Richard Haynes (musician)
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Richard Elliot Haynes (born 18 April 1983) is an Australian
clarinet The clarinet is a Single-reed instrument, single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore (wind instruments), bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a Family (musical instruments), family of instrume ...
tist residing in Switzerland. He performs music spanning the 16th to 21st centuries worldwide, but predominantly music by living composers, in a multitude of contexts.


Education

Haynes was born in Brisbane, Australia. He received
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lessons from 1989, and from 1992
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and later
clarinet The clarinet is a Single-reed instrument, single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore (wind instruments), bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a Family (musical instruments), family of instrume ...
lessons, graduating from high school in 2000. From 2000 to 2003 he studied
clarinet The clarinet is a Single-reed instrument, single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore (wind instruments), bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a Family (musical instruments), family of instrume ...
and
bass clarinet The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common Soprano clarinet, soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays no ...
with Floyd Williams, Brian Catchlove and Diana Tolmie at
Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University (formerly the Queensland Conservatorium of Music) is a selective, audition based music school located in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and is part of Griffith University. History The Conservatori ...
in Brisbane where he also obtained a Bachelor of Music in 2006. From 2006 to 2008 he continued his studies with Ernesto Molinari and Donna Wagner-Molinari at the
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, where he studied classical and contemporary music, receiving a Soloist Diploma in clarinet with distinction. From 2008 to 2012, he held a clarinet research fellowship at the
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. This involved research into contemporary sounds and works for clarinet and electronics, in collaboration with the Australian
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.


Awards

During his studies Haynes received the following awards: * 2000:
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Young Instrumentalist of the Year * 2003: Australian Young Performer of the Year * 2004: APRA AMC Art Music Award 2004: Best Performance of Australian Music * 2005: City of Brisbane Cultural Scholarship 2004 * 2006: Cultural Scholarship of the Goethe-Institut Melbourne for Cultural Excellence * 2008: Music Award of the Eduard Tschumi Foundation * 2008: Australian Research Council Linkage Scholarship (APAI) * 2009: First prize of the Fondation Nicati Concours (National: Switzerland). * 2009: Australian Research Council (APAI)


Activity as a clarinetist

Haynes appeared in his solo debut with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra at the age of 17 with the Clarinet Concerto by John Veale, going on to perform further concertos by
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,
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, Peter Rankine, Michael Smetanin, Nigel Westlake and
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. Since completing his studies in Brisbane, he has performed regularly in Europe, the United States, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. He has performed as soloist, chamber and orchestral musician at many of the major Australian, American and European classical and contemporary music festivals, including the international arts festivals of
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, Brisbane,
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,
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and
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,
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,
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and
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, as well as the
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, the
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,
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Berlin, Festival Archipel
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,
Wien Modern Wien Modern is a modern music festival in Vienna, Austria that was founded by Claudio Abbado in 1988. It was created with the intent of revitalizing the traditional music scene of Vienna. Friedrich Cerha, Johannes Maria Staud, Mark Andre, Wolfg ...
,
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s and
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Festival New York City. As an orchestral musician, Haynes has been engaged by the SWR and
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Symphony Orchestras,
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, Theaterorchester
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and the
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. He has had the opportunity to perform as a soloist with the Christchurch, Queensland, Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, the
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(
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) and the
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. Since 2005 he has been a member of the Australian international contemporary music ensemble,
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. 2007 saw the foundation of chamber music ensemble, Præsenz and in 2012 and 2013 he began working with Manufaktur für Aktuelle Musik and Ensemble Proton Bern respectively. The reed quintet BlattWerk was founded in 2016 with which Haynes has performed throughout Switzerland. Haynes was a temporary member of 175 East (Auckland) and Stroma (Wellington) from 2007 to 2011. He also has performed with CIKADA (Oslo), Collegium Novum Zürich, Ensemble Garage (Cologne), Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt am Main), Ensemble Musikfabrik (Cologne), Ensemble oh-ton (Oldenburg), Ensemble Phoenix (Basel), Ensemble Resonanz (Hamburg), Ensemble risonanze erranti (Munich) and Klangforum Wien (Vienna). Haynes has enjoyed temporary or contract employment, providing solo recitals, lectures and coachings for providing clarinet and chamber music at the music universities of
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, Berkeley,
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, Christchurch, Griffith University, Queensland Conservatorium,
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, Cambridge,
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,
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,
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, Parkville,
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, Stanford,
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,
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,
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,
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the
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. He was engaged as soloist for
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's La Chute d'Icare for the "Campus Conducting" programme at the
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and performed this work with 28 different conductors. Haynes is a teacher of the master classes for contemporary music at the isa - International Summer Academy of the
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.


