Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer
clarinet
“Wouters handles this temperamental instrument with complete command, and
his finger work is nothing short of stunning.” Fanfare Magazine
Dutch clarinetist Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer (1977)
studied at the Juilliard School for Music in New York with clarinetist Charles
Neidich on a sponsorship by the Fulbright International Scholarship Program.
Lars has won several first prizes at international competitions such as the
"International Competition for Youth" (Lisbon 1994) and the “RTBF Jeunes
Solistes” (Brussels 1993). In 1999 he made his début in the Amsterdam
Concertgebouw and performed very successfully as a Rising Star in the so named
concert series in 2001-2002. Since then, Lars has played in major venues such as
Carnegie Hall New York, Wigmore Hall London, Musik Verein Vienna, Cité de la
Musique Paris and Philharmonie Berlin.
He has appeared as a soloist with orchestras such as the Rotterdam
Philharmonic, Chamber Orchestra of the Netherlands, New Ensemble Amsterdam and
Amsterdam Sinfonietta. He performed the world premiere of the Clarinet Concerto
"Yellow Darkness", written for him by Willem Jeths, in 2005 and the piece "Euro"
by Theo Abazis at Carnegie Hall in 2001.
Lars has been a member of
Spectrum Concerts Berlin since 2000. He has performed with string quartets and
ensembles such as Skampa Quartet, Quatuor Danel, Quatuor Ebène, and Altenberg
Trio Wien. Lars performs frequently in the major international festivals with
colleagues like Janine Jansen, Inon Barnatan, Amihai Grosz etc. He is also a
guest-player with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields in the UK.
In
2003, Lars was awarded an "Edison" for his début CD. Other CD’s followed, with
music by Dohnányi, Harbison and Hindemith. In 2009, Challenge Records released
his CD with Reger sonatas, which received outstanding reviews by the
international music press. A new CD with Brahms sonatas will be released in
March 2011.
Lars founded and is artistic director of the "Dutch Tone
Festival" in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. He teaches at the Fontys Music Academy Tilburg.
“His technique is not only of an utterly rare perfection, it also shows
finesse and flexibility on every level in a sensational way.” Berliner
Mogenpost
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