Sebastian Manz Explained

Sebastian Manz
Current Member Of:SWR Symphonieorchester
Instrument:Clarinet

Sebastian Manz (born 1986) is a German clarinetist. He is solo clarinetist in the SWR Symphonieorchester, international soloist and chamber musician. He is also active as an arranger and composer.[1]

Life and work

Manz was born in Hanover,[2] the son of the pianists Wolfgang Manz and Julia Goldstein, daughter of the Soviet violinist Boris Goldstein. At the age of six, Manz was member of a boys' choir in Hanover. He received his first clarinet lessons at the age of seven with Wilfried Berk at the Hanover Music School. From 1994 to 2002, Manz won numerous prizes at Jugend musiziert.[3] In 1997, at the age of eleven, he was accepted as a junior student at the Musikhochschule Lübeck.[4] From 2003 to 2010 he was a regular student there. He studied under Sabine Meyer and Reiner Wehle.[5]

In 1999, Manz made his first tour as a soloist to Poland with the orchestra of the Hanover Music School.[6] He also performed at the EXPO 2000 as a soloist.[7]

In 2006, Manz was invited to the Schubertiade festival in Japan, where he performed both chamber music and as a soloist.[8]

In 2008, Manz won the first prize in clarinet at the ARD International Music Competition, which had not been awarded for 40 years. This was immediately followed by performances with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the SWR Symphonieorchester, the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern and the Collegium Musicum in Basel.[9]

Since 2010, he has been solo clarinetist in the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, since 2016 in the SWR Symphonieorchester.[10]

In his debut at the Tonhalle Zürich on 4 May 2010 he played Mozart's Clarinet Concerto with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie conducted by their designated chief conductor Eugene Tzigane.[11] From the 2012–13 to the 2014–15 season he was an artist in the "Junge Wilde" series at the Konzerthaus Dortmund.[12]

Manz participates on the "Rhapsody in School" project founded by Lars Vogt, in which classical musicians go to schools to introduce students to their music.[13] [14] [15]

In the 2017–2018 season, he debuted with the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo and the Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra.[16]

Manz was invited to the Schwetzingen Festival, Rheingau Musik Festival and Heidelberger Frühling. In the 2021–22 season, he was on an Asia tour with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center with concerts in Taiwan, Japan and China. His chamber music partners have been Felix Klieser, Tanja Tetzlaff and Wen Xiao Zheng,[17] performing Beethoven's Septet.[18] Manz played concerts with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Japan.[19] In the 2022–23 season, he was a guest at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York City.

He is also active in the jazz field, predominantly with his own arrangements, which he realises mainly with the jazz musician Sebastian Studnitzky.[20]

Personal life

Manz is married and has a daughter. They live in Ostfildern, Baden-Württemberg.[21]

