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 Too many amazing players!
Author: Sylvain 
Date:   2008-03-03 21:08

Today, I discovered yet another great player. Michel Lethiec, french clarinet player, on a Naxos CD of Penderecki's music. He sounds fabulous. Where are all these players coming from, there seems to be an unlimited supply of superb masters of the instrument...

--
Sylvain Bouix <sbouix@gmail.com>

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 Re: Too many amazing players!
Author: 68fordfalcon 
Date:   2008-03-03 21:47

Sylvain,
I share your bewilderment. I haven't heard Michel Lethiec, but it's amazing to me how many truly fine players there are. It's also inspiring, because those fine players play that way as a result of true dedication to their craft.

Campbell MacDonald

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 Re: Too many amazing players!
Author: GBK 
Date:   2008-03-03 21:57

And they also come from Brazil -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7zToat28Co

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFiPH-R0Htk&feature=related


And the Republic of Slovenia:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrS-CanzAtU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FL8PGUfHQs


...GBK



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 Re: Too many amazing players!
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2008-03-03 22:14

Joze Kotar is also a phenominal player from Slovenia - he's principal in the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra. He isn't on Utube I don't think, but David Neithammer did a review on a Concerto CD of his in the summer issue of Clarinet Mag.

http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com


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 Re: Too many amazing players!
Author: Iceland clarinet 
Date:   2008-03-03 22:37

How about piano,violin and flute players aren't there even way more great player there ?

But btw it seems that Michel Lethiec is not only playing a Selmer Signature clarinet but also a crystal mouthpiece which for me means only one thing resistant setup. If I found the Leblanc OpusII too resistant for me and my setup then this would be TOO much.

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 Re: Too many amazing players!
Author: Sylvain 
Date:   2008-03-03 23:13

Mr. Lethiec is a teacher at the Paris National Conservatory, I feel I should have heard of him!

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Sylvain Bouix <sbouix@gmail.com>

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 Re: Too many amazing players!
Author: cigleris 
Date:   2008-03-03 23:47

Please stop this nonsense. There are great players all over the world that you'll probably never even come across in your lifetime. It's one thing to have respect for your fellow collegues but to worship them? It says alot about your own self-worth as a clarinetist.

Peter Cigleris

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 Re: Too many amazing players!
Author: Tobin 
Date:   2008-03-04 00:16

I performed for Michel WAAYYYY back in 1996. Fantastic performer and teacher. He is a wonderful, energetic, sharing personality.

Lethiec stated that he tried hundreds of crystal mouthpieces before settling on the one he plays, and I recall that he played effortlessly. At the time he was playing Buffet's, but who cares whether he likes a resistant set up or not?

It's what comes out the end that matters.

James

Gnothi Seauton

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 Re: Too many amazing players!
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2008-03-04 01:13

What's nice is today discovering players that we wouldn't really know about 15 years ago due to the internet. Unless a player had global cd distribution or was in a publication often they wouldn't really be heard of in a distant country.

With venues such as utube, itunes, etc being global is as close as your computer.

http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com


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 Re: Too many amazing players!
Author: J. J. 
Date:   2008-03-04 03:51

I fail to see how a long-distance analysis of his setup and how one thinks it would translate for them has anything to do with talking about this great player and the other amazing ones out there.

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 Re: Too many amazing players!
Author: Liquorice 
Date:   2008-03-04 06:35

That Carmen piece is unbelievable. This all goes to prove just one thing:
PLAYING THE CLARINET IS EASY!

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 Re: Too many amazing players!
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2008-03-04 10:36

You said it Liquorice, he did do a great job with it. The comments on his page with the "haters" read more like frustrated clarinetists than actual critics.

http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com


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 Re: Too many amazing players!
Author: 68fordfalcon 
Date:   2008-03-04 15:27

Cigleris wrote:
Please stop this nonsense. There are great players all over the world that you'll probably never even come across in your lifetime. It's one thing to have respect for your fellow collegues but to worship them? It says alot about your own self-worth as a clarinetist.

Your statement about never coming across many great players is undoubtedly true, but I think the comments here reflect enthusiasm more than the worship of any one player. Maybe it's ALL nonsense, but I have no way of knowing.

Campbell MacDonald

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 Re: Too many amazing players!
Author: Brenda Siewert 
Date:   2008-03-04 16:48

I have a strange slant on this deal. To me, it's great to have so many wonderful clarinet artists out there making music. I hope the fact that the instrument, when played by a gifted and skilled player, is a beautiful thing that can't be copied by a computer. People should be able to hear the passion of the player and the flexibility of the instrument and the more they hear this the more they will want to hear it. I fear a future with computer simulated instrumentals and no real people. Okay, I'm not a Sci-Fi fan, so I won't go on. I think we're secure as musicians.

It means more competition, but that's ok because it challenges us to stay up on our game. Kudos.

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 Re: Too many amazing players!
Author: John J. Moses 
Date:   2008-03-04 16:53

This guy's playing is pretty neat also:

Formerly with Zamfir's group, clarinetist Pavel Cebzan, originally from Banat, Romania, but in Chicago since 1989, plays a doina and dance tunes from Moldova and Banat. He is accompanied by Romanian and Serbian Gypsy musicians who live in Chicago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLZcZbRskqk&feature=related

JJM
Légère Artist
Clark W. Fobes Artist

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 Re: Too many amazing players!
Author: DavidBlumberg 
Date:   2008-03-04 17:42

Pavel was Zamfir's Clarinetist. (kids, the pan pipe player in the Energizer Bunny Battery commercials).

Monster player. When he played at the ClarFest in Chicago everyone in the audience was smiling and incrediably entertained probably moreso than any other performance at that fest.

btw - his day job is a janitor!!

http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com


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