2022 Oregon Clarinet Symposium Guest Artists
J. Lawrie Bloom
Donald L. Oehler
Holly Hang
Carol Robe
Dunja Marcum
Platypus Clarinet Orchestra
UO Clarinet Studio and Clarinet Ensemble
Oregon Composers Forum
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2020 OCS Buffet Crampon and Vandoren featured Artist
South Korean clarinetist Sang Yoon Kim (1987) was appointed Principal Clarinet of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in 2018. Sang Yoon is the first prize winner of the 67th Prague Spring International Music Competition 2015. He appeared as a soloist with BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of their Music Director, Sakari Oramo at the Prague Spring International Music Festival. Moreover, he is a laureate of multiple International competition including International Clarinet Competition in Ghent, first prize at the UNISA International Flute and Clarinet Competition in 2014 and first prize from the famous Jacques Lancelot International Clarinet Competition in2012.
Kim served as guest principal clarinet with the numerous world class orchestras including the Cleveland Orchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra, with Vladimir Jurowski, Christoph Eschenbach, Franz-Welser Most, Jaap Van Zweden and many others.
Kim performs frequently as a soloist ; he has appeared with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Opera de Rouen Haute-Normandie, Auburn Symphony Orchestra, Kwazulu natal symphony Orchestra, multiple national orchestras in Korea such as Seong Nam, Mokpo and GwangJu.
Sang Yoon was featured as Young Artist-in-Residence at the American Public Media National Broadcast, including interviews with Fred Childs and performances taped in St.Paul, MN in 2014.
As a passionate teacher, Kim has given master classes in multiple universities in US and South Korea including University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire, Seoul National University, Korea National University of Arts, Han Yang University and many others.
Kim made his debut with the Colburn Orchestra at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in 2013. The orchestra was conducted by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra’s fellow conductor Dietrich Paredes and the press raved about the performance given by the young clarinetist: ” His strikingly mature artistry, his poised security of technique and expression were a marvel, From his instrument we redrawn silken lines of sound, suffused with a dewy poignancy, and, in the finale, manic squawks and yawps.”
Sang Yoon Kim is also a sought-after chamber musician, working with leading international artists, among them Swedish clarinetist Martin Frost, the celebrated French string quartet, Quatuor Ebene, and pianists Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Robert Levin. Kim also made his debut at the Ravinia Festival with the Calidore String Quartetin 2013.
The graduate of the Conservatoire national superieur de musique et de danse in Paris, where he was accepted as the first Korean clarinetist in the school’s history. He studied there in the years 2005-2010 with distinguished professors Michel Arrignon and Pascal Moragues. His tuition in Paris was preceded by three years with Florent Heau at the Conservatoire a Rayonnement Regional de Rueil-Malmaison. After Paris he went on to study in Los Angeles at the Colburn Conservatory of Music,gaininganartistdiplomaunderYehudaGiladin2014.
Sang Yoon Kim performs exclusively on Buffet Crampon clarinets, Vandoren mouthpieces and reeds, and Silverstein ligature.
2017-2018 marks Michael Anderson’s 30th season as Principal Clarinetist of the Eugene Symphony Orchestra. He performed world premiere of Tomas Svoboda’s Clarinet Concerto, commissioned by the Eugene Symphony in 2012; the Strauss Duett-Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon 2007 with Steve Vacchi, bassoon and Victor Yampolsky conducting; the Martin Concerto for Seven Winds 2004 with Giancarlo Guerrero; and the Mozart Clarinet Concerto in 1998 with Miguel Harth-Bedoya. His performance of the Svoboda Clarinet Concerto was broadcast nationally on Performance Today in 2013.
Michael has performed with the Eugene Symphony under all of its eight Music Directors, Lawrence Maves, William McGlaughlin, Adrian Gnam, Marin Alsop, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Giancarlo Guerrero, Danail Rachev, and Francesco Lecce-Chong, beginning as 5th clarinet in a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 in McArthur Court in 1979 under the direction of Lawrence Maves.
Anderson is currently Principal Clarinet of the Santa Fe (NM) Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra; he performed as Principal Clarinet of the Oregon Ballet Theater (Portland) for 18 seasons, and was Principal Clarinet of the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra under Helmuth Rilling for 20 seasons. He has also performed in recent years with the Portland Baroque Orchestra, Chamber Music Northwest, Smithsonian Chamber Players and the Oregon Symphony under Carlos Kalmar, conductor.
