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Emma Johnson
UK clarinettist
Since 1966
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Emma Johnson (born 20 May 1966) is a British clarinettist, who was appointed MBE for services to music in 1996.
In 1984, she won the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, playing one of Crusell's clarinet concertos in the televised final, and won the Bronze Award representing Britain in the subsequent European Young Musician Competition. She also won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1991 which led to her New York City recital debut at Carnegie Hall. She has become one of the UK's biggest selling classical artists, with over half a million discs sold worldwide.
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Emma Johnson, née le 20 mai 1966, est une clarinettiste britannique.
En 1984, elle remporte le concours BBC Young Musician of the Year, jouant l'un des concertos pour clarinette de Bernhard Henrik Crusell lors de la finale télévisée, et remporte le Bronze Award en représentant la Grande-Bretagne au concours European Young Musician Competition qui a suivi. Elle remporte également les Young Concert Artists International Auditions en 1991, ce qui lui permet de faire ses débuts en récital à New York, au Carnegie Hall. Elle devient l'une des artistes classiques britanniques les plus vendues, avec plus d'un demi-million de disques vendus dans le monde.
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Discography
Albums
- 1985 Clarinet Concerto / Flute and Harp Concerto
- 1986 Crusell: Concerto no. 2 (Grand), op. 5 / Weber: Concertino, op. 26 / Baermann: Adagio / Rossini: Introduction, Theme and Variations
- 1987 Clarinet Concerto no. 1
- 1988 La clarinette Française
- 1991 The Three Clarinet Concertos
- 1992 Encores
- 1992 Finzi: Clarinet Concerto / 5 Bagatelles / Stanford: Clarinet Concerto / 3 Intermezzi
- 1997 The Two Clarinet Concertos / Concertino / Grand Duo Concertant
- 2002 Three Vocalises / The Lark Ascending / English Folk Song Suite
- 2004 Voyage
- Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A / Clarinet Quintet in A / Weber: Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in E-flat / Baermann: Adagio for Clarinet and Strings in D-flat "Wagner’s Adagio"
