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clarinetist

American  
[klar-uh-net-ist] / ˌklær əˈnɛt ɪst /

noun

  1. a musician who plays the clarinet, especially one who plays skillfully or professionally.


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Another auspicious Ojai debutant was the clarinetist Anthony McGill, principal at the New York Philharmonic.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

His longstanding collaboration with clarinetist John Carter set the template for post-bop in L.A., charged with possibility but lyrical and yearning.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2025

This week, host Isaac Butler talks to Anthony McGill, principal clarinetist for the New York Philharmonic.

From Slate Apr. 14, 2024

Still, neither Nézet-Séguin nor the Philadelphia Orchestra are quite fluent in jazz, even given the principal clarinetist Ricardo Morales’s luxuriously, rapturously gooey upward glissando in the famous wail that opens “Rhapsody.”

From New York Times Jan. 24, 2024

His father was a clarinetist and his mother whose maiden name was Weiss, indicating her German ancestry was an excellent pianist.

From Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression by Cooke, James Francis

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