New Works for clarinet

New works for clarinet have been written for him and dedicated to him by
Samuel Andreyev Samuel Andreyev (born Samuel Curnoe Andreeff; 15 April 1981) is a Canadian-French composer, singer-songwriter, poet and educator. As of 2021, he had completed about 30 works, nearly all of which have been recorded commercially. His YouTube channe ...
, Trevor Bača, Richard Barrett,
Aaron Cassidy Aaron Cassidy (born ) is an American composer. Education Cassidy was born in Illinois. He received a Bachelor of Music degree, with distinction, from the Northwestern University Bienen School of Music in Evanston, Illinois, where his main instru ...
, Robert Dahm, Chris Dench, Walter Feldmann,
Füsun Köksal Füsun Köksal (born 1973) is a Turkish composer of contemporary classical music. Köksal was born and grew up in Bursa, Turkey and attended Bilkent University's Faculty of Music and Performing Arts in Ankara from 1989 to 1996, where she earned he ...
,
Liza Lim Liza Lim (born 30 August 1966) is an Australian composer. Lim writes concert music ( chamber and orchestral works) as well as music theatre and has collaborated with artists on installation and video projects. Her work reflects her interests in ...
, Timothy McCormack, Michael Norris,
Enno Poppe Enno Poppe (born 30 December 1969 in Hemer, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German composer and conductor of classical music, and an academic teacher. Career Enno Poppe studied composition and conducting at the Universität der Künste Berlin, Ho ...
, Nemanja Radivojević,
Rebecca Saunders Rebecca Saunders (born 19 December 1967) is a London-born composer who lives and works freelance in Berlin. In a 2017 ''Classic Voice'' poll of the greatest works of art music since 2000, Saunders' compositions received the third highest total ...
, Dominique Schafer and
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. He has performed in major instrumental, operatic or theatrical works such as CONSTRUCTION and Opening of the Mouth by Richard Barrett, Written on Skin by George Benjamin, EvE & ADINN by Sivan Cohen Elias, BEGEHREN by
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, Par-Ze-Fool by
Bernhard Lang Bernhard Lang (born 24 February 1957 Linz, Austria) is an Austrian composer, improviser and programmer of musical patches and applications. His work can be described as contemporary classical, with roots, however, in various genres such as 20th- ...
, Moon Spirit Feasting and The Navigator by Liza Lim, Delusion of the Fury by
Harry Partch Harry Partch (June 24, 1901 – September 3, 1974) was an American composer, music theorist, and creator of unique musical instruments. He composed using scales of unequal intervals in just intonation, and was one of the first 20th-century com ...
, Chroma and Stasis by Rebecca Saunders, El Publico by
Mauricio Sotelo Mauricio Sotelo (born 2 October 1961 in Madrid) is a Spanish composer and conductor. Sotelo began his musical studies as a self-taught player of the guitar, and later at the Real Conservatorio de Música de Madrid. In 1979 he moved to Vienna to s ...
and KLANG: Die 24 Stunden des Tages by
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World premieres of solo works (selection)

