Raphaël Sévère

Raphaël Sévère (born 15 September 1994) is a French clarinettist.^[1]

Biography

Revealed to the public at the age of 12 on the radio^[2] (France Musique) and nominated "Revelation Instrumental Soloist" at the Victoires de la Musique at the age of 15,^[3] Raphaël Sévère received in November 2013 an international recognition winning the prestigious competition of Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York, where he earned the 1st Prize and eight special prizes.^[4]

Aged 8, he took up the clarinet at the Conservatoire of Nantes. At 14, he was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Paris where he obtained in June 2013 the master of arts degree.

Raphaël Sévère has been invited to play as a soloist with many French orchestras (of Brittany, Picardy, Tours Central Region, Ile de France, Cannes PACA, Nice, Mulhouse, Strasbourg, Garde Républicaine), and internationally with the Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Junge Sinfonie Berlin,^[5] Budapest Chamber Orchestra, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Wind Kamerata.

His first CD "Recital of French music" recorded live at the age of 12 has been rewarded by Diapason (4 stars), Classic Info Disque (Revelation), Classica Repertoire (Discovery). His second CD "Opus 2" has been rewarded 5 stars. He premiered Karol Beffa's Cortège des ombres.

Discography

Récital de musique française, HORT 536. Works by Poulenc, Saint-Saëns, Claude Debussy, Ernest Chausson, Gabriel Pierné. Concert held on the 23rd of June 2007 in Cholet with Tünde Hajdu, pianist.
Opus 2, THYS 004. Works by Bohuslav Martinu, Emil Cossetto, Sergei Taneïev, Witold Lutoslawski, Zoltán Kodály, Malcolm Arnold, Arthur Honegger, Ferruccio Busoni, Jean Françaix. Recorded in 2010 with Tünde Hajdu, pianist.

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