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“Charming, witty ideas, a
magnificent sound, top-notch virtuosity – a musician
entirely at ease with himself and his music”, a critic
wrote on the occasion of Matthias Schorn’s solo clarinet
debut with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo
Dudamel in December 2011.
Nordkurier, the German daily, describes him as “the most
exciting clarinet newcomer since Sabine Meyer”, and the
Washington Post praised his “technically brilliant”
playing in May 2012.
Matthias Schorn was born in
Salzburg, where he studied under Alois Brandhofer at the
Mozarteum University of the Arts, then with Johann
Hindler at the Vienna University of Music, where he
concluded his studies with a Masters thesis in
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He gives concerts with the Vienna
Philharmonic, the London Mozart Players, the RSO Berlin,
DSO Berlin, MDR Leipzig, Bruckner Orchester Linz or
Munich Chamber Orchestra, working with conductors such
as G. Dudamel, D.R. Davies, R. Frühbeck de Burgos, M.
Sanderling, A. Liebreich, A. Zukerman, K. Järvi, L.
Foster, A. Shelley, N. Milton, L. Maazel.
Matthias
Schorn is an enthusiastic chamber musician: having
performed with the likes of Christoph Eschenbach, Daniel
Hope, Benjamin Schmid, Martin Grubinger, Annette Dasch,
Viviane Hagner, Veronika Eberle, Daniel Müller-Schott,
Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sky du Mont, Julia Stemberger,
Karlheinz Hackl, the Faurè Quartet, the Minetti Quartet,
Quatuor Ebene, the Danish String Quartet and the Apollon
Musagete Quartet).
Ever in search of his musical ideal,
Schorn has founded the PalmKlang Festival in Oberalm
(Salzburg) and has founded a series of chamber music
ensembles: the Marc Chagall Trio, the Theophil Ensemble
Vienna, and the world music ensemble Faltenradio.
Ever since 2007, Schorn has taught
at the Vienna Private Conservatory, and gives
masterclasses world-wide.
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