David Shifrin

David Shifrin (born January 2, 1950) is an American classical clarinetist.

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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