Thank you again, Bochumer Symphoniker, for having me in Bochum with Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto! This was a project for me to remember forever. I remember the finale of the @ard_competition in 2008 when I played the Clarinet Concerto op. 57 by Carl Nielsen. It was a huge challenge back then for me to have to play it by heart, as the rules required. Nerves, sleepless nights and superstitions about being able to learn something better by heart by having the score under one’s pillow at night all led on stage (with the @brsorchestra behind me) to one of my most intensive experiences ever. Compared to nowadays I have to say that this masterpiece isn’t getting easier the more you perform and experience it. This piece of music is challenging both technically and musically, to the extent that after each performance I have the feeling of being not just a better clarinetist, but a more mature human being; it makes me realise that qualitatively high-value art requires time, not just to mature within ourselves, but to be recognised as such at all. Finally I decided to record Nielsen after more than 15 years of studying it. Nevertheless, my approach to this work is changing permanently. It never gets boring. Dear Carl Nielsen, YOU’RE MY HERO! #sebastianmanz #sebastianmanzclarinet #clarinetist #clarinetplayer #clarinet #clarinette #klarinette #clarinetconcerto #clarinete_lovers #classicmusic #classicalmusicians #classicalmusiclover #berlinclassics #carlnielsen #magnuslindberg #deutscheradiophilharmonie #bochumersymphoniker #dominikbeykirch #newalbum2020 #albumrelease @bochumersymphoniker @berlinclassicsmusic @gp_music_rulez @buerofuerkuenstler (hier: Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIgkddrgd47/?igshid=1vq75zq3q5ui9
