Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life. (Oscar Wilde)

Yukinori Tanamachi

 

studied the clarinet under:

Toru Mizusaki (former Kyushu Symphony Orchestra clarinetist)
Tadayoshi Takeda (professor, Kunitachi School of Music) 
Ralph Manno (former Munich Philharmonic clarinetist) at Saga International Music Festival Master Course  

In 2007, he started playing 5-keyed clarinet by Andreas Schöni.  

In 2014, he also started practicing the German system clarinet.

In 2018, he started playing the basset clarinet by Andreas Schöni.

 

Instruments:

Bb clarinet (No. 63) and A clarinet (No. 61) (Ludwig Warschewski, ca 1920)

Bb & A French Bohem Clarinets (Buffet Crampon Festival, 1996, 1992)

Bb German Clarinet (Wurlitzer 100c. 2002)

​A reform-bohem clarinet (Wurlitzer 185, 1970)

A German Clarinet (Yamaha 657, 2010)

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​Period Clarinets:

Bb Clarinet (M&M, ca 1780)

Bb Lotz Clarinet (5 key, Agnés Gueroult , 2004)

A Lotz Clarinet (6 key, with attachments for  A= 430 and 440, Andreas Schoni, 2007, 2017)

Bb clarinet (12 key, simple system, Stengel, ca 1890)

A basset clarinet (Andreas Schoni, 2018)