His CD credits include the Grammy-nominated Das Lied von der Erde (Dorian) recorded by Santa Fe Pro Musica and the Smithsonian Chamber Players, Oregon Bach Festival’s Grammy Award-winning recording of Penderecki’s Credo (Hänssler), Oregon Symphony’s Rite of Spring (Delos), Tomas Svoboda’s Chamber Works Vol. 1 with Clarinet (North Pacific), and the Smithsonian Chamber Players/Santa Fe Pro Musica recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 and Songs of a Wayfarer in versions for chamber ensemble by the Schoenberg circle of composers. He was a guest performer in 2002 and 2003 at the “Le Domaine Forget” festival in Quebec.
Anderson has also performed as concerto soloist with the Portland Columbia Symphony, Willamette Valley Symphony, Oregon Coast Music Festival, Oregon Mozart Players, Ernest Bloch Festival, and Santa Fe Pro Musica. He will perform the Concerto No. 3 by Crusell with the Salem Philharmonia Orchestra in April 2018. He has appeared as clarinet soloist on several occasions with Dick Hyman in Oregon Festival of American Music programs, in recitals at the Shedd Institute, and has collaborated with such notable composers as Tomas Svoboda, Kryzsztof Penderecki, Arvo Pärt, Steve Reich, George Tsontakis, John Cage, and Harold Owen. He has performed chamber music with David Shifrin, Jeffrey Kahane, Robert Levin, Richard Egarr, Jaap Schroeder, Allan Vogel, Ingo Goritzki, Myron Lutzke, and Maria Jette. Over the years he has also appeared with Eugene Symphony guest artists Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Renee Fleming, John Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, and Victor Borge.
Michael Anderson was born in Portland Oregon, and studied at the University of Oregon, Portland State University, and the University of Southern California. His clarinet studies were with David Shifrin, Catherine Palladino, John McManus, Wayne Bennett, and Robert Vagner. He has taught at the University of Oregon, Willamette University, Lane Community College, and currently teaches at Woodwinds @ Wallowa Lake each summer. Mr. Anderson is Director of Artistic Administration for the Oregon Bach Festival.
Korean pianist Eunhye Grace Choi has been praised for her “nice touch and excellent technique” (American Record Guide) and “meticulous attention to detail” (Fanfare). As an active pianist, Choi has performed extensively throughout the United States, France, Belgium, UK, and South Korea. She has recorded for Naxos and Emeritus labels and closely collaborated with renowned composers such as Libby Larsen and Bright Sheng. Her live and recorded performances are frequently broadcasted on the radio, including NPR’s Performance Today.
A versatile keyboardist, she appeared as harpsichord soloist in J. S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto cycle and collaborated with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg in Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at Eastern Music Festival. She is frequently invited as a resident pianist at prominent competitions and conventions, including International Clarinet Association’s ClarinetFest and Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition and Bassoon Symposium. Dr. Choi is highly sought after as a collaborative pianist of wind literature having served as a studio pianist for the legendary saxophonist Eugene Rousseau. Her recent collaboration with saxophonist Idit Shner has taken her to Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, University of Michigan, and Michigan State University.
Dr. Choi is the Director of Collaborative Piano Program and Piano Faculty at Eastern Music Festival and serves on the music faculty at the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance. As an orchestral pianist, she has closely worked with the renowned American conductor Gerard Schwarz at Eastern Music Festival since 2013. Prior to her appointment at UO, she was a music faculty at Tennessee Tech University (2013-17). She has also worked as a faculty/collaborative pianist at Chapel Hill International Chamber Music Workshop, the Interlochen Arts Camp and the Interlochen Bassoon Institute.
PAST ARTISTS
2019 OCS Buffet Crampon and Vandoren featured Artist
Clarinetist Jerry Chae, professor of Korea National University of Arts, has held positions as principal clarinetist of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra.
As a soloist, Mr. Chae has performed numerous concerts in the United States, Russia, Japan, China, Taiwan and Korea. He has made solo concerto appearances with many prominent orchestras including Seoul Philharmonic, Busan Philharmonic, Khabarovsk Orchestra, Orchestra Franco-Belga of Brussels and KBS Symphony Orchestra.
An active chamber musician, Mr. Chae has performed in chamber music festivals such as Marlboro Music Festival, KumHo Chamber Music Society, Seoul Spring Festival, and Great Mountain Festival in Korea.
Mr. Chae has performed as guest principal clarinetist with the Philadelphia orchestra and toured Europe and North America (17countries) playing with the UBS Verbier Festival orchestra.
Also Mr. Chae has played guest with many orchestras such as the Metropolitan Opera, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and Malaysian Philharmonic.
