{{Short description|German clarinetist (born 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Sebastian Manz | image = Sebastian Manz (2).jpg | caption = Manz in 2023 | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1986}} | current_member_of = SWR Symphonieorchester | instrument = Clarinet | website = {{URL|https://sebastianmanz.com/}} }}
'''Sebastian Manz''' (born 1986) is a German clarinetist. He is solo clarinetist in the SWR Symphonieorchester, international soloist and chamber musician. He is also active as an arranger and composer.<ref name="rondomagazin.de o837">{{cite web | title=Sebastian Manz – Herbstliche Farben | website=rondomagazin.de | url=https://www.rondomagazin.de/artikel.php?artikel_id=3472 | language=de | accessdate=30 September 2023}}</ref>
==Life and work==
Manz was born in Hanover,<ref name="Staatstheater Hannover e851">{{cite web | title=Sebastian Manz | publisher=Staatstheater Hannover | url=https://staatstheater-hannover.de/de_DE/ensemble-staatsoper/sebastian-manz.279633 | language=de | accessdate=1 October 2023}}</ref> the son of the pianists Wolfgang Manz and Julia Goldstein, daughter of the Soviet violinist Boris Goldstein. At the age of six, Manz was member of a boys' choir in Hanover.<ref name="Lucerne Festival m316" /> He received his first clarinet lessons at the age of seven with Wilfried Berk at the Hanover Music School. From 1994 to 2002, Manz won numerous prizes at ''Jugend musiziert''.<ref name="nmz 2009 f893">{{cite web | title=Klarinettist Manz erhält Förderpreis des Rheingau Musik Festivals | website=nmz | date=6 May 2009 | url=https://www.nmz.de/politik-betrieb/musikwirtschaft/klarinettist-manz-erhaelt-foerderpreis-des-rheingau-musik-festivals | language=de }}</ref> In 1997, at the age of eleven, he was accepted as a junior student at the Musikhochschule Lübeck.<ref name=mgd>{{cite web|url=http://www.mozart-gesellschaft-dortmund.de/69.0.html?&L=1|title=SEBASTIAN MANZ, CLARINET |publisher=Mozart-Gesellschaft Dortmund|accessdate=5 August 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719062646/http://www.mozart-gesellschaft-dortmund.de/69.0.html?&L=1|archivedate=19 July 2011}}</ref> From 2003 to 2010 he was a regular student there. He studied under Sabine Meyer and Reiner Wehle.<ref name="Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center y795">{{cite web | title=Sebastian Manz | website=Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center | url=https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/about-us/people/artists/woodwinds/sebastian-manz/ | accessdate=30 September 2023}}</ref><ref name="swr.online 2017 n181" />
In 1999, Manz made his first tour as a soloist to Poland with the orchestra of the Hanover Music School.<ref name="Donaukurier.de 2022 p739">{{cite web | title=Liebling der Jurys | website=Donaukurier.de | date=30 September 2022 | url=https://www.donaukurier.de/archiv/liebling-der-jurys-3320652 | language=de }}</ref> He also performed at the EXPO 2000 as a soloist.<ref name="der DEUTSCHE PAVILLON a188">{{cite web | title=Kultur- und Veranstaltungsprogramm | website=der DEUTSCHE PAVILLON | url=http://dp.expo2000.de/kuv/veranstaltungen/2531.html | language=de | accessdate=30 September 2023}}</ref>
In 2006, Manz was invited to the Schubertiade festival in Japan, where he performed both chamber music and as a soloist.<ref name="Kunstfestspiele Herrenhausen l751">{{cite web | title=FESTIVAL — PROGRAMM — ARD-PREISTRÄGER Wen Xiao Zheng, Sebastian Manz, Tecchler Trio, Benjamin Engeli, Esther Hoppe — Herrenhäuser Gärten, Hannover | publisher=Kunstfestspiele Herrenhausen | url=https://archiv2010.kunstfestspiele.hannover.de/festspiele/biografien/ard.html | language=de | accessdate=30 September 2023}}</ref>
In 2008, Manz won the first prize in clarinet at the ARD International Music Competition, which had not been awarded for 40 years.<ref name="BR 2019 b475" /> This was immediately followed by performances with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the SWR Symphonieorchester, the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern and the Collegium Musicum in Basel.<ref name="Lucerne Festival m316">{{cite web | title=Sebastian Manz | publisher=Lucerne Festival | url=https://www.lucernefestival.ch/de/programm/kuenstlerverzeichnis/sebastian_manz/570 | language=de | accessdate=30 September 2023}}</ref>
