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Michael Norsworthy
clarinet
“a dramatic performer…with beautiful tonal nuances” (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review), and "one of the world's best clarinetists" (Michael Finnissy, composer) is acclaimed as both a soloist and sought-after chamber musician. A veritable chameleon with a repertoire that spans nearly three centuries, he regularly defies categorization and has dazzled critics and audiences around the globe. As a dedicated and persuasive champion of the music of today, Norsworthy has given premieres of over 100 works in collaboration with composers Milton Babbitt, Harrison Birtwistle, Elliott Carter, Chris Dench, Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Finnissy, Lukas Foss, Hans Werner Henze, Magnus Lindberg, Tristan Murail, Ralph Shapey and Marc Anthony Turnage, among many others in leading venues such as Carnegie Hall, Vienna’s Musikverein, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall, Merkin Hall, The Casals Festival and the Aspen Festival. He has recorded for Mode, Gasparo, Canteloupe, Cirrus Music and Cauchemar records and recently premiered concerti by Michael Finnissy, Pozzi Escot and Noel Zahler. He is principal clarinet with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, a member of New York’s Manhattan Sinfonietta, on faculty at the Boston Conservatory and Columbia University and artist in residence at Harvard University. Mr. Norsworthy is a performing artist for Buffet Crampon and Rico Reeds. For more info, please visit www.michaelnorsworthy.com.
clarinet
“a dramatic performer…with beautiful tonal nuances” (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review), and "one of the world's best clarinetists" (Michael Finnissy, composer) is acclaimed as both a soloist and sought-after chamber musician. A veritable chameleon with a repertoire that spans nearly three centuries, he regularly defies categorization and has dazzled critics and audiences around the globe. As a dedicated and persuasive champion of the music of today, Norsworthy has given premieres of over 100 works in collaboration with composers Milton Babbitt, Harrison Birtwistle, Elliott Carter, Chris Dench, Brian Ferneyhough, Michael Finnissy, Lukas Foss, Hans Werner Henze, Magnus Lindberg, Tristan Murail, Ralph Shapey and Marc Anthony Turnage, among many others in leading venues such as Carnegie Hall, Vienna’s Musikverein, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall, Merkin Hall, The Casals Festival and the Aspen Festival. He has recorded for Mode, Gasparo, Canteloupe, Cirrus Music and Cauchemar records and recently premiered concerti by Michael Finnissy, Pozzi Escot and Noel Zahler. He is principal clarinet with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, a member of New York’s Manhattan Sinfonietta, on faculty at the Boston Conservatory and Columbia University and artist in residence at Harvard University. Mr. Norsworthy is a performing artist for Buffet Crampon and Rico Reeds. For more info, please visit www.michaelnorsworthy.com.