Mr. Chae won many international competitions including 1st prize from the 15th international clarinet competition “Ciudad de Dos Hermanas” in Spain as well as a special prize from the prestigious Concours de Genève in Switzerland. Recently, he was selected as a jury member of Concours de Genève and Jacques Lancelot International clarinet competition.
Mr. Chae studied with Ricardo Morales at The Juilliard School where he received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. Jerry Chae is a Buffet Crampon clarinet artist and Vandoren Reed artist.
Prof. Youngdae Yoo went to Sunhwa Arts High School and he studied at the Seoul National University where he received a bachelor of music degree and a master of music degree in clarinet performance. He received Master Degree in 1996 and Doctoral Degree in 2000 from the Louisiana State University in the U.S.A.
He was a winner of several competitions such as Yookyoung music competition, K.B.S broadcasting competition, the music association of Korea, Dong-A newspaper international competition, etc.
Formerly, He was a member of Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and He was on tour concert with the orchestra to introduce “Seoul Olympic Game” held in 1988.
Prof. Youngdae Yoo was invited from many countries such as Germany, Austria, Hungary, Rumania, Ukraina, ,Bulgaria, Moldova, Singapol, Japan, China as a soloist and conductor etc.
Now, He has been a professor of Chung-Nam National University in Korea since 2002, Korea Musica Association director, leader of Korea Woodwind Ensemble, conductor of Daejeon Clarinet Choir and Chung-Nam National University Wind Orchestra.
2018 OCS Buffet Crampon Distinguished Artist
Appointed Principal Clarinetist of the Dallas Symphony in 1999, Gregory Raden was previously Assistant Principal of the National Symphony Orchestra and Principal Clarinetist of the Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra and the Charleston Symphony. He has been heard as Guest Principal with the Orchestras of Minnesota, Saint Louis, San Francisco, Saint Paul and Bergen (NORWAY).
Raden has appeared as a soloist with the Dallas Symphony, National Symphony, Grand Teton Festival Orchestra, Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Charleston Symphony, and the New York String Orchestra in Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.
He performs regularly at the Grand Teton and Bravo Vail Music Festivals and has also participated in the Marlboro, Mainly Mozart, Newport, Bellingham, Mimir, Aspen, Pacific, and Evian Music Festivals. An active chamber musician, Raden has collaborated with members of the Juilliard, Guarneri, Cavani, and Arianna String Quartets and recently performed the Mozart Clarinet Quintet with Yo-Yo Ma at the Grand Teton Music Festival Gala.
San Diego Arts said of his performance of Weber’s Clarinet Quintet:
“I cannot think of enough good things to say about Raden. As he played, I was reminded of Mozart traveling out on all those trips of his when he would discover wonderful players and write home to his father about them…Raden is like that. A magician. He makes you wonder how it’s done-how any reed instrument can produce a sound of such beauty and lyricism.”
Raden’s playing has been hailed by the Dallas Morning News as:
“Exquisitely phrased, his playing was of amazing half-lights and subtle shadings of pastels…”
“The greatest of all clarinet solos (Rachmaninoff Second Symphony) was spun out with heartrending eloquence by DSO principal Gregory Raden”
The Fort Worth Star Telegram said of his performance of the Brahms Clarinet Quintet: “With flawless intonation and liquescent tone, Raden’s playing was enormously artful, adding subtle hints of color and dynamic shading to the music making.”
The Washington Post said: “Gregory Raden piped sweetly, raptly and with exquisite nuance”
He has been heard on National Public Radio’s “Performance Today” and on recordings with the Dallas Symphony on the Delos, Hyperion, and Bridge labels.
As a performing Artist/Clinician for Buffet Crampon Clarinets and Vandoren products, Raden has given recitals, master classes, and clinics throughout North America including at the Curtis Institute of Music, Eastman, Rice University, Baylor University, UT Austin, Texas Christian University, University of Maryland, The Glenn Gould Conservatory, New World Symphony, National Orchestral Institute, and Buffet Crampon Clarinets acclaimed Summer Academy in Jacksonville, FL. Raden was also one of five American clarinetists chosen to be part of the research and development team of Buffet’s new model Clarinet, the Tradition.
He has been on the faculty at George Washington University and the College of Charleston and is currently an adjunct Associate Professor of Clarinet at the Meadows School of Music at Southern Methodist University and on the clarinet faculty at the University of North Texas.
A native of White Plains, NY, Raden began his early studies at the Juilliard School Pre-College Division with David Weber and then continued with Donald Montanaro at the Curtis Institute of Music where he graduated in 1994.