Since 2010, he has been solo clarinetist in the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, since 2016 in the SWR Symphonieorchester.<ref name="Armbruster-2017" /><ref name="swr.online 2017 n181">{{cite web | title=Sebastian Manz | website=swr.online | date=15 December 2017 | url=https://www.swr.de/swrclassic/symphonieorchester/article-swr-4128.html | language=de}}</ref>
In his debut at the Tonhalle Zürich on 4 May 2010 he played Mozart's ''Clarinet Concerto'' with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie conducted by their designated chief conductor Eugene Tzigane.<ref name="Bach Cantatas Website 2010 w334">{{cite web | title=Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie (Symphony Orcherstra) - Short History | website=Bach Cantatas Website | date=3 May 2010 | url=https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/NWD-Philharmonie.htm}}</ref> From the 2012–13 to the 2014–15 season he was an artist in the "Junge Wilde" series at the Konzerthaus Dortmund.<ref name="Weilberg 2012 k321">{{cite web | last=Weilberg | first=Anna | title=Das Ende der klassischen Musik | website=PAGE online | date=26 March 2012 | url=https://page-online.de/kreation/das-ende-der-klassischen-musik/ | language=de}}</ref>
Manz participates on the "Rhapsody in School" project founded by Lars Vogt, in which classical musicians go to schools to introduce students to their music.<ref name="Härtel 2013 u356">{{cite web | last=Härtel | first=Klaus | title=Sebastian Manz hat das letzte Wort | website=Brawoo | date=24 April 2013 | url=https://www.brawoo.de/sebastian-manz-hat-das-letzte-wort/ | language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Künstler @ Rhapsody in School | website=Rhapsody in School | date=12 September 2023 | url=https://www.rhapsody-in-school.de/kuenstler-instrumente/?cat=blaeser | language=de}}</ref><ref name="Rhapsody in School 2018 b980">{{cite web | title=Pressearchiv | website=Rhapsody in School | date=16 March 2018 | url=https://www.rhapsody-in-school.de/presse/pressearchiv/ | language=de }}</ref>
In the 2017–2018 season, he debuted with the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo and the Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra.<ref name="WURLITZER Clarinets q642">{{cite web | title=Sebastian Manz | website=WURLITZER Clarinets | url=https://wurlitzerklarinetten.de/artists/sebastian-manz/ | language=de | accessdate=30 September 2023}}</ref>
Manz was invited to the Schwetzingen Festival, Rheingau Musik Festival and Heidelberger Frühling.<ref name="Lucerne Festival m316" /> In the 2021–22 season, he was on an Asia tour with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center with concerts in Taiwan, Japan and China.<ref name="Theater Lübeck – Home e472" /> His chamber music partners have been Felix Klieser, Tanja Tetzlaff and Wen Xiao Zheng,<ref name="Theater Lübeck – Home e472">{{cite web | title=Sebastian Manz | publisher=Theater Lübeck | url=https://www.theaterluebeck.de/personen/sebastian-manz.html | language=de | accessdate=30 September 2023}}</ref> performing Beethoven's Septet.<ref name="swr.online 2022 a908">{{cite web | title=Septett mit Sebastian Manz | website=swr.online | date=15 November 2022 | url=https://www.swr.de/swrclassic/schwetzinger-festspiele/veranstaltung-ssf-2023-serenata-in-vano-100.html | language=de}}</ref> Manz played concerts with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Japan.<ref name="Neumarkter Konzertfreunde e.V. s802">{{cite web | title=Sebastian Manz | website=Neumarkter Konzertfreunde e.V. | url=https://www.neumarkter-konzertfreunde.de/kuenstler/sebastian-manz | language=de | accessdate=30 September 2023}}</ref> In the 2022–23 season, he was a guest at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in New York City.<ref name="Staatstheater Hannover e851" />
He is also active in the jazz field, predominantly with his own arrangements, which he realises mainly with the jazz musician Sebastian Studnitzky.<ref name="moselmusikfestival 2023 z430">{{cite web | title=Jazz im Brunnenhof, Sebastian Manz – Klarinette, Sebastian Studnitzky – Klavier | website=moselmusikfestival | date=17 August 2023 | url=https://www.moselmusikfestival.de/konzert/jazz-im-brunnenhof-sebastian-manz-und-sebastian-studnitzky/ | language=de}}</ref>
