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Florent Héau
Florent Héau (born 1968) is a French classical clarinetist. In addition to his concert work and recordings, he gives courses, mainly at the . Biography Héau studied clarinet at the Conservatoire de Paris in Michel Arrignon's class. He obtained a First Prize (music diploma), First Prize before continuing his training in the advanced cycle. In 1991 he won the first Grand Prix of the International Music Competition of Toulon. His duo with the pianist Patrick Zygmanowski won the first prizes at the Paris International Chamber Music Competitions (1994). After an orchestral activity (clarinet solo of the Orchestre de chambre de Paris, the Orchestre Lamoureux and the Ensemble l'Itinéraire), Héau devotes himself to his concert activity with chamber musicians such as Marielle Nordmann, Gérard Caussé, Roland Pidoux, Régis Pasquier, Patrice Fontanarosa, and string quartets (Pražák Quartet, Manfred Quartet, Parisii Quartet, Ysaÿe Quartet (1984), Ysaÿe Quartet, Enesco Quartet), a ...
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Clarinet
The clarinet is a Single-reed instrument, single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore (wind instruments), bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a Family (musical instruments), family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches. The clarinet family is the largest woodwind family, ranging from the contrabass clarinet, BB♭ contrabass to the A-flat clarinet, A♭ piccolo. The B soprano clarinet is the most common type, and is the instrument usually indicated by the word "clarinet". German instrument maker Johann Christoph Denner is generally credited with inventing the clarinet sometime around 1700 by adding a register key to the chalumeau, an earlier single-reed instrument. Over time, additional keywork and airtight pads were added to improve the tone and playability. Today the clarinet is a standard fixture of the orchestra and concert band and is used in classical music, military bands, klezmer, jazz, and other styles. Etymol ...
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