OTTENSAMER, ERNST

Ernst Ottensamer was born in Upper Austria in 1955 and studied the clarinet at the Vienna University for Music and Performing Arts. In 1979 he became a clarinettist in the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic, where he has served as principal since 1983. In 1986 he started teaching at the Vienna University for Music, where, since 2000, he has been clarinet professor. He has been active in establishing several chamber music ensembles, including the Vienna Virtuosi, the Vienna Wind Ensemble and the Vienna Soloists Trio, and has appeared in concert with the Alban Berg Quartet, Artis Quartet and Hugo Wolf Quartet, and with Sir Simon Rattle, Sir André Previn, Daniel Barenboim, Oleg Maisenberg, Rudolf Buchbinder, Stefan Vladar, Julian Rachlin, Mischa Maisky, Edita Gruberova, Angelika Kirchschlager and Juliane Banse. He has appeared as a soloist with the Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Budapest Philharmonic, Salzburg Mozart Orchestra, Linz Bruckner Orchestra, the Gächinger Kantorei and the Tokyo Philharmonic, under conductors including Hans Graf, Sándor Végh, Helmuth Rilling, Leopold Hager, Simone Young and Sir Colin Davis. He has made a number of recordings.

Albums featuring this artist are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com
101 CLASSICS - The Best Loved Classical Melodies	8.508004
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 4	8.551144
A TO Z OF CLASSICAL MUSIC	8.555319-20
ADAGIO - The Ultimate Collection	8.570015-16
ADAGIO 1	8.550994
Art & Music: Turner - Music of His Time	8.558116
BEST OF NAXOS 6	8.550006
CINEMA CLASSICS	8.571090
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 1	8.551151
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 1	8.556621
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES	8.550521
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES (Den Klassiske Onskekonserten)	8.503129
Classical Music Start-Up Kit, Vol. 1: 1500-1825	8.550779
DISCOVER THE CLASSICS, VOL. 3: The Concerto	8.554486-87
Etude: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556611
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 4 (Australia)	8.570039
LISTEN, LEARN AND GROW, Vol. 2: Lullabies	8.554790
MOZART - Fran underbarn till mastare	8.503181
MOZART (THE BEST OF)	8.556653
MOZART (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552111-12
MOZART FOR MEDITATION	8.557548
MOZART: Adagio	8.552241
MOZART: Bassoon Concerto / Oboe Concerto / Clarinet Concerto	8.550345
MOZART: Genius of Mozart (The)	8.570116
MOZART: Romantic Mozart (The)	8.552211
MOZART: Romantic Mozart (The)	8.570076
Night Music, Vol. 11	8.551131
SENTIMENTAL CLASSICS	8.550227DX
SPOHR: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 and 3 / Potpourri, Op. 80	8.550688
SPOHR: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 2 and 4 / Fantasia, Op. 81	8.550689
STOR MUSIK FOR SMA ORON (Big Music for Little Ears) - Children's Music Compilation	8.503156
SVENSKA FOLKETS ONSKEKONSERT	8.557192
WEBER (THE BEST OF)	8.556676
WEBER: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 and 2	8.550378
ZEMLINSKY: Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano / Cello Sonata / 3 Pieces	8.570540