Clarinet Blog: History, Technique, and Performance

I first heard Hindemith's Sonata for clarinet and piano on the album "20th Century Classics for Clarinet and Piano",

Two months ago, in March 2023, my colleague and great Peruvian clarinetist Marco Antonio Mazzini showed me his latest video, where he played a piece for alto clarinet and piano that I had never heard before. It was Ordner Seg—also known in English as “It’ll Be Alright”—composed by the Norwegian tuba virtuoso Øystein Baadsvik.The original version of Ordner Seg is written for tuba and piano, and in his video Marco used the excellent backing track recorded by pianist Rena Hashim

On March 18, 2023, I had the pleasure of performing the beautiful Theme from "Schindler's List" for clarinet and symphonic band,

Notes, video and sheet music of the Zamba for clarinet and piano by Viviana Danon, dedicated to Gabriel Blasberg.

For every clarinetist, playing with correct tuning is a must. In this article you will find excellent and very useful tips.

I met the Belgian clarinettist Ronald Van Spaendonck in November 2018, when he came to the city of Buenos Aires

During June, July and August of the year that just ended (2021), I had the pleasure of undertaking a musical/teaching activity that gave me

One of the clarinetists that I admire the most is Nicolas Baldeyrou, an outstanding figure, who, in addition to being a technically super virtuoso, has a balanced and sober musicality, always at the service of the work.

Although it is known by almost all of you, let us first establish the following basic concept: one thing is the "particellas" or...

In mid‑2020, I felt inspired to revisit this excellent piece that I had studied decades earlier as a student

Notes, short analysis and video of the beautiful Nino Rota Sonata for clarinet and piano.

Recording and useful data about the Sonatina for clarinet and piano by Joseph Horovitz, written in 1981.

In just a few days (September 20, 2022), I will have the immense pleasure of performing a work that I truly love, though it is not among the most well-known pieces in the repertoire: the Clarinet Concerto Op. 36 in E-flat major by Czech composer Franz Krommer (1759–1831), whose original Czech name was František Vincenc Kramář. I had studied this concerto during my teenage years with a piano reduction, and now I will finally be able to perform it with an orchestra—as it was me