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Re: Yona Ettlinger on YouTube

Author: Paul Globus
Date: 2019-10-17 18:39

I've heard many funny stories about Celibidiache. Not surprised to learn that he admired Yona, Lot's of musicians of that epoch did.

The word that Yona often used with me to describe a good clarinet sound was 'lifted." A lifted sound, meaning I suppose a sound that projected. He certainly had that kind of sound himself and my guess is that he achieved it by good breathing and blowing techniques. Indeed, he often would admonish me and his other students to play with "more air" but there was probably much more to it than just volume.

Yona Ettlinger was a shooting star and we are fortunate that, through recordings, he still shines a light on those of us who love high-level music making on the clarinet.

Paul Globus

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