Seal em 1 de jan. de 1987
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HARTKE: Clarinet Concerto / Rose of the Winds / Pacific Rim
Richard Stoltzman, IRIS Orchestra, Michael Stern
Concertos - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de set. de 2003
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Viennese Gems
Richard Stoltzman, Judith Stillman, Michael Reynolds
Chamber Music - Lançado por Kidsclassics em 15 de set. de 2013
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COPLAND, A.: Clarinet Concerto / MCKINLEY, W.T.: Clarinet Duets / Concerto for 2 Clarinets (Stoltzman, Ellis) (Aaron Copland - William Thomas McKinley)
Concertos - Lançado por Navona Records em 26 de mai. de 2009
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Hark!
Classical - Lançado por Sony Classical em 1 de jan. de 1992
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Alchemy
Classical - Lançado por MMC Recordings em 15 de abr. de 1997
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Mozart: Serenade No. 11 in E-Flat Major, K. 375 & Beethoven: Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 & Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 16
Classical - Lançado por Sony Classical em 5 de mai. de 2017
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Stoltzman Plays Corigliano, Copland & Bernstein
Classical - Lançado por RCA Victor em 1 de jan. de 1988
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Echoes of Ecstasy - Hassidic Inspiration
Classical - Lançado por Milken Archive Digital em 3 de jul. de 2012
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Amber Waves
Classical - Lançado por Sony Classical em 1 de jan. de 1996
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Brasil
Classical - Lançado por RCA Victor em 1 de jan. de 1991
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Weber: Grand Duo Concertant in E-Flat Major, J.204, Op. 48 & Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821
Classical - Lançado por RCA Red Seal em 3 de ago. de 2018
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Bolcom: Clarinet Concerto
Richard Stoltzman, Lancaster Festival Orchestra, Gary Sheldon
Classical - Lançado por Marquis Classics em 21 de abr. de 2009
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Garden Of Sounds - Improvisations for Clarinet and Percussion
Chamber Music - Lançado por BIS em 31 de jan. de 2000
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