{{distinguish|text=German clarinetist Sabine Meyer}} {{Infobox person | image = Sabine Grofmeier.jpg | caption = Sabine Grofmeier in 2020 | birth_date = 4 April 1973 | birth_place = Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia | occupation = Clarinetist | education = {{plainlist| *Hochschule für Musik Detmold *University of Music and Performing Arts Graz *Saar University of Music }} }} '''Sabine Grofmeier''' (born 4 April 1973) is a German classical clarinetist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sabine Grofmeier |url=https://gwk-online.de/preistraeger/sabine-grofmeier/ |access-date=2025-12-30 |website=GWK – Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Westfälischen Kulturarbeit e. V.}}</ref> She performs as a soloist in orchestral music and as a chamber musician in Germany and several other countries.
== Education == Sabine Grofmeier studied the clarinet with Hans-Dietrich Klaus and Frits Hauser at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold from 1991 to 1996, graduating with a diploma in music education. From 1996 to 1999, she studied with Stefan Schilling at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, where she passed her {{Interlanguage link|Künstlerische Reifeprüfung|de}} in 1999. She then pursued further studies with Eduard Brunner at the Saar University of Music. She also attended masterclasses with, among others, Sabine Meyer, Wolfgang Meyer, and {{Interlanguage link|Ralph Manno|de}}.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |author=Joseph Joachim Konservatorium Dortmund |title=Sabine Grofmeier |url=https://www.konservatorium.org/dozenten/sabine-grofmeier |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228125254/https://www.konservatorium.org/dozenten/sabine-grofmeier |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |access-date=2021-12-28}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> In 1996, she received the Advancement Award from the {{Interlanguage link|Society for the Promotion of Westphalian Cultural Work|de|Gesellschaft zur Förderung der westfälischen Kulturarbeit}} in Münster; she was a scholarship recipient of the Villa Musica Foundation of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, the Richard Wagner Society, the Schwetzingen Festival, and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).<ref name=":0" />
==Career== As a solo clarinetist, Grofmeier has performed with, among others, the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, the Philharmonie der Nationen and the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn<ref name=":0" /> under conductors such as Hans Zender, Justus Frantz and Semjon Bytschkow.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|access-date=2021-12-28 |date=2015-03-15 |title=Sabine Grofmeier (Klarinette) und Tra Nguyen (Klavier) |url=https://gwk-online.de/s-grofmeier-klarinette-und-t-nguyen-klavier/ |website=GWK – Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Westfälischen Kulturarbeit e. V.}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> One piece regularly performed is Carl Maria von Weber's "Grand Duo Concertante".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pieper |first=Stefan |date=2023-02-16 |title=Sabine Grofmeier, Marina Komissartchik und Ricardo Marinello in der Elbphilharmonie |url=https://orchestergraben.com/sabine-grofmeier-marina-kommissartchik-und-ricardo-marinello-in-der-elbphilharmonie/ |access-date=2025-12-30 |website=Orchestergraben |language=de}}</ref>
Near Kaiserslautern, Grofmeier founded the ''Diemersteiner Konzertreihe'' chamber music series.<ref name=":0"/> She lived in Mallorca for many years and directed the Capdepera International Music Festival there.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|access-date=2021-12-28 |archive-date=2016-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324133922/http://www.uni-kl.de/stiftung/villa-denis/diemersteiner-musiktage/sabine-grofmeier/ |author=Technische Universität Kaiserslautern |title=Die Dozentin - Sabine Grofmeier |url=http://www.uni-kl.de/stiftung/villa-denis/diemersteiner-musiktage/sabine-grofmeier/}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
As a soloist, Sabine Grofmeier has performed at venues including the Hamburg Musikhalle (Laeiszhalle), Bremen Die Glocke, Berlin Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt, Hanover Großer NDR-Sendesaal, Bielefeld Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Karlsruhe Kongresszentrum, Nuremberg Meistersingerhalle, Bonn Beethovenhalle, Stuttgart Liederhalle, and Munich Herkulessaal der Residenz. Her concert activities as a chamber musician, soloist, and teacher have taken the clarinetist throughout Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Israel, England, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Kosovo, France, Australia, and South America.
