Nicola Jürgensen

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Nicola Jürgensen
Born1975 (age 48–49)
Bangkok, Thailand
Education
Occupations
  • Classical clarinetist
  • Academic teacher
Organizations
SpouseVolker Jacobsen

Nicola Jürgensen (born 1975) is a German

Michaels Reise um die Erde
in Vienna and New York City, among others.

Life

Jürgensen was born in Bangkok and grew up in Hamburg.[2] She studied at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover with Hans Deinzer and from 1996 at the Lübeck Academy of Music with Sabine Meyer.[3][4] She was solo clarinetist with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne from 2001 to 2018.[5][6] In 2018, she was appointed professor of clarinet at Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen.[6]

Together with the pianist

violist and husband Volker Jacobsen she founded the Trio Mirabeau.[7][8] They made their debut in 2004 at the Dresden Music Festival
.

Jürgensen has played as a soloist with orchestras including the

Avery Fisher Hall in New York City.[10]

In 2013, Jürgensen played Carl Nielsen's

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Eckehard Stier.[11] In 2019, she served in the jury of Deutscher Musikwettbewerb.[12]

Recordings

Jürgensen recorded works by Berg, Brahms Debussy, Reger and Stravinsky for the Ars Musici label.[7] She took part in a recording of Songs and Cycles by Ned Rorem with soprano Laura Aikin and pianist Donald Sulzen, playing the clarinet part in the cycle Ariel composed in 1971 setting poems by Sylvia Plath.[13] A reviewer of Gramophone noted: "Nicola Jürgensen provides a spectacular clarinet obbligato to the slightly jazzy settings".[14] She recorded Dans la Nuit with pianist in Michael Kirschnereit in 2012, a collection of French melodies adapted for clarinet, by composers including Fauré, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns and Massenet.[15]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Nicola Jürgensen". Folkwang Universität der Künste (in German). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b Schalz-Laurenze, Ute (25 September 2003). "Leben für Töne". taz.de (in German). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Nicola Jürgensen". Schott Music (in German). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Nicola Jürgensen". theatreonline.com (in French). 13 December 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Nicola Jürgensen". Wurlitzer Clarinets. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Klarinette intensiv". www.landesmusikakademie.de – Landesmusikakademie Rheinland-Pfalz e. V. (in German). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  7. ^
    Münchener Kammerorchester
    . June 2005. p. 14. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Trio Mirabeau". Geigenbau Online (in German). 25 November 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Wiener Festwochen 2008: Vier zeitgenössische Opern". musicaustria.at (in German). 14 December 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  10. ^ Tommasini, Anthony (19 July 2013). "A Global Quest, Touching Down in New York: A Karlheinz Stockhausen Work Has Its North American Premiere". The New York Times. p. C1.
  11. New Zealand Herald
    . Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Northern journey dazzles and awes / German soloist Nicola Jurgensen took a dance on the dark side during Scandinavian Adventure" (PDF) (in German). Deutscher Musikrat. 2019. p. 8. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  13. ^ a b Quinn, John (December 2004). "Ned Rorem (b. 1923)". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  14. ^ O'Connor, Patrick (June 2005). "Rorem Songs". Gramophone. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Dans la Nuit". orfeo-international.de. December 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Unerhöhrte Farbigkeit der Musik". Sächsische.de (in German). Retrieved 23 March 2021.

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