Sebastian Manz (born 1986) is a German

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Life and work

Sebastian Manz was born in

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and son of pianist

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and Julia Goldstein and grandson of the Russian violinist Boris Goldstein, began studying clarinet at Musikhochschule Lübeck in 1997. He won first place in ''Jugend musiziert'' in 1994 and 1999–2003. He was the first clarinetist in 40 years to win first prize in the

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in 2008. In the same year, Manz and his partner on piano Martin Klett as "Duo Riul" won the first prize in of the German national competition Deutscher Musikwettbewerb. Sebastian Manz was the recipient in 2012 of yet another ECHO Klassik award, this time in the "Chamber Music Recording of the Year" category, for his recording of the Mozart and Beethoven quintets together with Ramón Ortega Quero, Marc Trénel, David Alonso and Herbert Schuch. Just one year earlier, he received the coveted award in the "Newcomer of the Year" category for his excellent recording of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto. He studied under

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and Rainer Wehle. In his debut at the Tonhalle Zürich on 4 May 2010 he played Mozart's '' Clarinet Concerto'' with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie conducted by their designated chief conductor Eugene Tzigane. Manz performed with

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, Germany, and Collegium Musicum Basel, Switzerland. Since 2010, he is soloist in the

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Discography

* In Rhythm. Works by Gerswhin, Reich, Piazzolla, Copland, Templeton, Villa-Lobos, Bernstein und Milhaud (Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Martin Klett, piano) Label:CAvi * Mozart – Glière – Korngold. Sebastian Manz with Mozart’s clarinet concerto in A major, K 622. Symphonic orchestra of Bayerischer Rundfunk, Cornelius Meister. Label: BR Klassik * Gottfried Hendrik Mann (1858–1904). Clarinet Concerto op. 90. Feest Prelude op. 95. Violin Concerto op.101. Suite no. 3 op. 98. (Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Akiko Amada, violin; Symphonieorchester Osnabrück, conductor: Hermann Bäumer) Label: cpo * Christian Wilhelm Westerhoff (1763–1806). Clarinet Concerto op. 5. Concerto for Clarinet, Bassoon & Orchestra. Symphony in E flat major. (Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Albrecht Holder, bassoon; Symphonieorchester Osnabrück, conductor: Hermann Bäumer) Label: cpo * Die Quintette von Mozart und Beethoven für Klavier und Bläser. Mozart: Quintett Es-Dur KV. 452 for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and fagott. Beethoven: Quintett Es-Dur op. 16 for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and fagott. Label: Indésens * DUO RIUL. Works by Brahms, Berg, Debussy, Lutoslawski, Yun (Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Martin Klett, piano) Label: GENUIN * Clarinet Concertos – Nielsen & Lindberg. Nielsen: Serenata in vano, CNW 69. Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57. Lindberg: Clarinet Concerto. (Sebastian Manz, clarinette; Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, conductors: Dominik Beykirch &

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) Label: Berlin Classics.

Awards

* First prize

, 2008 * Prize of Deutscher Musikwettbewerb, 2008: Duo clarinet/piano *

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award 2011 in the category "Newcomer of the Year" *

award 2012 in the category "Chamber Music Recording of the Year"

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