Andy Miles
Clarinetist. Composer.
About Andy
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Andy Miles. Clarinetist. Composer.
Andy Miles, international soloist, chamber musician and solo clarinetist of the WDR Funkhausorchester Cologne, has established himself as one of today’s most exciting clarinet artists, as a musician without limits. Like no other, he switches back and forth between classical and jazz with playful ease and dreamlike safety and thus inspires both - the classical and the jazz music scene. Andy Miles demonstrates a unique talent for arranging and composing time and again in concerts. He wrote music for Netflix, National Geographic, ARTE, ZDF, ARD and various soundtracks for commercials in the USA.
The glowing sound of his clarinet simply warms the soul…
(Argus, Capetown)
Miles laid his respect at the feet of Astor Piazzolla and Benny Goodman, with dream-like passages and a buttery approach...
(Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger)
Lyrical, with an incredibly soft attack, and inspired expression, the clarinettist Andy Miles performed the solo part of Carl Maria von Weber's Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in f-minor. Here, too, it was clear – especially in the area of tone colour – that he was very well prepared. His encore reminded us that Miles is also at home with other musical styles: Somewhere form Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story, wonderfully arranged for solo clarinet...
(Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
First-class and stirringly played! Tonally and technically, this soloist effortlessly masters his instrument...
(Ruhr Nachrichten)
Recent CD
Symphonic Jazz with Andy Miles
Jorge Calandrelli (*1939)
Concerto for jazz clarinet and orchestra
Daniel Freiberg (*1957)
Latin American Chronicles, Concerto for jazz clarinet and orchestra
Jeff Beal (*1963)
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra
Andy Miles, Jazz clarinet
WDR Funkhausorchester Köln
Wayne Marshall, conductor
Rasmus Baumann, conductor
Biography
Download Biography 20/21
"For a moment Andy Miles holds the time and the moved audience's breath before the soloist is showered with ovations..."
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Andy Miles, international soloist, chamber musician and solo clarinetist of the WDR Funkhausorchester Cologne, has established himself as one of today’s most exciting clarinet
artists, as a musician without limits. He has earned international fame and the audience acclaim for his effortless playing and his expressive musicality. He goes across the lines of
Classical Music, Jazz, Tango and Klezmer and overcomes boundaries effortlessly.
His experience as a saxophonist in rock bands, tin whistle player in folk bands, clarinetist and saxophonist in various jazz formations and, last but not least, as principal
clarinetist of the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg give him new impulses to overcome the boundaries of musical genres and to combine them in a lively, interesting and unique
mix of styles. Like no other, he switches back and forth between classical and jazz with playful ease and dreamlike safety and thus inspires both - the classical and the jazz music
scene.
His CD “American Connection” (CPO), which he recorded with the WDR Funkhausorchester under Wayne Marshall, was described as a “symphonic jazz tidbit” and the press confirmed: “Andy
Miles has not only an impressive sound spectrum from dark-warm over full and round to brilliant, he also seems to have no limits when it comes to virtuosity: even with breakneck runs,
jumps and glissandi he never loses the groove ... “(FonoForum 10/2017).
In addition to his solo engagements in Germany (including the WDR Funkhausorchester Köln, Landestheater Schleswig-Holstein, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Duisburg Philharmonic, St.
Petersburg Chamber Orchestra, Slovak Sinfonietta, Izmir State Symphony Orchestra and the Beijing Symphony Orchestra) he is regularly touring through Europe, Japan, South Africa and
China.
Andy Miles demonstrates a unique talent for arranging and composing time and again in concerts. He received excited reviews for his composition "Bridges - Arabic European Symphonic
Fantasy". His music is particularly in demand for films, documentaries and soundtracks. He wrote music for Netflix, National Geographic, ARTE, ZDF, ARD and various soundtracks for
commercials in the USA.
Clarinet Masterclass
"Learning with a Pro"
This is the first online masterclass that covers all aspects around the clarinet. It contains 20 Video tutorials (150 minutes) with everything a classical clarinetist needs to know.
Here you'll find videos and exercises about staccato, legato, breathing, how to find your perfect sound, the power of emotion, intonation, vibrato and special techniques such as
circular breathing and double tongue. On top of that you get tips to overcome technical barriers, I show you a daily practice routine and you will learn how to repair a
clarinet.
And there’s even more: a complete tutorial about working on reeds like a pro and all about tuning the clarinet is included. And you’ll get one to the most important topics: A working
„Mindset for concerts and auditions“. And there’s still more! You want to know how to improvise or how to play Klezmer or Tango? I show you how to prepare your own jazz improvisation
and you will learn special techniques of Klezmer and Tango.
Don’t hesitate and get this masterclass. For the price of less than two lessons with a professor you get a complete masterclass and you can learn and study wherever you are and
whenever you want!
Please watch the introduction video and the free tutorials.
Yours Andy
coming soon
