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Highly praised by the press, Duo Imaginaire delights its listeners with the unusual and distinctive sound combination of clarinet and harp. The international performing duo impresses with its enormous expressiveness and virtuosity and, in addition, subtle, nuanced playing.

The duo is particularly passionate about the music of the romantic and modern. Driven by curiosity and openness, the musicians help original fame as well as unknown, forgotten treasures to gain new fame or surprise their audience with their own arrangements of well-known works and let them appear in a fascinating new world of sound.

Their success has already given the leading international duo over 70 concerts e.g. at the international World Harp Congress 2014 in Sidney, Australia and at the symposium of the German Clarinet Society in Rostock.

VITA

Highly praised by the press, Duo Imaginaire delights its listeners with the unusual and distinctive sound combination of clarinet and harp. The international performing duo impresses with its enormous expressiveness and virtuosity and, in addition, subtle, nuanced playing.

The duo is particularly passionate about the music of the romantic and modern. Driven by curiosity and openness, the musicians help original fame as well as unknown, forgotten treasures to gain new fame or surprise their audience with their own arrangements of well-known works and let them appear in a fascinating new world of sound.

Their success has already given the leading international duo over 70 concerts e.g. at the international World Harp Congress 2014 in Sidney, Australia and at the symposium of the German Clarinet Society in Rostock.

Duo Imaginaire seek and find a great variety of ways to express their musicality.

– Tempo

The clarinettist John Corbett was born near Edinburgh, Scotland. He studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow (Henry Morrison) and with Prof. Hans Deinzer at the Music Academy in Hannover.
In this period he was principal clarinet of the European Community Youth Orchestra for 3 years playing under Claudio Abbado, Herbert von Karajan and Carlo Maria Giulini. After a similar period as member of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie (German Student Orchestra) there followed a long collaboration as ensemble member and soloist with Ensemble Modern and Musikfabrik NRW, which still exists to this day. Concerts and recordings with conductors such as Peter Eötvös, Heinz Holliger, Pierre Boulez, Ernest Bour and Friedrich Cerha have resulted from this fruitful activity. In addition he has played as guest with groups such as the Asko Ensemble Amsterdam, Ensemble InterContemporain Paris and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Performances at international festivals such as Salzburg, Venice, Paris, Luzern, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, the London Proms as well as tours in the USA, South America, Japan and Korea have featured prominently in John Corbett’s career. With these ensembles and orchestras such as WDR Radio Orchestra, SWR Symphony Orchestra and the Beethoven Orchestra, Bonn he has produced several CDs and radio productions.

John Corbett is presently Solo-Clarinettist with the Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra.

The harpist Simone Seiler was born in Freiburg and studied in Würzburg (Prof. Gisèle Herbet), in Trossingen (Prof. Renie Yamahata) and in Brussels (Prof. Jana Bouskova) before completing her final concertexam with Prof. Godelieve Schrama at the Musikhochschule Detmold.

Simone Seiler has won several prizes at various competitions. In 2002 she was finalist at the international competition of the Franz-Josef-Reinl-Stiftung in Vienna as well as prize-winner at the German Harp Competition. Further prizes were won in 2003 at the international competition ,,Felix Godefroid‘‘ in Namur, Belgium and the competition of the Culture Department of German Industry (BDI) in 2005. In 2007 she won the musicprize of the Society for promoting culture in Westfalia (GWK).

Since September 2005 Simone Seiler has held the position of Solo-Harp in the Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra. Furthermore, she has performed under conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Sir Roger Norrington, Stefan Blunier, Heinz Holliger, Yakov Kreizberg, Andrey Boreyko, Daniel Harding and Lothar Zagrosek. CD recordings and radio broadcasts round off Simone Seiler‘s activities.

The clarinettist John Corbett was born near Edinburgh, Scotland. He studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow (Henry Morrison) and with Prof. Hans Deinzer at the Music Academy in Hannover.

