Richard Leslie Stoltzman was born on July 12,1942 and is an American clarinetist.
22 Facts About Richard Stoltzman
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Today, Stoltzman is part of the faculty list at the New England Conservatory and Boston University.
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Richard Stoltzman is perhaps the best-known clarinetist who primarily plays classical music.
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Richard Stoltzman has played with over 100 orchestras, as well as with many chamber groups and in many solo recitals.
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Richard Stoltzman has received numerous awards and has produced an extensive discography.
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Richard Stoltzman's father played the big band music of the 1940s at home on the radio and performed in a dance band during his spare time.
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Richard Stoltzman began studying the clarinet at the age of eight with a teacher at a local school, and he began playing with his father in the Stewart Memorial United Presbyterian Sunday School Orchestra and at community functions within a few years.
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When Richard Stoltzman was in junior high school, he began developing the jazz techniques of improvisation and enjoyed jamming with his father at home.
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Richard Stoltzman earned a bachelor's degree from Ohio State University with a double major in music and mathematics.
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Richard Stoltzman then studied with Professor Keith Wilson at the Yale School of Music, where he received the Master of Music degree.
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Richard Stoltzman worked toward a doctoral degree at Columbia University.
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Richard Stoltzman has been a longtime student of master clarinet pedagogue Kalmen Opperman of New York.
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Richard Stoltzman has recorded with the Kalmen Opperman Clarinet Choir.
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Richard Stoltzman has appeared as a soloist with numerous major symphonies, at international jazz festivals, and with stars such as Mel Torme, George Shearing, Judy Collins, Woody Herman, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Claude Bolling and others.
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Richard Stoltzman was a founding member of the chamber music group TASHI in 1973.
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Richard Stoltzman has given important recitals at Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl.
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Richard Stoltzman's discography includes nearly 40 releases, several of them with TASHI.
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Richard Stoltzman is noted for his double lip embouchure, wide vibrato, and ability to mimic the sound of a human voice on the clarinet.
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Richard Stoltzman combines traditional and contemporary classical and jazz material with his own unorthodox style.
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The program featuring Richard Stoltzman has been praised by critics and audiences alike and was the recipient of an Emmy Award in the International Performing Arts category.
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Richard Stoltzman has made an effort to play new music for the clarinet, and has had several works composed for him.
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Richard Stoltzman is known for his longtime collaboration with composer William Thomas McKinley, and his work has been featured frequently in recent years on Navona Records and MMC Recording.