Kevin Spagnolo
Biographie Kevin Spagnolo
Kevin Spagnolo
Building on an exceptional mastery of the clarinet, Kevin Spagnolo (born in 1996) is known for his astonishing spontaneity and his search for freedom, pushing his playing to the very limits of the possibilities of his instrument, with which he more seems to make than one. This insatiably curious and mischievous musician seeks to share all his emotions with the public and is constantly in pursuit of new repertory, as is shown by his recent affection for chamber music and klezmer music.
In 2018, at the age of just twenty-two, Kevin won First Prize at the Geneva International Music Competition, one of the world’s most important and prestigious contests. He was the youngest clarinettist in the history of the competition ever to win this key award. Since then he has been regularly invited to perform recitals, chamber music and concertos at leading festivals and on tour. His recitals and tours with such pianists as Carlos Sanchís, Chloe Jiyeong Mun, Théo Fouchenneret and Lorenzo Soulès or with the Quatuor Voce have taken him to the Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier, Festival des Haudères, Festival de Jeunes Talents in Paris and Concerts d’Été à Saint Germain in Geneva, among other venues.
Kevin has appeared as a soloist with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Aguascalientes and Román Revueltas, the Brussels Philharmonic and Antonio Saiote, the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève and Pierre Bleuse, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra (in the Copland Concerto) with Anton Shaburov thanks to the Musical Olympus Foundation, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra with Martin Fröst and once with Michael Collins, and the Orchestra Regionale Toscana on a tour of Tuscany with Nil Venditti.
Since 2019 Kevin Spagnolo has been principal clarinet of the Swedish Chamber Orchestra under its chief conductor Martin Fröst.
