Concert Programs

Clarinet, Conductor, Soloist

Jörg Widmann

German · 1973

Jörg Widmann, born in Munich in 1973, works as a composer, a clarinettist and a conductor. He studied the clarinet with Gerd Starke in Munich and with Charles Neidich at the Juilliard School, and began composition lessons at the age of eleven; his later teachers included Hans Werner Henze and Wolfgang Rihm. As a clarinettist he plays the Classical and Romantic repertoire as well as new music, and his chamber music partners have included Daniel Barenboim, Tabea Zimmermann and András Schiff. He was principal conductor of the Irish Chamber Orchestra from 2017 to 2021 and holds conducting posts with the Munich Chamber Orchestra and the NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hanover. He teaches composition at the Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlin.

With

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Conducts

Upcoming

Sources 4

  1. Jörg Widmann conducts Mendelssohn, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Cited in Jörg Widmann conducts Mendelssohn and his own Second Violin Concerto. Accessed 7 October 2026.
  2. Jörg Widmann, conductor, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Cited in Jörg Widmann conducts Mendelssohn and his own Second Violin Concerto. Accessed 7 October 2026.
  3. Jörg Widmann, Schott Music Cited in Jörg Widmann conducts Mendelssohn and his own Second Violin Concerto. Accessed 7 October 2026.
  4. Jörg Widmann, Wikipedia Cited in Jörg Widmann conducts Mendelssohn and his own Second Violin Concerto. Accessed 7 October 2026.