Robert Oberaigner, clarinet

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Robert Oberaigner, the principal clarinettist of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden has established a reputation as one of the most distinguished performers of his generation. The fields of contemporary music and historically informed performance can be seen as his main focus. Oberaigner is regularly invited to renown international concert houses and festivals such as the BBC Proms, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Cologne Philharmonie, the Lucerne Festival, the Musikverein Vienna, the Mozarteum Salzburg, the Salzburg Easter Festival, the Richard Strauss Festival among others. In various chamber music formations he conspires with outstanding musicians such as Myun Whun Chung, Leonidas Kavakos, Nils Mönkemeyer, Christian Gerhaher or Sol Gabetta. As a soloist he appeared with the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne and the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden among others. Robert Oberaigners discography includes recordings for the German label Dabringhaus & Grimm with pianist Michael Schöch. Together they released the complete works for clarinet and piano by Max Reger as well as the Sonatas by Johannes Brahms. Furthermore, he recorded works for clarinet by Polish and Jewish composer Myczieslav Weinberg in collaboration with conductor Michail Jurowsky for Naxos. Born in Hall in Tirol, Austria, Robert Oberaigner studied at the Tyrolean State Conservatory with Max Bauer and later at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Horst Hajek and Johann Hindler, as well as historically informed performance with Eric Hoprich in The Hague. He completed his studies at the University of Music Lübeck with Sabine Meyer. Before becoming a memeber of Staatskapelle Dresden he has held he held the solo clarinet position of the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne from 2002 until 2013 and was a guest Performer of the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic.