Early studies and career
Fredrik Fors began playing clarinet at the age of 10 in the music school of his native town. At 15 he made his debut as soloist in the Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 5, by Bernhard Crusell with the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra. Swedish Television made a much acclaimed documentary about Fors at the time of his debut. By 1990 he had played the Jean Françaix Clarinet Concerto with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Austrian Radio Orchestra. In 1993 he received the Juventus Prize awarded by the Council of Europe and Foundation Claude-Nicolas Ledoux. He pursued further studies on clarinet with Sölve Kingstedt at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm, receiving his Soloist's Diploma in 1996, and later had lessons or master classes with such well-known clarinetists as Karl Leister, Yehuda Gilad (musician), Yehuda Gilad, Antony Pay, Richard Stoltzman, and Kalmen Opperman. He became a member of the Oslo Philharmonic under Mariss Jansons in 1995 and is currently (2009) Co-Principal.Bergen Woodwind Quintet official web siteCareer as a soloist
Although Fors is particularly associated with the Jean Françaix, Françaix Clarinet Concerto, he has also performed the Aaron Copland, Copland, Mozart, Carl Nielsen, Nielsen, and Carl Maria von Weber, Weber concertos. He also gave the Scandinavian premiere and has had great success with the John Corigliano Clarinet Concerto (Corigliano), Clarinet Concerto.Career as a chamber musician
Fors has had an active career as a chamber musician. He is a member of the Oslo Philharmonic Wind Soloists and joined the Bergen Woodwind Quintet in the autumn of 2006. He has appeared in festivals such as the The Proms, BBC Proms, the St. Magnus Festival (Orkney), and the Juventus Festival (France), as well as numerous festivals in Scandinavia, including Musik vid Siljan (lake), Siljan and the Saxå Kammarmusik Festival in Sweden, and, in Norway, the Hardanger Musikkfest, Vinterfestspill på Røros, Glogerfestdagarne, the Ultima Festival (in Oslo), and the Risør Chamber Music Festival (Artistic Director: Leif Ove Andsnes). He also appeared in concerts at the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris in 1995 and 1999.Audio recording
''Les nouveaux musiciens'' • Fredrik Fors, clarinet • Sveinung Bjelland, piano *Includes: **Claude Debussy, Debussy: Première Rhapsodie (1910) **Debussy: Petite pièce (1910) **Bohuslav Martinů, Martinů: Clarinet Sonatina (Martinů), Sonatine pour clarinet et piano (1956) H. 356 **Alban Berg, Berg: Vier Stücke für Klarinette und Klavier, Op. 5 (1913) **Ferruccio Busoni, Busoni: Elégie pour clarinet et piano (1920) List of recorded compositions by Ferruccio Busoni#BV286, BV 286 **Busoni: Suite pour clarinet et piano, Op. 10 (1878) List of recorded compositions by Ferruccio Busoni#BV88, BV 88 **Francis Poulenc, Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata (Poulenc), Sonate pour clarinet et piano (1962) *Label: Harmonia Mundi HMN911853 (1 CD, 63 min) Released 8 February 2005.Amazon.coNotes
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