Raphaël Sévère

Raphaël Sévère born 15 September 1994 in Rennes, is a French clarinettist.[1]

Raphaël Sévère

Biography

After winning the Tokyo Competition at the age of twelve and gaining a nomination as ‘Solo Instrumental Discovery’ at the Victoires de la Musique Classique[2] when aged fifteen, Raphaël Sévère went on to win the prestigious Young Concerts Artists International Auditions in New York[3] in November 2013, where he was awarded First Prize and eight special prizes.

Aged 8, he took up the clarinet at the Conservatoire de Nantes. At 14, he was admitted to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Paris where he obtained in June 2013 the master of arts degree with high honors.

Raphaël Sévère has been invited to play as a soloist with many French orchestras and internationally with National Philharmonic of Russia, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Budapest Strings Chamber Orchestra, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra, Polish Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, London Philharmonic Orchestra,[4] Orchestra of St Luke's,[5] Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta.[6] He performed at Berlin Philharmonie,[7] Théâtre des Champs Elysées,[8] Auditorium du Louvre,[9] KKL Lucerne, New York Alice Tully Hall.

In the field of chamber music, he performed with Prazák Quartet, Modigliani Quartet, Quatuor Ebène, Trio Les Esprits, Martha Argerich, Boris Berezovsky, Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, Adam Laloum, Gidon Kremer, David Grimal, Gérard Caussé, Antoine Tamestit, Gary Hoffman, Xavier Phillips, .

He regularly performs with pianist Adam Laloum and cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière with whom he recorded a Brahms CD (Mirare) that was rewarded Diapason d'Or of the year 2015 in Diapason magazine.[10]

Discography
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References
  1. Musicaglotz Artists Management
  2. France Musique Aug 24, 2014
  3. Huffington Post Apr 21, 2015
  4. London Philharmonic Orchestra Nov 24, 2016
  5. New York Times May 17, 2017
  6. Hong Kong Sinfonietta Nov 11, 2018
  7. Deutschlandradio Kultur Feb 15, 2016
  8. Théâtre des Champs Elysées Dec 18, 2016
  9. Auditorium du Louvres
  10. Diapason Magazine Dec 18, 2015
  11. "Sélection albums". Le Monde. 1 February 2019.
  12. "Quatuor pour la fin du temps". Resmusica. 11 May 2019.
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