Jörg Widmann

Jörg Widmann (born 19 June 1973) is a German composer, conductor and clarinetist. In 2023, Widmann was the third most performed living contemporary composer in the world. Formerly a clarinet and composition professor at the University of Music Freiburg, he is composition professor at the Barenboim–Said Akademie. His most important compositions are the concert overture Con brio, the opera Babylon, an oratorio Arche, Viola Concerto, Kantate and the trumpet concerto Towards Paradise. Widmann has written musical tributes to Classical and Romantic composers. He was awarded the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art in 2018 and the Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in 2023. He was Gewandhaus Composer of the Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig and Composer in Residence for the Berlin Philharmonic.

Enigma - 2023-10-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Metamorphosis - 2023-07-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart & Widmann: Clarinet Quintets - 2023-03-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Widmann, Strauss & Beethoven: Con brio - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Pierre Boulez: Anthèmes & Dialogue de l'ombre double - 2021-07-16T00:00:00.000000Z

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