Name David Shifrin Education Yale School of Music | Awards Avery Fisher Prize | |
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Role Clarinetist ยท davidshifrin.com Albums Clarinet Quintets, Brahms/Schumann Soiree Similar People Ani Kavafian, Ida Kavafian, Paul Neubauer, David Finckel, Carol Rosenberger | ||
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David Shifrin (born January 2, 1950) is an American classical clarinetist.
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- Mozart serenade in c min for winds k 388 david shifrin cms shop talk
- David shifrin clarinet november 2014 cms artist profile
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David shifrin clarinet november 2014 cms artist profile
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.
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Recordings
Three of his recordings have been nominated for Grammy Awards:
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.