Jörg Widmann

Jörg Widmann (German: [ˈjœʁk ˈviːtman] ; born 19 June 1973) is a German composer, conductor and clarinetist. In 2023, Widmann was the third most performed living contemporary composer in the world. Formerly a clarinet and composition professor at the University of Music Freiburg, he holds a composition professorship at the Barenboim–Said Akademie. His most important compositions are the concert overture Con brio, the opera Babylon, an oratorio Arche, Viola Concerto, Friedenskantate and the trumpet concerto Towards Paradise. Widmann has written musical tributes to Classical and Romantic composers. He was awarded the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art in 2018 and the Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg in 2023. He was Gewandhaus composer of the Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig and composer in residence for the Berlin Philharmonic.

Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 10 - Widmann: Ikarische Klage - Korngold: Symphonic Serenade - 2025-09-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Widmann: Piano Music - 2024-08-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Enigma - 2023-10-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Metamorphosis - 2023-07-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart & Widmann: Clarinet Quintets - 2023-03-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Widmann, Strauss & Beethoven: Con brio - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Pierre Boulez: Anthèmes & Dialogue de l'ombre double - 2021-07-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas - 2020-08-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Weber: Clarinet Quintet, Concertino for Clarinet, Grand Duo Concertant & Der Freischütz Overture - 2020-08-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Eisler, Ravel & Jörg Widmann: Duos - 2019-09-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps, I/22 (Live) - 2019-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Jörg Widmann: Arche (Live at Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg / 2017) - 2018-10-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Jörg Widmann: Drittes Labyrinth | Polyphone Schatten - 2018-08-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor "Scottish" & The Hebrides - Jörg Widmann: 180 Beats per Minute & Fantasie - 2018-04-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Widmann: Viola Concerto - 2018-02-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Once Upon a Time… Fairy Tales by Robert Schumann & Jörg Widmann - 2017-11-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D Major, Op. 107, MWV N 15 "Reformation" - 2017-05-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, K. 622 - Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 - Widmann: Drei Schattentänze - 2016-03-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Widmann: Streichquartette - 2015-06-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Clarinet Quintet; String Quartet No. 15 - 2013-10-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Widmann: Piano Works - 2013-08-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Widmann: Works for Ensemble - 2013-08-01T00:00:00.000000Z

introspective | retrospective - 2012-01-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Jörg Widmann: Elegie - 2011-03-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Dvořák: String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48 / Schumann: 5 Stücke im Volkston, Op. 102; Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 / Reimann: Solo for Clarinet (Live) - 2010-06-30T00:00:00.000000Z