Armand Angster Explained

Armand Angster (born 20 January 1947) is a French clarinetist. With Françoise Kubler (soprano), he is the founder of the ensemble "Accroche Note", research and creative formation in contemporary music.

Career

Born in Strasbourg, Angster's mastery of the different clarinets (soprano, bass clarinet[1] and metal doublebass) allows him to be the dedicatee of works by contemporary composers (Brian Ferneyhough, Ansioso quasi con gioia (2015) by Stefano Gervasoni,[2] La mesure des choses I. La mesure de l'air (1992) by Joël-François Durand,[3]) as well as their interpreter (Aleph (1985) by Philippe Manoury, Dikha by Christophe Bertrand, By the Way by Pascal Dusapin, Assonance III (1989) by Michael Jarrell).

In 1981, he created in Strasbourg with Françoise Kubler the Accroche Note ensemble[4] [5] offering programmes combining music from yesterday and today; this ensemble is supported in particular by the Ministry of Culture and the City of Strasbourg.

He is soloist in various formations ranging from the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg to ensembles of contemporary music in Europe (Nieuw Ensemble d'Amsterdam.)

He regularly takes part in the Musica Festival[6] of Strasbourg and to numerous others (at Le Mans in 1989).

Angster teaches clarinet and chamber music at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg[7] and at the Haute École des arts du Rhin in Strasbourg. Many of his students such as Manuel Metzger,[8] and Jean-Francois Charles turned professionals.

He is recognized in the jazz world, notably thanks to the concerts and recordings in 1990 of the clarinet trio with Louis Sclavis and Jacques Di Donato, renowned improvisers and masters of the clarinet. He continues the trio experiment with new clarinetists, and in 2005.

Awards

Selected discography

Jazz
Spectralism
Chamber music
Contemporary music

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: en. Roger. Heaton. The Versatile Clarinet. Editions Routledge. 2013.
  2. Book: fr. Philippe. Albèra. Le parti pris des sons : Sur la musique de Stefano Gervasoni. Éditions Contrechamps. 2017.
  3. Book: Durand, Joël-François. In the Mirror Land. University of Washington Press. 2005.
  4. http://www.musiquecontemporaine.fr/fr/accrochenote "Accroche Note"
  5. https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2013/09/17/accroche-note-ebouriffant_3478936_3246.html "Accroche Note, ébouriffant"
  6. http://www.festivalmusica.org/documentation/artistes/521/armand-angster Biographie Armand Angster — Festival Musica
  7. http://www.conservatoire.strasbourg.eu/le-conservatoire/les-equipes/equipe-enseignante/ Equipe enseignante du CNR de Strasbourg
  8. Web site: Manuel Metzger . 2018-07-13 . 2019-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190714195416/http://festivalolt.com/festival-en-valee-d-olt-musicien-manuel-metzger-clarinette/ . dead .
  9. Web site: Le Trio de Clarinettes . 2018-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180713141249/https://www.musiques-en-vercors.fr/festival-musique/artistes-academie-musicale/ensemble-trio-de-clarinettes-artistes-festival . 2018-07-13 . dead .
  10. Web site: fr. Thierry Vagne. Armand Angster – Bertrand, Fedele, Ferneyhough, Lachenmann, Posadas, Robin. 3 March 2016. vagnethierry.fr. 13 July 2018.

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