==Personal life== Manz is married and has a daughter. They live in Ostfildern, Baden-Württemberg.<ref name="Maier 2023 r116">{{cite web | last=Maier | first=Elisabeth | title=Das Musiker-Ehepaar Manz aus Ostfildern: Nicht nur die Klarinette verbindet sie | website=Esslinger Zeitung | date=16 January 2023 | url=https://www.esslinger-zeitung.de/inhalt.das-musiker-ehepaar-manz-aus-ostfildernt-nicht-nur-die-klarinette-verbindet-sie.72d189f0-82b8-43e6-b0f7-17d98d4c1568.html | language=de}}</ref>
==Discography==
* 2008 ''Die Quintette von Mozart und Beethoven für Klavier und Bläser''. Mozart: Quintett Es-Dur KV. 452 for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and fagott. Beethoven: Quintett Es-Dur op. 16 for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn and fagott. Label: Indésens<ref name="Manz Trénel Schuch Fernández Alonso 2011 p. ">{{cite AV media | last1=Manz | first1=Sebastian | last2=Trénel | first2=Marc | last3=Schuch | first3=Herbert | last4=Fernández Alonso | first4=David | last5=Ortega Quero | first5=Ramón | last6=Mozart | first6=Wolfgang Amadeus | last7=Beethoven | first7=Ludwig van | title=Quintets for piano & winds | publisher=Indé Sens! | year=2011 | oclc=886551821 | page=}}</ref> * 2008 ''Mozart – Glière – Korngold''. Sebastian Manz with Mozart's clarinet concerto in A major, K 622. Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cornelius Meister. Label: BR Klassik<ref>{{cite AV media | last1=Mozart | first1=Wolfgang Amadeus | last2=Manz | first2=Sebastian | last3=Meister | first3=Cornelius | author4=Der Bayerische Rundfunk Symphonieorchester | title=Klarinettenkonzert A-Dur, KV 622 Sebastian Manz, Emmanuel Ceysson, Hyeyoon Park erste Preisträger des Internationalen Musikwettbewerbs der ARD München = Clarinet concerto A major | publisher=BRmedia | year=2010 | oclc=918453231 | language=und}}</ref> * 2011 ''DUO RIUL''. Works by Brahms, Berg, Debussy, Lutoslawski, Yun (Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Martin Klett, piano) Label: GENUIN<ref name="Brahms Lutosławski Berg Debussy 2011 p. ">{{cite AV media | last1=Brahms | first1=Johannes | last2=Lutosławski | first2=Witold | last3=Berg | first3=Alban | last4=Debussy | first4=Claude | last5=Yun | first5=Isang | author6=Duo Riul | title=Duo Riul works for clarinet and piano ; Deutscher Musikwettbewerb Award Winners/Preisträger 2008 | publisher=Deutscher Musikrat GENUIN | year=2011 | oclc=934564888 | language=und | page=}}</ref> * 2012 ''Gottfried Hendrik Mann (1858–1904)''. Clarinet Concerto op. 90. Feest Prelude op. 95. Violin Concerto op.101. Suite no. 3 op. 98. (Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Akiko Amada, violin; Symphonieorchester Osnabrück, conductor: Hermann Bäumer) Label: cpo<ref name="Mann Manz Yamada Bäumer 2012 p. ">{{cite AV media | last1=Mann | first1=Gottfried | last2=Manz | first2=Sebastian | last3=Yamada | first3=Akiko | last4=Bäumer | first4=Hermann | author5=Osnabrücker Symphonieorchester | title=Feest preludium : op. 95 ; Clarinet concerto op. 90 ; Violin concerto op. 101 ; Troisième suite op. 98 | publisher=CPO | year=2012 | oclc=906158661 | page=}}</ref> * 2012 ''Christian Wilhelm Westerhoff (1763–1806)''. Clarinet Concerto op. 5. Concerto for Clarinet, Bassoon & Orchestra. Symphony in E flat major. (Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Albrecht Holder, bassoon; Symphonieorchester Osnabrück, conductor: Hermann Bäumer) Label: cpo<ref name="Westerhoff Manz Holder Bäumer 2012 p. ">{{cite AV media | last1=Westerhoff | first1=Christian Wilhelm | last2=Manz | first2=Sebastian | last3=Holder | first3=Albrecht | last4=Bäumer | first4=Hermann | author5=Osnabrücker Symphonieorchester | title=Clarinet concerto, op. 5 ; Symphony in E flat major ; Concerto for clarinet, bassoon & orchestra | publisher=CPO | year=2012 | oclc=906158660 | page=}}</ref> * 2013 ''In Rhythm''. Works by Gerswhin, Reich, Piazzolla, Copland, Templeton, Villa-Lobos, Bernstein und Milhaud (Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Martin