Paul Meyer

clarinet

French born Paul Meyer gave his debut performance at age 13 with the Rhine Symphony Orchestra. He studied at the Paris Conservatory and the Basle Musikhochschule. In 1982 he won the French Young Musicians’ Competition, and in 1984 the USA Young Concert Artists Auditions. Today he performs internationally with leading orchestras under conductors including Myung-Whun Chung, Marek Janowski, Kent Nagano, Luciano Berio, Heinrich Schiff, David Zinman , Sylvain Cambreling and Esa-Pekka Sallonen. His wide repertoire includes major contemporary works by composers such as Boulez and Henze. He has premiered clarinet concertos by Gerd Kuhr and Penderecki, whose work is dedicated to Meyer, as is Berio's clarinet concerto Alternatim. In recent years he has developed his conducting career, appearing with the Radio France Philharmonic, Stuttgart Chamber, Munich Chamber, Scottish Chamber, Bilbao Symphony and Taipei Symphony orchestras. In 2007 he was appointed Associate Chief Conductor of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.