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Samuel Andreyev Samuel Andreyev (born Samuel Curnoe Andreeff; 15 April 1981) is a Canadian-French composer, singer-songwriter, poet and educator. As of 2021, he had completed about 30 works, nearly all of which have been recorded commercially. His YouTube channe ...
– A Line Alone (for clarinet d'amore) * Trevor Bača – MYRKR (for bass clarinet) * Richard Barrett – the book of caverns (for clarinet in E-flat) * Jesse Broekman – to cause bones to be (for contrabass clarinet) * Robert Dahm – I watched you as you disappeared (for bass clarinet) * Chris Dench – ghosts of motion (for clarinet d'amore) * Walter Feldmann – …süsses Unheil… (for clarinet d'amore) *
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– Carica d'amore (for clarinet d'amore) * Jonah Haven – huso huso (for clarinet d'amore) * Richard Haynes – bouteille, clarinette, violon, journal, verre (for 1 performer) * Füsun Köksal – voce immobile (for bass clarinet) * Alan Lawrence – Composition with Eames Chair (for clarinet in B-flat) *
Liza Lim Liza Lim (born 30 August 1966) is an Australian composer. Lim writes concert music ( chamber and orchestral works) as well as music theatre and has collaborated with artists on installation and video projects. Her work reflects her interests in ...
– Sonorous Body (for clarinet in B-flat) * Timothy McCormack – RAW MATTER (for bass clarinet) * Dugal McKinnon – Nowdrifts (for bass clarinet and fixed media) * Manuela Meier – iterate no trace (for bass clarinet) * Rachael Morgan – Matahourua (for bass clarinet) * Michael Norris – De corporis fabrica (for amplified clarinet in B-flat) * Timothy O'Dwyer – transbraxton II (for bass clarinet) *
Enno Poppe Enno Poppe (born 30 December 1969 in Hemer, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German composer and conductor of classical music, and an academic teacher. Career Enno Poppe studied composition and conducting at the Universität der Künste Berlin, Ho ...
– Holz solo (for bass clarinet) * Sean Quinn – incubation (for clarinet d'amore) * Nemanja Radivojevic – …prepozanćeš me po sjaju… (for bass clarinet) * Matthias Renau – Schattenlinie (for clarinet d'amore) * David Young – Breath Control (for amplified clarinet in B-flat)


World premieres of ensemble works (selection)

* Samuel Andreyev – Sonata da camera (for ensemble) * Richard Barrett – Hypnerotomachia (for two clarinets in A) * Pierre Boulez arr. Johannes Schöllhorn – 12 Notations (for ensemble) *
Aaron Cassidy Aaron Cassidy (born ) is an American composer. Education Cassidy was born in Illinois. He received a Bachelor of Music degree, with distinction, from the Northwestern University Bienen School of Music in Evanston, Illinois, where his main instru ...
– And the scream, Bacon's scream, is the operation through which the entire body escapes through the mouth (for ensemble) * David Chisholm – The Beginning and the End of the Snow (for mezzo soprano, clarinet/bass clarinet, viola, violoncello, piano/harpsichord/celeste, harp) * Ann Cleare – to another of that other (for trio) * Chris Dench – sum over histories (for bass & contrabass clarinets) * James Dillon – theatrum : figuræ (for ensemble) * Turgut Erçetin – Resonances (for ensemble) * Brian Ferneyhough – Finis Terrae (for voices & ensemble) * Bernhard Gander – Bunny Games (for ensemble) * Georg Friedrich Haas – Ich suchte, aber ich fand ihn nicht (for ensemble) * Sam Hayden – misguided (for quartet) * Christian Henking – Change (for ensemble) * Justin Hoke – thane (for bass & contrabass clarinets) * Evan Johnson – Apostrophe I (all communication is a form of complaint) (for two bass clarinets) * Mauricio Kagel – In der Matratzengruft (for voice & ensemble) * Dominik Karski – The Source Within (for ensemble) * Tobias Krebs – REFRACTIONS (for ensemble) * Catherine Lamb – Curva triangulus (for ensemble) * Bernhard Lang – Das Hirn (for soprano and ensemble) * Bernhard Lang – Par-ze-fool (opera) * David Lang – hammerspace (for ensemble) *
Liza Lim Liza Lim (born 30 August 1966) is an Australian composer. Lim writes concert music ( chamber and orchestral works) as well as music theatre and has collaborated with artists on installation and video projects. Her work reflects her interests in ...
– The Navigator (opera) * Timothy McCormack – KILN I (for trio) * Hector Parra – Un souffle en suspens (for ensemble) * Enno Poppe – Filz (for viola & ensemble) * Edward Rushton – What you can see (for clarinet & string quartet) *
Rebecca Saunders Rebecca Saunders (born 19 December 1967) is a London-born composer who lives and works freelance in Berlin. In a 2017 ''Classic Voice'' poll of the greatest works of art music since 2000, Saunders' compositions received the third highest total ...
– Aether (for two bass clarinets) * Dominique Schafer – Vers une présence réelle… (for ensemble) * Mauricio Sotelo – El Público (opera) * Gérard Zinsstag – Vier Affekte (for ensemble) * W. A. Mozart - The clarinet concerto with a basset horn in G (instead of a basset clarinet in A)


