* 1963; contrabass and bass clarinettist and saxophonist; he studied saxophone, flute and piano at the Berliner Musikhochschule “Hanns Eisler” from 1983 to 1987 and bass clarinet in the master class of the Conservatoire de Strasbourg from 1995 to 1997. From 1985 he played in projects with musicians such as Michail Alperin, Anthony Braxton, Peter Kowald and Fred Frith. He is a member of the Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, founded in 1988, and has appeared as a guest with Klangforum Wien and Ensemble Modern. From 2007 he played Wolfgang Stryi’s Selmer contrabass clarinet; in 2008 he was increasingly appearing as a soloist, also with his own works. On the album Rolf Riehm: aprikosenbäume gibt es, aprikosenbäume gibt es (2008) his contrabass clarinet takes over the role of the reciter after Inger Christensen’s voice in Riehm’s piece of the same name, with musicians of Ensemble ascolta.
Theo Nabicht
Contrabass clarinet / Bass clarinet / Saxophone
Recordings on Cybele
Concert calendar
5 Nov 2026
20:00
Hay Festival Arequipa 2026 – Crippled Symmetries: Listening to Invisible Worlds(opens in a new tab)
World premiere