In this period he was principal clarinet of the European Community Youth Orchestra for 3 years playing under Claudio Abbado, Herbert von Karajan and Carlo Maria Giulini. After a similar period as member of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie (German Student Orchestra) there followed a long collaboration as ensemble member and soloist with Ensemble Modern and Musikfabrik NRW, which still exists to this day. Concerts and recordings with conductors such as Peter Eötvös, Heinz Holliger, Pierre Boulez, Ernest Bour and Friedrich Cerha have resulted from this fruitful activity. In addition he has played as guest with groups such as the Asko Ensemble Amsterdam, Ensemble InterContemporain Paris and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Performances at international festivals such as Salzburg, Venice, Paris, Luzern, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, the London Proms as well as tours in the USA, South America, Japan and Korea have featured prominently in John Corbett’s career. With these ensembles and orchestras such as WDR Radio Orchestra, SWR Symphony Orchestra and the Beethoven Orchestra, Bonn he has produced several CDs and radio productions.

John Corbett is presently Solo-Clarinettist with the Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra.

The harpist Simone Seiler was born in Freiburg and studied in Würzburg (Prof. Gisèle Herbet), in Trossingen (Prof. Renie Yamahata) and in Brussels (Prof. Jana Bouskova) before completing her final concertexam with Prof. Godelieve Schrama at the Musikhochschule Detmold.

Simone Seiler has won several prizes at various competitions. In 2002 she was finalist at the international competition of the Franz-Josef-Reinl-Stiftung in Vienna as well as prize-winner at the German Harp Competition. Further prizes were won in 2003 at the international competition ,,Felix Godefroid‘‘ in Namur, Belgium and the competition of the Culture Department of German Industry (BDI) in 2005. In 2007 she won the musicprize of the Society for promoting culture in Westfalia (GWK).

Since September 2005 Simone Seiler has held the position of Solo-Harp in the Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra. Furthermore, she has performed under conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Sir Roger Norrington, Stefan Blunier, Heinz Holliger, Yakov Kreizberg, Andrey Boreyko, Daniel Harding and Lothar Zagrosek. CD recordings and radio broadcasts round off Simone Seiler‘s activities.

The clarinettist John Corbett was born near Edinburgh, Scotland. He studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow (Henry Morrison) and with Prof. Hans Deinzer at the Music Academy in Hannover.

In this period he was principal clarinet of the European Community Youth Orchestra for 3 years playing under Claudio Abbado, Herbert von Karajan and Carlo Maria Giulini. After a similar period as member of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie (German Student Orchestra) there followed a long collaboration as ensemble member and soloist with Ensemble Modern and Musikfabrik NRW, which still exists to this day. Concerts and recordings with conductors such as Peter Eötvös, Heinz Holliger, Pierre Boulez, Ernest Bour and Friedrich Cerha have resulted from this fruitful activity. In addition he has played as guest with groups such as the Asko Ensemble Amsterdam, Ensemble InterContemporain Paris and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Performances at international festivals such as Salzburg, Venice, Paris, Luzern, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, the London Proms as well as tours in the USA, South America, Japan and Korea have featured prominently in John Corbett’s career. With these ensembles and orchestras such as WDR Radio Orchestra, SWR Symphony Orchestra and the Beethoven Orchestra, Bonn he has produced several CDs and radio productions.

John Corbett is presently Solo-Clarinettist with the Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra.

The harpist Simone Seiler was born in Freiburg and studied in Würzburg (Prof. Gisèle Herbet), in Trossingen (Prof. Renie Yamahata) and in Brussels (Prof. Jana Bouskova) before completing her final concertexam with Prof. Godelieve Schrama at the Musikhochschule Detmold.

Simone Seiler has won several prizes at various competitions. In 2002 she was finalist at the international competition of the Franz-Josef-Reinl-Stiftung in Vienna as well as prize-winner at the German Harp Competition. Further prizes were won in 2003 at the international competition ,,Felix Godefroid‘‘ in Namur, Belgium and the competition of the Culture Department of German Industry (BDI) in 2005. In 2007 she won the musicprize of the Society for promoting culture in Westfalia (GWK).

Since September 2005 Simone Seiler has held the position of Solo-Harp in the Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra. Furthermore, she has performed under conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Sir Roger Norrington, Stefan Blunier, Heinz Holliger, Yakov Kreizberg, Andrey Boreyko, Daniel Harding and Lothar Zagrosek. CD recordings and radio broadcasts round off Simone Seiler‘s activities.