Rupert Wachter

Rupert Wachter has been principal clarinet of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra since 1988. He also regularly plays as a guest with orchestras such as the Symphony Orchestras of the NDR, MDR, Bavarian and Hessian Radio, the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Bavarian State Orchestra in Munich. He has worked with conductors including Nicolaus Harnoncourt, Horst Stein, Christoph Eschenbach, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Lorin Maazel, Kent Nagano, Christian Thielemann and Zubin Metha. As a chamber musician and solo clarinettist, he has toured large parts of Europe, Japan, China, South Africa and the USA. Since 2016 he has taught at the Hamburg Academy of Music and Theatre.