Jörg Widmann on his life as a clarinettist and composer

By Elisabeth Schwarz, 23 May 2018

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Elisabeth Schwarz

Elisabeth is Bachtrack’s German Editor and Press Manager. After more than five years in London, she is now back in Vienna, spending more time at the opera and in cafés than her own living room. She also organises music projects for people who have experienced homelessness and works as a freelance translator and copywriter for classical music PRs.

“I encourage them to write the impossible": Jörg Widmann on his life as a clarinettist and composer