Karl Leister

Karl Leister Is A World-Renowned Classical Clarinet-Player. He Was Born In Wilhelmshaven Germany. He Learnt The Clarinet From His Father Also A Clarinet Player At A Very Early Age And Later Studied At The Hochschule Fur Musik In Berlin. Whilst Still A Teenager He Was Accepted To Join The Komische Oper Berlin Under Vaclav Neumann And Walter Felenstein As A Solo Clarinet-Player.
He Joined The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra In 1959 Under Herbert Von Karajan – This Productive Musical Association Was To Last For Thirty Years. During This Time He Was Internationally Recognized As A Major Soloist And Chamber Musician. Leister Was Also One Of The Founding Members Of The “Blaser Der Berliner Philharmoniker”/Berlin Soloists Which Made Masterful Recordings – Among Them Of “Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet In B Minor Op. 115”. He Also Co-Founded The Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
The Creation Of The Herbert Von Karajan Academy Of The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Has Permitted Karl Leister To Teach Music To A Whole New Generation Of Musicians.
Leister Is Currently A Professor At The Academy Of Music Hanns Eisler Berlin read less