Grofmeier taught as a lecturer at, among other places, the Villa Denis Foundation House of the Technical University of Kaiserslautern<ref>[http://gwk-online.de/musik/preistraeger/ GWK - Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Westfälischen Kulturarbeit: Förderpreisträger Musik], retrieved 9 April 2020.</ref><ref name=":2" /> and the ''Joseph Joachim Conservatory'' Dortmund.<ref name=":0" /> The Goethe-Institut Mexiko repeatedly invited her to Central and South America to lead masterclasses for young musicians at an orchestra academy,<ref name="goethe.de">[http://www.goethe.de/ins/mx/de/lp/ver.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&event_id=9251252 Goethe-Institut Mexiko: Zentralamerikanisches Jugendorchester 2012], retrieved 20 March 2016.</ref> such as in 2012 with the Central American Youth Orchestra in El Salvador.<ref name="goethe.de"/>
As a soloist, she has recorded well-known works by composers such as Mozart, Schumann, and Weber, as well as some rarities. These include clarinet studies by Carl Baermann and, most recently, the clarinet concerto by Ignaz Pleyel. Furthermore, in January 2016, the radio station WDR3 recorded a live chamber concert with Grofmeier as part of their "concerto discreto" series. She has performed in Hamburg as part of the Hamburg Serenade Concerts.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-19 |title=So, 19.1.2025 18 Uhr »Wiener Walzerträume« |url=https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/de/programm/wiener-walzertraume/22150 |access-date=2025-12-30 |website=www.elbphilharmonie.de |language=de}}</ref> In 2025, she was honoured by being made a patron of Marl debut.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Konzert-Heimkehr mit Mission für Sabine Grofmeier |url=https://marl.de/rathaus-service/aktuelles/news-detailansicht/konzert-heimkehr-mit-mission-fuer-sabine-grofmeier |access-date=2025-12-30 |website=marl.de}}</ref> She performed a concert in her hometown.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-29 |title=Klarinettistin Sabine Grofmeier kommt nach Marl: Konzert mit Pianistin Ekaterina Schabanova |url=https://www.marler-zeitung.de/marl/klarinettistin-sabine-grofmeier-pianistin-ekaterina-schabanova-theater-marl-marler-debuet-w1070102-9001070524/ |access-date=2025-12-30 |website=Marler Zeitung |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-01-11 |title=So, 11.1.2026 11 Uhr »Jazz for Clarinet« |url=https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/de/programm/jazz-for-clarinet/24346 |access-date=2025-12-30 |website=www.elbphilharmonie.de |language=de}}</ref>
==Personal life== Grofmeier lives in Hamburg.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-08 |title=Sun, 8 Oct 2023 18:00 Sabine Grofmeier / Jeroen Jacobs |url=https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/en/whats-on/sabine-grofmeier-jeroen-jacobs/20590 |access-date=2025-12-30 |website=www.elbphilharmonie.de}}</ref>
== Discography == * ''Berg, Fromm-Michaels, Messiaen, Schumann & von Weber.'' Mit Tra Nguyen, Klavier (Verlag GWK Münster; 2007)<ref name=":1">{{cite web|access-date=2021-12-28 |date=2015-03-15 |title=Sabine Grofmeier (Klarinette) und Tra Nguyen (Klavier) |url=https://gwk-online.de/s-grofmeier-klarinette-und-t-nguyen-klavier/ |website=GWK – Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Westfälischen Kulturarbeit e. V.}}<!-- auto-translated from German by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> * ''Sabine Grofmeier – Clarinet Tales: Schumann Romanzen op. 94, Weber Silvana Var. op. 33, Winding, Reinecke, Reissiger.'' Mit Tra Nguyen, Klavier (ARS Production; 2010) * ''Berg, Fromm-Michaels, Messiaen, Schumann & von Weber'' (2014)<ref>{{Citation |title=Berg, Fromm-Michaels, Messiaen, Schumann & von Weber |date=2014-01-01 |url=https://www.deezer.com/en/album/579431291 |access-date=2025-12-30}}</ref> * ''Baermann: Complete Studies for Clarinet, op. 64.'' Mit Ulugbeg Palvanov, Klavier (Menuetto Classics; 2015)
=== Appears on === * ''20 Basics: The Clarinet''. Various artists (2015)<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2026-01-02 |title=20 Basics: The Clarinet (20 Classical Masterpieces) |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/77F1zD4XE2Hd7fPrDBJUhh |website=Spotify}}</ref> * ''I Like the Clarinet!''. Various artists (2015)<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2026-01-02 |title=I Like the Clarinet! (Menuetto Kids - Classical Music for Children)|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0LIalF7WITER5VlYctVgf2 |website=Spotify}}</ref> * ''The Night in Classical Music''. Various artists (2018)<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2026-01-02 |title=The Night in Classical Music |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6VM3NVkjO9OVHtKBNw0Yn3 |website=Spotify}}</ref> * ''Se va el tren''. Hamburg Tango Quintet (2021)<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2026-01-02 |title=Se va el tren |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/2tKVqwb6SRdEcZUfm7F7yl |website=Spotify}}</ref>
== References == <references />
== External links == * [http://www.sabinegrofmeier.de Official website] * [http://www.mallorca-talks.com/sabine-grofmeier/ Interview: ''Sexy, talentiert und ein Ohrenschmaus. Die Geschichte einer Klarinettistin!''], via mallorca-talks.com
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