clarinetist worth hearing AND seeing........

[tyro]

There may have been a thread on hot classical musicians a few months ago, and I'm sorry if I'm "re-threading," but I have just discovered the Berlin Philharmonic's Andreas Ottensamer and WHAT a discovery he is!!

Check him out on youtube or at his site, www.andreasottensamer.com.

T

PS His father and elder brother both play for the Vienna Philharmonic, but they aren't as hot. Sometimes they perform together as the Clarinotts.

[Guest Starbuck]

T, thanks for that. I didn't get altogether knocked off my chair when I saw the first picture you see on his website, but then I clicked on the link to the gallery and, soon thereafter, had to pick myself up off the floor.

 

And, since then, I have been enjoying listening to his music.

 

Kudos on your impeccable good taste.

[tyro]

Why thank you, kind Starbuck!

I'm not a huge fan of the "squinty-eyed" pic either. It's the one on the "cover" (OK, first page of the "liner notes") of his Brahms CD. The pic from his debut CD is MUCH better. Thanks for not giving up on him too early.

T

[rvwnsd]

Swoon!!!

[+ quoththeraven]

I agree, that first photo isn't the most flattering. But the rest are quite spectacular! So's his music.

[uwsman2]

The Brahms Quintet recording is superb!

[tyro]

The Brahms Quintet recording is superb!

I agree.

For those itching for a more revealing look of this hunky Austro-Hungarian, his Facebook page shows him feet aloft, hands in wakeboard bindings. Alas, no Speedo. It's on the right side of this page: www.facebook.com/AndreasOttensamer

No, I'm not getting paid for any of these promotions.

T

[whipped guy]

I wanna know what's happening on the red sofa!

 

[tyro]

Oh, to be a fly on the wall of the red-sofa room...

Oh, who am I kidding? I don't understand any German. I "suffered" (i.e. ogled AO's bottom lip and the rest of him) through his interview earlier this week on German TV. It was worthwhile suffering.

T

[uwsman2]

To judge by the facebook album, he does seem to hang with guys most of the time.... But purely professional?

[tyro]

Hmmmmmm...I have wondered. There is no mention ANYWHERE of a significant other for either him or his brother.

T

[whipped guy]

Hmmmmmm...I have wondered. There is no mention ANYWHERE of a significant other for either him or his brother.

T

Hmmmmmmmmmmm... Possibly a gay classical musician?!?!? That's a new one!!!!

[TruHart1]

I wanna know what's happening on the red sofa!

 

 

...and it looks like just the angle of the shot but in a quick look see it appears that Herr Ottensamer and Mr. Markowicz are quite close:

 

 

 

LOL!

 

TruHart1

[+ honcho]

The first clarinetist in the San Francisco symphony, Carey Bell, is quite out.

[tyro]

The first clarinetist in the San Francisco symphony, Carey Bell, is quite out.

Mr. Bell's not too shabby, but he's no Andreas!

And the more I check out his brother and father, the hotter they get. Ernst has that "silver fox" thing goin' on. I should probably tell The Fluffy One ....

T

[whipped guy]

For Ms. T

 

You will be happy to know who was just named Germany's ECKO Klassik instrumentalist of the year!

 

Envelope please!

 

And the winner is clarinetist Andreas Ottensamer!

 

http://www.echoklassik.de/fileadmin/echoklassik/upload/image/slider/Showacts/Andreas_Ottensamer_1260x500.jpg

[tyro]

Yes! I saw that on his Facebook page. If only I knew which "team he plays for." Sigh. Not as if I had a chance anyway, but for curiosity's sake.

T

[whipped guy]

Yes! I saw that on his Facebook page. If only I knew which "team he plays for." Sigh. Not as if I had a chance anyway, but for curiosity's sake.

T

T. Think positively. Heck you may be the first one here who gets to play his clarinet! . Just a hunch...

[tyro]

I'd love to taste that "licorice stick."

T

[whipped guy]

I'd love to taste that "licorice stick."

T

Hmmmmm! yes! Something tells me that his would be quite tasty! However, if you can't get to first base with Andreas perhaps you might get lucky with this group!

 

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/IBkNX3V6Pok/maxresdefault.jpg

 

Incidentally, I prefer when a clarinet is constructed of a fine hard wood, as opposed to the dreaded metallic or heaven forbid plastic resin variety!

[+ honcho]

I prefer when a clarinet is constructed of a fine hard wood, as opposed to the dreaded metallic or heaven forbid plastic resin variety!

 

A highly respected maker of clarinets is now constructing instruments out of "recycled" grenadilla (normal

wood) - they take the ground wood that results from milling and boring out the instruments and bake with

6% carbon fiber. So it has very close to the same density, and will not crack due to thermal stresses.

 

I have one of their oboes; the sound is indistinguishable from a native wooden one.