Clarinetist

Diana Tishchenko began playing the violin at the age of six and, barely of age, became the youngest concertmaster in the history of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. But what are the duties of a concertmaster, what is her favorite music, and how does it feel to travel the world playing an almost 300-year-old violin? What the human voice can do, the clarinet can do even more. David Orlowsky discovered this when he first picked up the clarinet. "I try to use the clarinet like my voice." He founded his own trio at the age of 16. He has since won many awards and traveled the globe, exploring the boundaries between musical genres - whether classical, klezmer, or his own compositions. The Indian singer Kamalini Mukherji , who lives in New York , has been a guest in Duisburg many times. She always sees her music as a call to fight for women's rights in India and for human rights around the world. After the exclusive mini-concert in the schools, the students can talk to the three exceptional musicians and learn more about the exciting and diverse life of a musician.

solo4teens

Stadt Duisburg

David Orlowsky is an ace on the clarinet: with him, the clarinet laughs, cries, sings, and laments as if it had a voice of its own. The expressive spectrum he coaxes from his versatile instrument is certainly tremendous. The clarinetist, who makes his debut with the Duisburg Philharmonic with this concerto, is equally at home in classical music and in klezmer music, which he first encountered through his mentor and teacher Giora Feidman. And this specifically Jewish musical tradition plays a central role in Osvaldo Golijov's suspenseful suite "The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind," in which the composer tells a kind of history of Judaism—from its beginnings with Abraham to the present day. Olivier Messiaen's "Hymn" also has a religious reference, in this case to the "Holy Sacrament" of the Eucharist. Although the score was lost in the Second World War, the composer later reconstructed it from memory. In the second half of the concert, Robert Treviño , who courageously stepped in for Eun Sun Kim , who was ill at the Philharmonic's 9th Symphony in December 2022, conducts Jean Sibelius's Symphony No. 2, which evokes its creator's closeness to nature and the vastness of the Finnish landscapes. Also ingenious is the way the composer constructs an entire symphony from a small three-note motif at the beginning – right up to the grandiose finale.

Dreams and prayers

CityPalais

Klezmer Celebration

Lübeck Academy of Music

David Orlowsky is back! At the Pasewalk Lokschuppen, the clarinetist and his trio will entice the audience to dream, inviting them to let their thoughts soar on the wings of music. "Lisboa," "Magnolia," "Sunscreen," and "Marrakesh" are the names of the pieces on the new program: a cinematic experience that revives the scents and sounds of days gone by, making the evenings unforgettable.

Fabulous clarinet

Lokschuppen Pasewalk

David Orlowsky is back! At an atmospheric picnic in Schwiessel Castle Park, the clarinetist and his trio will entice the audience to dream, inviting them to let their thoughts fly on the wings of music. "Lisboa," "Magnolia," "Sunscreen," and "Marrakesh" are the names of the pieces on the new program: a cinematic experience that revives the scents and sounds of days gone by, making the evenings unforgettable.

Schloss Schwiessel

David Orlowsky & Friends

Dräger, Haus L14

Kirche Schönberg - Ev.-Luth. Kirchengemeinde Schönberg

»When played by David Orlowsky, the clarinet seems transformed into a human being«, the »Hamburger Abendblatt« praised the songful quality of his expressive playing. Now, the virtuoso artist makes a guest appearance at Dresden’s Stromwerk with his new album »Petrichor«, which owes its name to a very special scent: the smell of rain falling on parched ground. Together with Daniel Stelter on guitar and Tommy Baldu on drums, the synesthete Orlowsky invites the audience to a fascinating journey through the world of fragrances, translating them into colorful music. »It is certainly not a coincidence that we speak of fragrance notes, sound colors and color tones. Colors, sounds and scents go far beyond what can be described verbally«, says the clarinetist. The audience may look forward to a sensual evening, inspiring us to perceive the world more consciously, noticing the richness of our lives.

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David Orlowsky & Band

STROMWERK | Kulturarena Kraftwerk Mitte

The idea is said to have come to him when he was in a Paris taxi and remembered how he had heard the stentorian voices of the croupiers in the casino during a holiday in a German spa town. According to his own words, Stravinsky had been thinking for many years about composing a ballet on the subject of the card game, which he himself had a great fondness for. During his second stay in America in 1935, during which he appeared both as a conductor and as an interpreter of his own works, a commission for ballet music came at a very convenient time. »Jeu de cartes« was created as a stage play about the card game (dancers costumed as playing cards), but also as a compositional game: we encounter a wealth of quotations - Rossini's »Barber« overture, Strauss's »Fledermaus«, »La Valse« by Ravel, Beethoven, jazz, dance rhythms and quotations from Stravinsky's own works.

Mozart's Clarinet Concerto with David Orlowsky and Schubert's "Tragic"

Laeiszhalle Hamburg

The stage-talented star clarinetist David Orlowsky visits Norrlandsoperan with his self-written, hypnotic solo piece Shadow Dancer. A dramatic evening is promised, loaded with emotion and courageous equilibration. As the icing on the cake, the program ends with Beethoven's never-fading masterpiece, the Fifth Symphony, also known as the Symphony of Fate.

Strauss and Beethoven

Norrlandsoperan

The stage-talented star clarinetist David Orlowsky visits Sara Kulturhus with his self-written, hypnotic solo piece Shadow Dancer. A dramatic evening is promised, loaded with emotion and courageous equilibration. As the icing on the cake, the program ends with Beethoven's never-failing masterpiece, the Fifth Symphony, also known as the Symphony of Fate.

Clarinetist

David Orlowsky

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 12, 2026

Strauss and Beethoven · Norrlandsoperan

Mar 13, 2026

Strauss and Beethoven on tour · Norrlandsoperan

Past events

Feb 12, 2026

solo4teens · Duisburger Philharmoniker

11 - 12 Feb, 2026

Dreams and prayers · Duisburger Philharmoniker

Future and recently performed repertoire

Clarinet in Shadow Dancer by Orlowsky

Norrlandsoperan

Clarinetist in Shadow Dancer by Orlowsky

Norrlandsoperan

Clarinet in Serenade in E major by Strauss

Norrlandsoperan

Clarinetist in Serenade in E major by Strauss

Norrlandsoperan

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