Discography

Awards

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sebastian Manz – Herbstliche Farben . rondomagazin.de . de . 30 September 2023.
  2. Web site: Sebastian Manz . Staatstheater Hannover . de . 1 October 2023.
  3. Web site: Klarinettist Manz erhält Förderpreis des Rheingau Musik Festivals . . 6 May 2009 . de .
  4. Web site: SEBASTIAN MANZ, CLARINET . Mozart-Gesellschaft Dortmund. 5 August 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719062646/http://www.mozart-gesellschaft-dortmund.de/69.0.html?&L=1. 19 July 2011.
  5. Web site: Sebastian Manz . Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center . 30 September 2023.
  6. Web site: Liebling der Jurys . Donaukurier.de . 30 September 2022 . de .
  7. Web site: Kultur- und Veranstaltungsprogramm . der DEUTSCHE PAVILLON . de . 30 September 2023.
  8. Web site: FESTIVAL — PROGRAMM — ARD-PREISTRÄGER Wen Xiao Zheng, Sebastian Manz, Tecchler Trio, Benjamin Engeli, Esther Hoppe — Herrenhäuser Gärten, Hannover . Kunstfestspiele Herrenhausen . de . 30 September 2023.
  9. Web site: Sebastian Manz . Lucerne Festival . de . 30 September 2023.
  10. Web site: Sebastian Manz . swr.online . 15 December 2017 . de.
  11. Web site: Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (Symphony Orcherstra) - Short History . Bach Cantatas Website . 3 May 2010 .
  12. Web site: Weilberg . Anna . Das Ende der klassischen Musik . PAGE online . 26 March 2012 . de.
  13. Web site: Härtel . Klaus . Sebastian Manz hat das letzte Wort . Brawoo . 24 April 2013 . de.
  14. Web site: Künstler @ Rhapsody in School . Rhapsody in School . 12 September 2023 . de.
  15. Web site: Pressearchiv . Rhapsody in School . 16 March 2018 . de .
  16. Web site: Sebastian Manz . WURLITZER Clarinets . de . 30 September 2023.
  17. Web site: Sebastian Manz . Theater Lübeck . de . 30 September 2023.
  18. Web site: Septett mit Sebastian Manz . swr.online . 15 November 2022 . de.
  19. Web site: Sebastian Manz . Neumarkter Konzertfreunde e.V. . de . 30 September 2023.
  20. Web site: Jazz im Brunnenhof, Sebastian Manz – Klarinette, Sebastian Studnitzky – Klavier . moselmusikfestival . 17 August 2023 . de.
  21. Web site: Maier . Elisabeth . Das Musiker-Ehepaar Manz aus Ostfildern: Nicht nur die Klarinette verbindet sie . Esslinger Zeitung . 16 January 2023 . de.
  22. Manz . Sebastian . Trénel . Marc . Schuch . Herbert . Fernández Alonso . David . Ortega Quero . Ramón . Mozart . Wolfgang Amadeus . Beethoven . Ludwig van . Quintets for piano & winds . Indé Sens! . 2011 . 886551821 .
  23. Mozart . Wolfgang Amadeus . Manz . Sebastian . Meister . Cornelius . Der Bayerische Rundfunk Symphonieorchester . Klarinettenkonzert A-Dur, KV 622 Sebastian Manz, Emmanuel Ceysson, Hyeyoon Park erste Preisträger des Internationalen Musikwettbewerbs der ARD München = Clarinet concerto A major . BRmedia . 2010 . 918453231 . und.
  24. Brahms . Johannes . Lutosławski . Witold . Berg . Alban . Debussy . Claude . Yun . Isang . Duo Riul . Duo Riul works for clarinet and piano ; Deutscher Musikwettbewerb Award Winners/Preisträger 2008 . Deutscher Musikrat GENUIN . 2011 . 934564888 . und .
  25. Mann . Gottfried . Manz . Sebastian . Yamada . Akiko . Bäumer . Hermann . Osnabrücker Symphonieorchester . Feest preludium : op. 95 ; Clarinet concerto op. 90 ; Violin concerto op. 101 ; Troisième suite op. 98 . CPO . 2012 . 906158661 .
  26. Westerhoff . Christian Wilhelm . Manz . Sebastian . Holder . Albrecht . Bäumer . Hermann . Osnabrücker Symphonieorchester . Clarinet concerto, op. 5 ; Symphony in E flat major ; Concerto for clarinet, bassoon & orchestra . CPO . 2012 . 906158660 .
  27. Manz . Sebastian . Cohn . James . Klett . Martin . Gershwin . George . Templeton . Alec . Copland . Aaron . Reich . Steve . Bernstein . Leonard . Villa-Lobos . Heitor . Piazzolla . Astor . Milhaud . Darius . Riul-Duoen . In rhythm . Deutschlandradio : Avi-Service for Music . 2013 . 900432381 . und.
  28. Manz . Sebastian . Fuchs . Robert . Brahms . Johannes . Danish String Quartet . Clarinet quintets . CAvi-music . 2014 . 1033410876 .
  29. Arnold . Malcolm . Françaix . Jean . Hindemith . Paul . Nielsen . Carl . Variation5 (Musical group) . Variation5 . Berlin Classics. 2017 . 1031101913 .
  30. Weber . Carl Maria von . Manz . Sebastian . Klett . Martin . Méndez . Antonio . SWR Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart . Complete works for clarinet . Berlin Classics . 2016 . 1004239405 .
  31. Manz . Sebastian . Studnitzky . Sebastian . Stravinsky . Igor . Bernstein . Leonard . Reich . Steve . A Bernstein story . Berlin Classics . 2019 . 1127292159 .
  32. Copland . Aaron . Scaglione . Case . Württembergisches Kammerorchester . Father Copland . Berlin Classics . 2020 . 1179002879 .
  33. Nielsen . Carl . Lindberg . Magnus . Beykirch . Dominik . Manz . Dominik . Manz . Sebastian . Schaper . Lars Olaf . Trénel . Marc . Alonso . David . Tyske Radios Filharmoniske Orkester (Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern) . Clarinet concertos . Berlin Classics : Edel Germany : Südwestfunk : Saarländischer Rundfunk : [sælges på internettet] . 2020 . 1288429090 . und .
  34. Schuch . Herbert . Manz . Sebastian . Brahms . Johannes . Gade . Niels W. . Schumann . Robert . Brahms, Schumann, Gade . Berlin Classics. 2022 . 1338163311 .
  35. Web site: Flieth . Alexandra . Ein ausgezeichnetes Duo . fnp.de . 15 November 2018 . de .
  36. Web site: KLARINETTE Sebastian Manz . Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock . de . 18 January 2021.
  37. Web site: Preisträger: Klarinette . . 28 November 2019 . de .
  38. Web site: 24.6. — 2.9.23 — LOTTO-Förderpreis . Rheingau Musik Festival . de . 30 September 2023.
  39. Web site: Armbruster . Frank . Echo-Klassik-Preisträger Sebastian Manz: Elektroswing und Buttermilch . stuttgarter-zeitung.de . 2 November 2017 . de.
  40. Web site: 885470009568 Carl Maria Von Weber: Complete Works for Clarinet . www.berlin-classics-music.com . 15 September 2024 . de . 15 September 2024.
  41. Web site: The Soldier's Tale . Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center . 30 September 2023.
  42. Web site: Clarinetist Sebastian Manz Honored as Lincoln Center Emerging Artist . Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center . 26 February 2020 .

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