Manfred Preis (born 1954, in Hengersberg) is a German bass clarinetist and saxophonist.
Preis studied at the Munich Musikhochschule and the Orchestra Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker. [1] He played clarinet in the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. [1] He plays bass clarinet in the Berlin Philharmonic. He also plays clarinet in Trio Berlin and the Winds of the Berlin Philharmonic. He teaches at the Hochschule für Musik of Nuremberg-Augsburg. [1] He also plays in the ensemble Bolero Berlin, which plays Latin American music.
The Berlin Philharmonic is a German orchestra based in Berlin. It is one of the most popular, acclaimed and well-respected orchestras in the world.
Simon Holt is an English composer.
The Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101 of Béla Bartók is a musical composition for piano and orchestra. The work, which was composed between 1930 and 1931, is notorious for being one of the most difficult pieces in the repertoire. Playing time is 26–29 minutes.
Karl Leister is a classical clarinet player from Wilhelmshaven, Germany. At a very young age, he learned to play the clarinet from his father, also a clarinetist, and later studied at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin. As a teenager, he was accepted into the Komische Oper Berlin under Václav Neumann and Walter Felsenstein as clarinet soloist.
Esko Laine is a professor of music at Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin and principal double bassist for the Berlin Philharmonic.
Rainer Seegers is a German percussionist, former principal timpanist of the Berlin Philharmonic, tutor of the European Union Youth Orchestra and guest professor at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler". Seegers is also a timpani soloist who has championed the unusual repertoire for timpani and orchestra.
Alexander Bader is a German clarinetist.
Wenzel Maria Fuchs is an Austrian clarinetist.
Kirill Garrievich Petrenko is a Russian-Austrian conductor. He is chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic.
Per Anders Hillborg is one of Sweden’s leading composers.
Anna Sigríður Þorvaldsdóttir is an Icelandic composer. She has been called "one of Iceland's most celebrated composers", and was the 2012 winner of the Nordic Council Music Prize. Her music is frequently performed in Europe and in the United States, and is often influenced by landscapes and nature.
Stefan de Leval Jezierski is an American horn player resident in Germany.
Milica Djordjevic or Đorđević, is a composer of contemporary classical music and one of the most important representatives of the younger generation of composers in international musical life.
Annelien Van Wauwe is a Belgian clarinetist who performs internationally as a soloist. She was educated by Sabine Meyer and other internationally known teachers. She has won numerous international competitions and performs with top international orchestras and as a sought-after soloist at international festivals, but is also active in chamber music with her own ensemble. Several works have been composed especially for her. She is also a principal teacher for historical and modern clarinet at the Royal Conservatory Antwerp. She lives in Berlin.
Peter Muck was a German violinist and violist.
Jan Diesselhorst was a German cellist.
Siegfried Paul Otto Borries was a German violinist and violin educator.
Catamorphosis is an orchestral composition written by the Icelandic composer Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir. The work was co-commissioned by the Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker, the New York Philharmonic, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. It was first performed by the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Kirill Petrenko at the Berliner Philharmonie on January 27, 2021.
Erich Hartmann was a German double bass player and composer. He was part of the contrabass section of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Jörg Widmann's Horn Concerto was composed in 2023–24 and premiered on 30 May 2024 with soloist Stefan Dohr and the Berlin Philharmonic under the direction of Simon Rattle at Berliner Philharmonie. The work has enigmatic as well as humorous elements.