Clarinet

Martin Fröst

Artistic Director: Stavanger International Chamber Music Festival
Artistic Director: Vinterfest

“Fröst dazzled. His pianissimos were on the edge of audibility: they seemed to surround us, and at times he made a long-held note sound like an entire journey. Messiaen's Liturgie de cristal here evoked a landscape sparkling with frost, and this Fröst was its presiding deity."

- The Independent, 11 November 2008

Swedish clarinet virtuoso Martin Fröst is one of the most charismatic and multi-talented soloists performing today, appearing regularly in leading music centres and with major orchestras worldwide.

Having just given his debut with the Wiener Symphoniker at the Bregenzer Festspiele this summer, he will return to the orchestra for concerts at the Konzerthaus Wien. Other future highlights include performances of the Mozart concerto with the Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, a return to the 2010 Salzburg Festival with Leif Ove Andsnes, and his debuts with the New York Philharmonic and the Minnesota Orchestra.

He will also be artist in residence with the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra, and will embark on an exciting choreographed chamber music project together with Janine Jansen which will be premiered at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.

Martin Fröst is the Artistic Director of the Vinterfest in Mora, Sweden, and has also just been appointed Artistic Director of the International Chamber Music Festival in Stavanger, Norway.

He records exclusively for BIS.

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