Instruments

Richard Haynes owns and plays the following clarinets:
A-flat clarinet The A-flat (A♭) clarinet is the highest-pitched instrument of the clarinet family still manufactured. It is just over half the length of the common B♭ clarinet and pitched a minor seventh higher, a perfect fourth higher than the E♭ clari ...
(Leblanc),
E-flat clarinet The E-flat (E) clarinet is a member of the clarinet family, smaller than the more common B clarinet and pitched a perfect fourth higher. It is typically considered the sopranino or piccolo member of the clarinet family and is a transposing inst ...
( Selmer), B/A clarinets (
Schwenk & Seggelke Seggelke Klarinetten (GmbH & Co. KG), is a German clarinet manufacturer based in Bamberg in the Bavarian Upper Franconia. The company manufactures clarinets of a variety of fingering systems. A specialty of the company is the reproduction o ...
),
clarinet d'amore The clarinet d'amore or clarinet d'amour is a musical instrument, a member of the clarinet family. Construction and tone In comparison with the B and A soprano clarinets, the clarinet d'amore has a similar shape and construction, but is gener ...
in G (
Seggelke clarinets Seggelke Klarinetten (GmbH & Co. KG), is a German clarinet manufacturer based in Bamberg in the Bavarian Upper Franconia. The company manufactures clarinets of a variety of Key (instrument), fingering systems. A specialty of the company is t ...
) and
basset horn The basset horn (sometimes hyphenated as basset-horn) is a member of the clarinet family of musical instruments. Construction and tone Like the clarinet, the instrument is a wind instrument with a single reed and a cylindrical bore (wind in ...
in F (Leblanc),
bass clarinet The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common Soprano clarinet, soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays no ...
in B (Selmer),
contralto clarinet The contra-alto clarinet is a large clarinet pitched a perfect fifth below the B♭ bass clarinet. It is a transposing instrument in E♭ sounding an octave and a major sixth below its written pitch, between the bass clarinet and the B♭ co ...
in E-flat (Leblanc) and
contrabass clarinet The contrabass clarinet (also pedal clarinet, after the pedals of pipe organs) and contra-alto clarinet are the two largest members of the clarinet family that are in common usage. Modern contrabass clarinets are transposing instruments pitche ...
in B (Leblanc). Haynes also uses the body of his clarinet d'amore with a typical basset horn foot with a wooden ell (instead of the ''
Liebesfuß A Liebesfuss or Liebesfuß (; ; ) is a pear- or bulb-shaped element that narrows to a small opening in double reed instruments such as the oboe d'amore, cor anglais and heckelphone, as well as on some single reed instruments. It serves as a dampe ...
'') and a slightly curved metal barrel (instead of the wooden barrel) with a matching mouthpiece as a basset horn in G (with a narrow bore). On this redesigned instrument, he plays the Clarinet Concerto by Mozart in G major instead of A major with the Camerata Ataremac, as Mozart had originally intended as a concerto for basset horn in G and orchestra, but of which only the first 179 bars exist (K 621 b).


Discography

There are approximately 40 CD recordings by Haynes, details of which are listed on his website.


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haynes, Richard 1983 births Living people Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University alumni Australian clarinetists Musicians from Brisbane Australian classical musicians 21st-century Australian male musicians 21st-century Australian musicians