Klett, piano) Label:CAvi<ref>{{cite AV media | last1=Manz | first1=Sebastian | last2=Cohn | first2=James | last3=Klett | first3=Martin | last4=Gershwin | first4=George | last5=Templeton | first5=Alec | last6=Copland | first6=Aaron | last7=Reich | first7=Steve | last8=Bernstein | first8=Leonard | last9=Villa-Lobos | first9=Heitor | last10=Piazzolla | first10=Astor | last11=Milhaud | first11=Darius | author12=Riul-Duoen | title=In rhythm | publisher=Deutschlandradio : Avi-Service for Music | year=2013 | oclc=900432381 | language=und}}</ref> * 2014 ''Fuchs & Brahms'', Clarinet Quintets, Sebastian Manz, Danish String Quartet<ref name="Manz Fuchs Brahms Danish String Quartet 2014 p. ">{{cite AV media | last1=Manz | first1=Sebastian | last2=Fuchs | first2=Robert | last3=Brahms | first3=Johannes | author4=Danish String Quartet | title=Clarinet quintets | publisher=CAvi-music | year=2014 | oclc=1033410876 | page=}}</ref> * 2017 ''variation5'', Compositions by Malcolm Arnold, Jean Françaix, Paul Hindemith and Carl Nielsen. Magali Mosnier, Ramón Ortega Quero, Sebastian Manz, David Fernández Alonso and Marc Trénel, Label: EDEL/Berlin Classics<ref name="Arnold Françaix Hindemith Nielsen 2017 p. ">{{cite AV media | last1=Arnold | first1=Malcolm | last2=Françaix | first2=Jean | last3=Hindemith | first3=Paul | last4=Nielsen | first4=Carl | author5=Variation5 (Musical group) | title=Variation5 | publisher=Berlin Classics| year=2017 | oclc=1031101913 | page=}}</ref> * 2017 ''Carl Maria von Weber'', Complete works for clarinet. Sebastian Manz, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Méndez, casalQuartett, Martin Klett, piano and Lars Olaf Schaper, Double bass, Label: EDEL/Berlin Classics<ref name="Weber Manz Klett Méndez 2016 p. ">{{cite AV media | last1=Weber | first1=Carl Maria von | last2=Manz | first2=Sebastian | last3=Klett | first3=Martin | last4=Méndez | first4=Antonio | author5=SWR Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart | title=Complete works for clarinet | publisher=Berlin Classics | year=2016 | oclc=1004239405 | page=}}</ref> * 2019 ''A Bernstein Story'', Compositions by Leonard Bernstein, Igor Strawinsky and Steve Reich. Sebastian Studnitzky and Sebastian Manz, Label: EDEL / Berlin Classics<ref name="Manz Studnitzky Stravinsky Bernstein 2019 p. ">{{cite AV media | last1=Manz | first1=Sebastian | last2=Studnitzky | first2=Sebastian | last3=Stravinsky | first3=Igor | last4=Bernstein | first4=Leonard | last5=Reich | first5=Steve | title=A Bernstein story | publisher=Berlin Classics | year=2019 | oclc=1127292159 | page=}}</ref> * 2020 ''Father Copland'', Compositions by Aaron Copland. WKO Heilbronn, Case Scaglione, Céline Moinet, Sebastian Manz, Wolfgang Bauer, Label: EDEL / Berlin Classics<ref name="Copland Scaglione Württembergisches Kammerorchester 2020 p. ">{{cite AV media | last1=Copland | first1=Aaron | last2=Scaglione | first2=Case | author3=Württembergisches Kammerorchester | title=Father Copland | publisher=Berlin Classics | year=2020 | oclc=1179002879 | page=}}</ref> * 2020 ''Clarinet Concertos – Nielsen & Lindberg''. Nielsen: Serenata in vano, CNW 69. Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57. Lindberg: Clarinet Concerto. (Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, conductors: Dominik Beykirch & Magnus Lindberg) Label: Berlin Classics<ref name="Nielsen Lindberg Beykirch Manz 2020 p. ">{{cite AV media | last1=Nielsen | first1=Carl | last2=Lindberg | first2=Magnus | last3=Beykirch | first3=Dominik | last4=Manz | first4=Dominik | last5=Manz | first5=Sebastian | last6=Schaper | first6=Lars Olaf | last7=Trénel | first7=Marc | last8=Alonso | first8=David | author9=Tyske Radios Filharmoniske Orkester (Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern) | title=Clarinet concertos | publisher=Berlin Classics : Edel Germany : Südwestfunk : Saarländischer Rundfunk : [sælges på internettet] | year=2020 | oclc=1288429090 | language=und | page=}}</ref> * 2022 ''Compositions for clarinet and piano'' by Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann and Niels Wilhelm Gade. Sebastian Manz clarinet, Herbert Schuch piano, Label: EDEL/Berlin Classics<ref name="Schuch Manz Brahms Gade 2022 p. ">{{cite AV media | last1=Schuch | first1=Herbert | last2=Manz | first2=Sebastian | last3=Brahms | first3=Johannes | last4=Gade | first4=Niels W. | last5=Schumann | first5=Robert | title=Brahms, Schumann, Gade | publisher=Berlin Classics| year=2022 | oclc=1338163311 | page=}}</ref>
