Performer: Daniel Ottensamer

The septet of players from Vienna and Berlin riff on the classics, jazz, Latin and pop in a toe-tapping set at Klosters Music on Swiss National Day.

Mozart's Clarinet Concerto started out naively impetuous, quick, breathless as if on the way to an assignation

Excellent chamber orchestras are a true pleasure to behold. The Wiener Virtuosen were in their element in an evening of Mozart, Mahler and Dvořák. 

Sven-Eric Bechtolf’s minimalist staging brought the protagonists’ complicated psychological interaction into focus but to the detriment of Wagner’s myth and magic.

Stunning musicianship and passionate commitment gave two repertoire works a new lease of life. 

Both Matthias Schorn and Daniel Ottensamer have been principal clarinets of the Vienna Philharmonic for a decade and have helped to shape the famous sound of this world class orchestra.