Wenzel Fuchs

Wenzel Fuchs
Born	(1963-03-19) March 19, 1963 (age 61) Innsbruck, Austria
Genres	Classical
Occupation(s)	Berlin Philharmonic Wind Soloists member
Instrument	Clarinet

Musical artist

Wenzel Maria Fuchs^[1] (born 1963 in Innsbruck, Austria^[2]) is an Austrian clarinetist.

He studied clarinet at the Innsbruck Conservatory with Walter Kefer and at the Vienna Music Academy with Peter Schmidl.^[3]^[4] He has performed with the Vienna State Opera, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Volksoper, and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.^[3]

Fuchs became clarinet soloist of the Vienna Volksoper at the age of 19 and five years later solo clarinetist of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra,^[4] and was appointed solo clarinetist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1993.^[3]

Wenzel Fuchs holds a professorship at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, since October 2008^[2] and teaches in the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Orchestra Academy. He has been a guest professor at Sakuyou Music University in Okayama, Japan^[3] holds an honorary professorship at the Shanghai Conservatory, and gives master classes all over the world.^[2]

Fuchs is a member of the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Soloists ensemble,^[5] the Berlin Philharmonic Octet ensemble,^[6] the Philarmonische Freunde Wien-Berlin ensemble,^[7] Berliner Philarmonisches Bläserensemble,^[8] the Metropolis Ensemble, and the Super World Orchestra.^[3]

Wenzel Fuchs has been awarded a Prize of the Austrian Ministry for Science and Art and several prizes in the German national youth competition "Jugend musiziert".^[4]

Discography

Martinu, Nielsen, Koechlin: Serenade, with the Baborák Ensemble. Supraphon SU 3998-2, June 2009.
Reger: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 146 and String Quartet, Op. 109, with the Berlin Philarmonia Quartet. NAXOS, 8.554510, 2001.

References

^ "Wenzel Maria Fuchs". WURLITZER Clarinets. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Wenzel Fuchs biographic profile". Berliner Philarmoniker. Archived from the original on 2011-01-04. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Wenzel Fuchs". Forest Hills Chamber Music Festival. 2004. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Wenzel Fuchs biographic profile". Österreichisches Kulturforum. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
^ "Berlin Philharmonic Winds Soloists ensemble's profile". Berliner Philarmoniker. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
^ "Philharmonic Octet Berlin ensemble's profile". Berliner Philarmoniker. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
^ "Philharmonische Freunde Wien-Berlin ensemble's profile". Berliner Philarmoniker. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
^ "Berliner Philharmonisches Bläserensemble's profile". Berliner Philarmoniker. Retrieved 2010-01-03.