Clarinet
The clarinet class at the Haute école de musique de Genève (HEM) is led by Romain Guyot. Our professor is not just a renowned solo artist and chamber musician, who is very active on the international scene, but also a committed educator.
Romain Guyot has, by turns, held the role of solo clarinet player at the National Orchestra of Paris, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and, at present, the Orchestre de Chambre d’Europe (OCE). Renowned clarinet players are regularly invited to give Masterclasses to the students.
The students taking the HEM’s clarinet classes benefit from a particularly stimulating learning environment, which makes the most of their cultural diversity. The atmosphere is one that favours human contact and new friendships. Besides the individual classes, there is a large number and variety of opportunities to play in a group: orchestra sessions, chamber music, multi-disciplinary projects. Simulations of orchestra contests are also regularly held. Thanks to the resources at our Centre de musique électroacoustique (CME), they can also experiment with avant-garde styles of music through amplification, the use of effect pedals, etc.
The close ties that the HEM maintains with the region’s professional ensembles offer our students numerous opportunities to play in renowned ensembles such as the Orchestre de la Suisse romande (OSR), the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève (OCG) or the Ensemble de musique contemporaine Contrechamps. The richness of the music scene in French-speaking Switzerland, the music-loving public and the numerous patrons mean that there are ample opportunities for engagement, to enrich their practice and develop their network of contacts.
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