Richard Stoltzman

After graduation, he studied music with Professor Keith Wilson at the Yale School of Music and received a Master of Music degree. He studied with master clarinettist Kalmen Opperman. During this time, he studied the Clarinet Summit and recorded with the Kalmen Opperman Clarinet Choir.

Completing his studies, Richard Stoltzman began appearing as a soloist with numerous major symphonies and musicians such as Mel Torme, George Shearing, Woody Herman, Wayne Shorter, Judy Collins, Chick Corea and Claude Bolling. In 1973, he founded the chamber music group TASHI, and in 2004, he was a guest artist with The Children’s Orchestra Society at Alice Tully Hall of Lincoln Center.

In 1993, Stoltzman was featured in the television series Concerto! featuring host Dudley Moore, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra. His program featuring Stolzman was praised by critics and won an Emmy Award in the International Performing Arts category.

In an effort to expand the clarinet music catalogue, he worked with Toru Takemitsu, Steve Reich, Lukas Foss, Roberto Carnevale and Einar Englund. Throughout his career, he worked with composer William Thomas McKinley, and their collaborations have featured on a variety of recordings.