Jonathan Cohler

Jonathan Cohler is recognized as the preeminent, most-recorded clarinet soloist of our time. Through his performances around the world and on record, he has thrilled an ever widening audience with his musicianship and total technical command, which American Record Guide hailed as “superhuman” while Fanfare Magazine placed him in the pantheon of legendary musicians—“one thinks of Dinu Lipatti”—and Gramophone lauded his “poetry that lesser artists miss.” His many recordings have received resounding accolades and awards worldwide from magazines, radio stations, and record guides. Mr. Cohler has teamed up with multiple-award-winning Lithuanian pianist Rasa Vitkauskaite to form today's leading clarinet-piano duo, which is featured in three recent recordings: American Tribute, Romanza, and Rhapsodie Française. Both of latest CDs, Rasa Vitkauskaite Plays Mozart & Beethoven, and Cohler plays and conducts Mozart with the Anima Musicae and Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestras were featured on the cover of Fanfare Magazine. Mr. Cohler is Professor of Clarinet, Chamber Music, and Conducting at the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is a Vandoren, Rossi, Royal Global, and Silverstein artist, and he records exclusively for Ongaku Records. His Facebook page is the #1 classical clarinet Facebook page in the world.