==Awards==
* 2008 Prize of Deutscher Musikwettbewerb, Duo clarinet/piano with Martin Klett<ref name="Flieth 2018 g070">{{cite web | last=Flieth | first=Alexandra | title=Ein ausgezeichnetes Duo | website=fnp.de | date=15 November 2018 | url=https://www.fnp.de/frankfurt/ausgezeichnetes-10576853.html | language=de }}</ref> * 2008 First prize ARD International Music Competition<ref name="Rostock">{{cite web | title=KLARINETTE Sebastian Manz | website=Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock | url=https://www.hmt-rostock.de/pl/studium/meisterkurse-sommercampus/klarinette-sebastian-manz/ | language=de | accessdate=18 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="BR 2019 b475">{{cite web | title=Preisträger: Klarinette | website=Bayerischer Rundfunk | date=28 November 2019 | url=https://www.br.de/ard-musikwettbewerb/rueckblick/preistraeger/preistraeger-pdf122.html | language=de }}</ref> * 2009 LOTTO-prize of Rheingau Musik Festival<ref name="Rheingau Musik Festival q493">{{cite web | title=24.6. — 2.9.23 — LOTTO-Förderpreis | website=Rheingau Musik Festival | url=https://www.rheingau-musik-festival.de/festival/preise-und-auszeichnungen/lotto-foerderpreis-1 | language=de | accessdate=30 September 2023}}</ref> * 2011 ECHO Klassik award in the category "Newcomer of the Year"<ref name="Armbruster-2017">{{cite web | last=Armbruster | first=Frank | title=Echo-Klassik-Preisträger Sebastian Manz: Elektroswing und Buttermilch | website=stuttgarter-zeitung.de | date=2 November 2017 | url=https://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.echo-klassik-preistraeger-sebastian-manz-elektroswing-und-buttermilch.e5ad7556-31eb-45e2-8cc8-47bf2d32d30b.html | language=de}}</ref> * 2012 ECHO Klassik award in the category "Chamber Music Recording of the Year"<ref name="Armbruster-2017" /> * 2017 ECHO Klassik award in the category "Concert Recording of the Year" for the CD "Carl Maria von Weber, Complete works for clarinet."<ref name="h568">{{cite web | title=885470009568 Carl Maria Von Weber: Complete Works for Clarinet | website=www.berlin-classics-music.com | date=15 September 2024 | url=https://www.berlin-classics-music.com/album/885470009568-carl-maria-von-weber-complete-works-for-clarinet/ | language=de | access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref> * 2020 Opus Klassik award in the category "Klassik ohne Grenzen" ("Classical Music without Borders") for the 2019 album ''A Bernstein Story'' with Sebastian Studnitzky<ref name="Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center x497">{{cite web | title=The Soldier's Tale | publisher=Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center | url=https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/cms-on-screen/digital-events/digital-encores/soldiers-tale/ | accessdate=30 September 2023}}</ref> * 2020 Lincoln Center's Emerging Artist Award<ref name="Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 2020 b711">{{cite web | title=Clarinetist Sebastian Manz Honored as Lincoln Center Emerging Artist | publisher=Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center | date=26 February 2020 | url=https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/news/clarinetist-sebastian-manz-honored-as-lincoln-center-emerging-artist/}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== * {{cite web | last=Theurich | first=Werner | title=Sebastian Manz spielt Carl Maria von Weber auf der Klarinette | website=Der Spiegel | date=12 March 2017 | url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/sebastian-manz-spielt-carl-maria-von-weber-auf-der-klarinette-a-1137893.html | language=de}} * {{cite web | last=Raphael | first=Teresa Pieschacón | title=Interview Sebastian Manz | website=concerti.de | date=23 September 2020 | url=https://www.concerti.de/interviews/sebastian-manz-2/ | language=de }}
==External links== * {{official|https://sebastianmanz.com/}} {{in lang|de}}
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