David Shifrin

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Shifrin
Occupation	Clarinetist
Date Of Birth	Jan 2, 1950(1950-01-02)
Age	74
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Horoscope	Capricorn

David Shifrin Biography

David Shifrin is one of the most popular and richest Clarinetist who was born on January 2, 1950 in New York, United States. David Shifrin (born January 2 1950) is a famous American classical clarinetist as well as artistic director.

Shifrin joined the faculty at the Yale School of Music in 1987, and was named the as the Artistic Director for the Chamber Music Society of Yale and Yale’s annual concert series in Carnegie Hall in September 2008. He also has served as a faculty member at The Juilliard School, University of Southern California, University of Michigan, Cleveland Institute of Music and the University of Hawaii. In 2007, he was awarded Honorary Professorships at the Beijing’s Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.

Shifrin has appeared as a concerto soloist with many major orchestras around the world, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Houston Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Hawaii Symphony and the Phoenix Symphony in the United States, and internationally with orchestras in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Shifrin commissioned and premiered a concerto by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Stephen Albert with the Philadelphia Orchestra during its 1991-1992 season, and in 1995 he premiered Ezra Laderman’s Concerto for Clarinet and Strings with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.

Shifrin has also received critical acclaim as a recitalist, performing at such venues as Alice Tully Hall, Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall and the 92nd Street Y in New York City, as well as at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. A much sought after chamber musician, he has collaborated frequently with such distinguished ensembles and artists as the Tokyo String Quartet and the Emerson String Quartet, Wynton Marsalis, and pianists Emanuel Ax and André Watts.

Shifrin’s recordings with his labels Delos, Deutsche Grammophon, Angel/EMI, Arabesque, BMG, Sony Classical Records and CRI labels have earned him accolades and praise. In addition to the “Record of the Year” recognition by Stereo Review for his 1985 Mozart album, Shifrin has received Grammy Award nominations for three distinct recordings:

David Shifrin Net Worth

David Shifrin is one of the richest Clarinetist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Shifrin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

David Shifrin received early musical instruction in his school, the Interlochen Center for the Arts in 1963. He was a student at the Music Academy of the West summer conservatory in the year 1968. He after that completed his studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia in 1971. There, the professor was Anthony Gigliotti.

In 1984, she commissioned the creation of a unique long clarinet, a basset clarinet. It was designed to allow playing Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto and Clarinet Quintet in their original forms. Shifrin’s 1985 recording of Mozart Clarinet Concerto and Quintet with Gerard Schwarz and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra was called “Record of the Year” by Stereo Review magazine.

An artist member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center since 1989, David Shifrin served as its Artistic Director from 1992 to 2004. He has toured extensively throughout the United States with CMSLC and hosted and performed in several nationally televised broadcasts on PBS’s Live from Lincoln Center. He has been the Artistic Director of Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, Oregon since 1981, and is also the Artistic Director of the Phoenix Chamber Music Festival.

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David Ranked on the list of most popular Clarinetist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. David Shifrin celebrates birthday on January 2 of every year.