Clarinet

Dimitri Ashkenazy

Born in 1969 in New York, Dimitri Ashkenazy began playing the piano at the age of six and then switched to clarinet, studying at the Conservatory of Lucerne. Since then, he has given numerous concerts in his home country and abroad, both as soloist and chamber musician. In 1992, he was a founder member of the European Soloists Ensemble with colleagues from the European Community Youth Orchestra and has performed with them in major cities in Europe and on tour in Japan.

Among the highlights of his career are appearances at the Hollywood Bowl with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, his London orchestral debut at the Royal Festival Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom he has also performed Peter Maxwell Davies' Strathclyde Concerto No.4 with the composer himself conducting, and performances at the Sydney Opera House and on tour in Japan with the Japan Philharmonic and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.

Recent engagements include appearances with the English Chamber Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy, Orquesta Sinfonica de Euskadi, the Helsinki Philharmonic, Camerata Academica Salzburg, San Diego Chamber Orchestra and the Czech Philharmonic in South America.

Dimitri Ashkenazy lives in Switzerland.

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