Wolfgang Meyer is a German

Germans

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 clarinetist.

Meyer studied clarinet

Clarinet

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 at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart

Stuttgart

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, and the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover along with his sister Sabine Meyer

Sabine Meyer

Sabine Meyer is a German classical clarinetist.-Biography:Meyer began playing the clarinet at an early age. Her first teacher was her father, also a clarinetist...

. He has led masterclasses in Brazil

Brazil

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, Italy

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, Japan

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, Canada

Canada

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 and Finland

Finland

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. He is a member of Trio di Clarone, Carmina Quartett and Quatuor Mosaïques

Quatuor Mosaïques

The Quatuor Mosaïques is an Austrian string quartet, founded in 1987 by four members of the Concentus Musicus Wien, playing on historical musical instruments...

. He has been a professor at the Musikhochschule Karlsruhe since 1989, and was its director from 2001 to 2007.

Discography

• Schumann
  Robert Schumann
  Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
  
  , Bruch, with Sabine Meyer and Kalle Randalu. Cavi-Music, 2008.
• Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie; Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps, with the London Symphony Orchestra
  London Symphony Orchestra
  The London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:...
  
  . EMI Classics, 2008.
• Charles Uzor: Quartets; Quintet. Neos, 2008.
• Mozart: Clarinet Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Concerto for flute and harp, with Concentus Musicus Wien. Warner Classics, 2007.
• Classique & Zen, with Anne Gastinel, Philippe Jaroussky and Ensemble Kapsberger. Naive, 2007.
• Brahms: 2 Sonatas Op. 120 for Clarinet and Viola with Piano, with Andre de Groote and Pierre-Henri Xuereb. Classic Talent, 2007.
• Mozart: Clarinet Quintet, with Quatuor Mosaïques, Patrick Cohen, and Anita Mitterer. Valois, 2006.
• Salieri, Danzi, Pleyel: Sinfonia Concertante, with the Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra. MD&G, 2002.
• Homage to Benny Goodman
  Benny Goodman
  Benjamin David “Benny” Goodman was an American jazz and swing musician, clarinetist and bandleader; widely known as the "King of Swing".In the mid-1930s, Benny Goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in America...
  
  , with Sabine Meyer and the Bamberg Symphony Chorus. EMI, 2000.
• The Clarinet at the Opera
  Opera
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  , with the Polish Radio Orchestra and Chorus Krakow
  Kraków
  Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
  
  . Classic Talent, 1999.
• Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale. Polygram Records, 1998.
• Maria Venuti Sings Schubert, Schoenberg
  Schoenberg
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  , Schumann, with Charles Spencer and Maria Venuti. Hanssler Classics, 1995.
• Mozart: Requiem, with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Deutsche Grammophon, 1990.