Gefördert durch:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Klarinettenquintett A-Dur, KV 581
Johannes Brahms - Quartett Nr. 3, Op. 67 (3,4 Satz)
Kymia Kermani, Klarinette
Ekaterina Perlina, Violine
Tornike Ugrekhelidze, Violine
Dmitry Pitulko, Bratsche
Yan Khmelevsky, Cello
Clarinettist Kymia Kermani, born in the Netherlands, attended Amsterdam Conservatory’s Young Talent Class at fifteen, graduating on the Bachelor with Distinction. She finished her studies in 2011 as a scholar at the RCM and was generously supported by the VSB, Mengelberg and Prins Bernard Cultuur foundations and the Stichting Fundatie voor de Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude.
As a soloist, Kymia has performed the world premiere of a concerto by Dutch composer Jan van Dijk as well as performing the oldest concerto ever written by baroque composer J.M. Molter. Her performance was described by acclaimed clarinettist Anthony Pay as ‘couldn’t have been played better’. Kymia has performed throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East working with eminent ensembles and orchestra’s including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London and Staatskapelle Berlin.
As an active chamber musican, Kymia has founded several ensembles playing both classical and contemporary music. She has performed in Holland in the main chamber music festivals and halls, including the Concertgebouw. 2011 saw Kymia perform at the Royal Albert Hall and the Cadogan Hall as part of the RCM ‘Rising Stars’ series. She is a recipient of the RCM Clarinet Prize, the RCM Bass clarinet prize and the RCM Woodwind Ensemble competition prize.
Kymia has played many times on Dutch TV and BBC Radio 3 and was invited to the Banff Summer Arts Festival and Harare International Festival of the Arts Zimbabwe in 2012. A tour with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the batton of chief conductor Charles Dutoit brought her to Spain. In 2014 3 chamber music tours took her to Milan and Norway, and she had the honor of doing a tour with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra and Daniel Barenboim to Buenos Aires, Lucerne Festival, Salzburg Festival, London BBC Proms and Berlin. In 2021 she played in the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester with Alan Gilbert. Since 2018 she has also taken part in productions such as “Mary Poppins” and “Frozen” playing clarinet, e-flat clarinet, bass-clarinet and tenor-sax at Theater an der Elbe.
She released her CD “Ode to the Rhapsody” with four world premiere recordings for clarinet and piano together with the Duo Kermani-Gentili in November 2018 under the German label “Genuin”. A new CD with world premiere recordings by female composers under the MARLIE label is planned for 2022, the research for this production was made possible by a grant from the Musikfonds in 2021.
In her new home town of Hamburg, she founded the ‘Sinn-Phonietta’ in 2020 in collaboration with Sönke Klegin: the only large ensemble in this line-up in northern Germany, which, with its 20 instrumentalists, is dedicated to iconic works of the 20th century and brand new compositions by young composers. In 2021 she produced four concerts and two school concerts with the Sinn-Phonietta in Hamburg and Lower Saxony with the program “Chamber Symphony Reloaded – A View from the Future” and was generously supported by several foundations.
As part of the Hamburger Kultursommer, in 2021 the Fischbeker Musiksommer was founded by her. She acquired the funding, sponsors and successfully carried out ten concerts with 70 freelance artists from Hamburg and the surrounding area.
In addition to her work as a freelance clarinetist in various orchestras and chamber music groups across Europe, Kymia teaches clarinet in Berlin and Hamburg.
