John Corbett was born near Edinburgh and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and with Hans Deinzer at the Hochschule für Musik Hannover. Alongside his training he was principal clarinet of the EC Youth Orchestra, in which he played under Claudio Abbado, Herbert von Karajan and Carlo Maria Giulini, and subsequently belonged to the Junge Philharmonie for three years. As a soloist and ensemble member he works with the Ensemble Modern and the musikFabrik NRW; tours have taken him to the USA, Japan, Korea and South America. He has worked with conductors such as Peter Eötvös, Heinz Holliger, Pierre Boulez, Ernest Bour and Seiji Ozawa and played in the Asko Ensemble Amsterdam, the Ensemble InterContemporain and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. He is principal clarinet of the Philharmonisches Orchester Hagen. For Cybele Records he took part in 2006 in the album Sidney Corbett: Que hora es in paradiso?
John Corbett
Clarinet
