israelclarinete (July 23, 2008 at 3:49 pm)

beautiful music, i love this concert and this performance, music matters, physical movement don´t

knighterrantfilms (July 15, 2008 at 7:40 pm)

Great

Cumul0Nimbus (July 8, 2008 at 7:28 pm)

I hate it when people ridicule musicians for their moving about. I'm not sure if these people are musicians themsevles, but something they should know is that if the playing provokes movement, then for the sake of the music you give in to it. If you are thinking about what you look like more than your playing, then you aren't really playing.

pegasus1747 (July 7, 2008 at 7:59 pm)

interesting piece, despite 15 years of study, degrees, and artists' diplomas i had never heard it, beautiful tone, legato technique , and phrasing;altogether an excellent clarinetist; his staccato is perfect for he mood of this work.

allegroconfuco (July 5, 2008 at 2:05 am)

Thank you.

allegroconfuco (July 5, 2008 at 2:03 am)

For his age, I would like to say he preformed, wonderfully. He might lack what you concider talent, but you lack tact, and you're comments are uncalled for.

allegroconspirito4 (June 26, 2008 at 5:01 am)

Your playing is fine. I admire your sound quality and passion by the movements you make and also going into the depths of the clarinet repertoire at your age.

sonataopus73 (June 19, 2008 at 4:30 am)

3. Anyone who does not understand this is clearly inexperienced, not an artist, and is not qualified to judge or perform these kinds or levels of music. People who criticize and nitpick the irrelevant are known as COWS... always MOOing though they have nothing of substance to say.

sonataopus73 (June 19, 2008 at 4:29 am)

Add to that list David Shifrin, Jon Manasse, Richard Stoltzman, Elsa Ludewig-Verdehr... I studied with all four of them, and they all move in this way when they play. People, it's customary when you're sitting in a band that you conform to sitting mostly still, but soloists and chamber musicians are more free to do what works for them in feeling the music, expressing, cuing and projecting.

sonataopus73 (June 19, 2008 at 4:28 am)

1. As a professional clarinetist myself, I have to say that all the stupid, negative comments about this outstanding young soloist's physical movement, etc. are so obviously from envious amateurs and other hacks who likely couldn't play their way out of a paper bag. If not, I challenge them each to post their own clips showing them doing better than this performer. Go look up Sabine Meyer on YouTube; she's probably the finest clarinet soloist in the world, and she moves more than anyone.