Barnaby Robson
Grâce à un réseau de centres d'artistes et d'ateliers répartis dans le monde entier, Yamaha travaille avec des musiciens de premier plan pour soutenir leurs performances et développer des conceptions d'instruments et de nouvelles idées au profit de tous les musiciens. Les artistes Yamaha partagent avec nous la passion d'inspirer la prochaine génération de musiciens et la conviction que chacun doit être encouragé à cultiver son talent, à se rapprocher des autres et à raconter son histoire à travers la musique.
Get to know clarinet player and Yamaha artist Barnaby Robson
Statement about your relation with Yamaha or your instrument:
The artist model is so brilliantly designed and built by a Yamaha team who really understand just how well the instrument needs to work on a daily basis in a varetiy of different musical settings.
How does your instrument help you in your daily life as an artist?
The Artist clarinets are very well tuned and this helps enormously in both the orchestral setting and when working with more fixed pitch instruments like piano. The sound production is easy and uniform across the registers which really helps with blending within a woodwind section.
How would you characterise your instrument?
Smooth, warm, even and responsive.
Who was your most influential teacher and is there any advice which you still follow?
I couldn’t single out one as they all had a big influence on my playing. Breathing well is the most fundamental aspect of woodwind playing so when that was mentioned I always paid particular attention!
Advice for a young musician
Listen to all sorts of music and go and see it live as well as recorded. Find out the ‘backstory’ to the pieces you are playing – don’t just follow the dots. Practice in the right way – really listen to yourself and get good at problem solving.
