Yann Ghiro is the Cleveland Orchestra’s new bass clarinetist. He comes to Cleveland by way of Scotland, where he was principal clarinet of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Roger Mastroianni
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Orchestra has a new bass clarinetist.
Filling a seat empty since August, Yann Ghiro has been appointed by music director Franz Welser-Most to the orchestra’s clarinet section. He replaces bass clarinetist Linnea Nereim, who stepped down from the orchestra last summer after 31 years. He officially began playing as a member in January and specializes in bass clarinet.
Ghiro comes to Cleveland by way of Glasgow, Scotland, where he had served as principal clarinet of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra since 1998. He also was a lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Ghiro, a native of France, began studying clarinet at age 11, and studied at the Paris Conservatoire. He later continued his studies at the Prague Mozart Academy and went on to graduate from the Juilliard School in New York.
Back in Paris, Ghiro served as principal bass clarinet in the Pasdeloup Orchestra and played regularly with the Paris Opera, the Orchestre de Paris, Ensemble Intercontemporain, and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
Here in Cleveland, Ghiro joins a clarinet section without an official principal. In addition to Ghiro, the section consists of acting principal clarinet Daniel McKelway and acting assistant principal clarinet Robert Woolfrey.
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