Performer · Chamber Musician · Soloist
Clarinet
White Cliffs of Dover, England
Alongside his work as a Tonmeister, Kenichi Kawabata maintains an active career as a clarinettist. He has performed with the Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg, the Argovia Philharmonic, the Bregenzer Festspiele, the Philharmonia Orchestra London, and in chamber music concerts across Austria, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Music in Motion
Videos
Fantasy on Themes from Verdi's La traviata
Kenichi Kawabata, Clarinet
Béla Bartók: Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano
Sz. 111
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Trio — I. Allegro
Mahgol Taheri · Kenichi Kawabata · Isabella Kania
Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Trio — II. Adagio
Mahgol Taheri · Kenichi Kawabata · Isabella Kania
ORF Vorarlberg — Talente im Funkhaus
Radio Vorarlberg Kultur, January 2020
Semyon Bychkov conducts Tchaikovsky — Francesca da Rimini
Royal Academy of Music
Semyon Bychkov conducts Strauss — Don Juan
Royal Academy of Music
Audio
Performance recordings — field / live recordings
01. G. Verdi — Fantasia da Concerto su motivi de La Traviata
Kenichi Kawabata, Clarinet
02. R. Schumann — Fantasy Pieces Op. 73
Kenichi Kawabata, Clarinet
03. J. Brahms — Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 — I. Allegro
Kenichi Kawabata, Clarinet
04. B. Bartók — Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Sz. 111
Kenichi Kawabata, Clarinet
05. C. Debussy — Première Rhapsodie
Kenichi Kawabata, Clarinet
06. P. Hindemith — Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (I & II)
Kenichi Kawabata, Clarinet
07. W.A. Mozart — Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581 — I. Allegro
Kenichi Kawabata, Klarinette
Selected Concerts
- 2020ORF Radio Live — "Talente im Funk"Dornbirn
- 2019Bregenzer Festspiele — Rigoletto, Banda ClarinetBregenz
- 2019G. Holst: The Planets — Südwestdeutsche PhilharmonieKonstanz
- 2019The Voice of the Clarinet — Fantasy on La TraviataFeldkirch
- 2015–16Royal Academy Symphony Orchestra — cond. Semyon BychkovLondon
- 2015John Adams Celebration Concert — Royal Academy of MusicLondon
- 2015Manson Ensemble — cond. Oliver KnussenLondon
- 2013Solo Clarinet Concert — Kyoto Arts FestivalKyoto
- 2006Winners Concert — Japan Classical Music CompetitionTokyo