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Sharon Kam, clarinetist

Sharon Kam, clarinetist

Sharon Kam is one of the world’s leading clarinet soloists and has been working with renowned orchestras in the United States, Europe and Japan for over 20 years. Mozart’s clarinet masterpieces have been an object of artistic focus for Ms. Kam since the beginning of her career. At the age of 16, she performed the Mozart Clarinet Concerto in her orchestral debut with the Israel Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta. As part of Mozart’s 250th birthday celebrations at the National Theatre in Prague, her interpretation of the Mozart concerto was televised live in 33 countries. As a passionate chamber musician, Sharon Kam regularly works with artists such as Christian Tetzlaff, Leif Ove Andsnes, Carolin Widmann and the Jerusalem Quartet. She is a frequent guest at festivals in Schleswig-Holstein, Cork, Verbier, and Delft. An active performer of contemporary music, she has premiered many works, including Krzysztof Penderecki’s Concerto and Quartet. Sharon Kam feels at home in a variety of musical genres – from classical to modern music and jazz – a fact reflected in her diverse discography. She received many prizes for her noticeable recordings of works by Weber, Rossini, Mendelssohn, Spohr and American classics, with leading orchestras such as the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig conducted by Kurt Masur, and the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by her husband Gregor Bühl. Her new trio album “Contrasts”, which she recorded together with her long-term partners violist Ori Kam and pianist Matan Porat, was immediately included after release on the best-of-list of the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. In spring 2020, ORFEO International released her recording of clarinet concertos by Weber and his contemporaries Crusell and Kurpiński, which she recorded together with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and Gregor Bühl.

 

Photo: Maike Helbig

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