Paul Meyer (clarinetist)
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Paul Meyer, born 1965, is a French clarinetist.
Meyer is possibly the most well known contemporary solo clarinetist from France. He is known for his solo recordings on the Denon label, notably in collaborations with Jean-Pierre Rampal and Eric le Sage. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire and at the Basler Musikhochschule. In 1982, he won the French Young Musician's Competition and in 1984, the USA Young Concert Artists Competition.
A notated champion of new music for the clarinet, Meyer has given the world premieres of works by Gerd Kuhr, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Luciano Berio. He has also recorded more obscure music, including a 1994 collaboration with Jean-Pierre Rampal in the two clarinet concertos of Pleyel as well as the Sinfonia Concertante of Danzi.
Conductors that Meyer has performed or recorded with include Emmanuel Krivine, Günther Herbig, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Yehudi Menuhin, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Kent Nagano, Ulf Schirmer, Heinrich Schiff, David Zinman, Michael Gielen and Luciano Berio. His chamber music partners have included Eric Le Sage (his regular duo partner), François-René Duchable, Maria Pires, Pamela Frank, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Yuri Bashmet, Gerard Caussé, Gidon Kremer, Yo-Yo Ma, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Vladimir Spivakov, Tabea Zimmermann, Heinrich Schiff, Barbara Hendricks, Nathalie Dessay, Emmanuel Pahud, Myung-Whun Chung and Gil Shaham.
