“effortless...unmatched”
The Clarinet Online
Graeme Steele Johnson is an artist of uncommon imagination and versatility.
His diverse artistic endeavors range from a TEDx talk comparing Mozart and Seinfeld, to his reconstruction of a forgotten 125-year-old work by Charles Martin Loeffler, to performances of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in its original form on an elongated clarinet that he commissioned. Johnson’s recent and upcoming performances include appearances at the Library of Congress, Chamber Music Northwest, Ravinia, and the Bridgehampton, Rockport, Orcas Island and Phoenix Chamber Music Festivals, as well as solo recitals at The Kennedy Center and Chicago’s Dame Myra Hess series. He holds an exclusive recording contract with Delos, and since 2022 has served as the clarinetist of WindSync, one of only two American wind quintets with a full-time, international touring schedule.
Album Release: Forgotten Sounds
The first album to be released under a new partnership between Delos and Outhere Music, Forgotten Sounds features the world-premiere recording of Charles Martin Loeffler’s forgotten Octet and marks the beginning of Graeme Steele Johnson’s exclusive recording relationship with the legendary label. The album also includes Johnson’s popular octet arrangement of Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and another little-known piece by Loeffler titled, fittingly, Timbres oubliés (Forgotten Sounds).
Worldwide release date: June 7, 2024
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