Martin Fröst

Clarinetist and conductor Martin Fröst is known for pushing musical boundaries. One of a small handful of truly international wind players, Fröst per­forms with major orchestras worldwide including the Royal Concertgebouw, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Vienna Symphony Orchestras, Orchestre National de France, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, Philharmonia Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.    Fröst’s passion for expanding the clarinet repertoire has seen him personally champion works such as Anders Hillborg’s Peacock Tales (incorporating ele­ments of mime and dance), Kalevi Aho’s Concerto, Rolf Martinsson’s Concerto Fantastique Bent Sørensen’s Clarinet Concerto, which he premièred with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra at Amsterdam’s Con­certgebouw in 2013. An avid recitalist and chamber musician, Fröst performs in some of the world’s most prestigious venues together with colleagues such as Janine Jansen, Anthony Marwood, Maxim Rysanov, MarcAndré Hamelin and Roland Pöntinen.    Also active as a conductor, Martin Fröst has appeared with the Oslo and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestras as well as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.