Reiner Wehle

* 27 May 1954 in Kiel; clarinettist; studied in Hanover and Geneva with Hans Deinzer and with Guy Deplus in Paris. In 1979 he received first prize at the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb in Bonn; he won further prizes at competitions in Prague, Colmar, Martigny and Toulon as well as at the ARD-Musikwettbewerb München. As principal clarinettist he played with the Münchner Philharmoniker under Sergiu Celibidache and with the NDR-Sinfonieorchester; he is a member of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. He plays chamber music in the Trio di Clarone (with Sabine Meyer), in the Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer, in the Ensemble Kontraste, in the Trio Integral and in the Ensemble Clarinesque. Since 1993 he has been professor at the Musikhochschule Lübeck. In 1999 and 2000 he was awarded the Echo-Preis for his recordings.