Sharon Kam

With an all-encompassing technique, deft interpretive sense, and broad repertory, Sharon Kam has generated herself among the foremost clarinetists of her generation. Like many wunderkind instrumentalists, she produced her main orchestral debut in her teenagers (at 16, with Zubin Mehta as well as the Israel Philharmonic), gained a significant competition in her early twenties and became a documenting star and worldwide superstar before she was 30. While she has lots of the criteria by Mozart, Weber, Krommer, Schumann, Brahms, Debussy, among others, she is ready to consider chances with modern functions like Penderecki’s concerto (which she produced the premiere documenting in 1999), and totally unidentified works just like the concerto by Mendelssohn modern Julius Rietz, which she rediscovered and documented to great acclaim. Located in Germany, Kam frequently shows up in concert with major celebrations in Europe as well as the Americas. Her recordings can be found on Teldec, Berlin Classics, Warner Classics, Sony, Arthaus Musik, Euroarts, and various other major brands. Sharon Kam was created in Israel in 1972. She originates from a musical family members: her mom is normally Rachel Kam, longtime violist using the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and her sibling is normally Ori Kam, concert violist. Music-making in addition has expanded into Kam’s relationship: her hubby is normally German conductor Gregor Bühl, with whom she’s concertized and documented. After playing violin and piano in her early youth, Kam used the clarinet and became a pupil of Eli Eban and Chaim Taub. She afterwards examined under Charles Neidich at Juilliard. After creating a concert profession in Israel in her teenagers, Kam was nominated to get a Davidoff Reward in 1991, and earned the 1992 ARD Music Competition in Munich. She started documenting for Teldec in the middle-’90s. Her recording comprising the Weber concertos and Grand Duo was granted an Echo Klassik Reward in 1998. She’d get a second one in 2006 on her behalf recording of functions by Spohr, Mendelssohn, Weber, and Rossini, on Berlin Classics. Among she made an appearance on other well-known recordings, produced her debut in the 2003 Salzburg Event and frequently appeared at additional major concert locations across Europe as well as the Americas. She’s collaborated in chamber repertory with a number of the leading performers of your day, aswell, including Christian Tetzlaff, Heinrich Schiff, and Lars Vogt. Among her later on recordings may be the 2009 Berlin Classics Compact disc of Brahms sonatas and trios, with pianist Martin Helmchen and cellist Gustav Rivinius.