Nicolai Pfeffer

Nicolai Pfeffer (born 20 September 1985) is a German clarinetist, music editor and ordinary clarinet professor at the "Talent Music Master Courses University of Music" in Brescia, Italy. In 2004, he began clarinet studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, where he was accepted into the master class of .

Activity as soloist and chamber musician

Pfeffer has performed with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Oper Köln, the Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, the Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and the Bamberger Symphonikers. In the summer of 2018, he made his solo debut with Rossini's Clarinet Concerto in a specially produced Urtext edition with the La Scala Orchestra under Maestro Fabio Luisi. He has performed at Munich's Herkulessaal, the Berlin Philharmonie, the Gewandhaus, and the Kölner Philharmonie, and has appeared at numerous festivals in Europe, the United States, South America, and the Middle East. Breitkopf & Härtel and Edition Peters.

In the 2019/2020 season, Pfeffer-crafted orchestrations of Italian opera fantasias were premiered by the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, and the Israeli Raanana Symphonette. Further performances by other orchestras followed.

Double Concerto in E minor for clarinet (or violin), viola and orchestra. opus 88 by Max Bruch. Frankfurt am Main: C.F. Peters 2010. Eight Pieces op. 83 by Max Bruch, Edition Diewa 2011 Trio in D minor for clarinet, (or violin), violoncello and piano op. 3 by Alexander Zemlinsky. Munich: Edition Diewa 2012. Clarinet Concerto in F minor op. 5 by Bernhard Henrik Crusell. G. Henle Verlag 2014. Introduzione e Tema con Variazioni B-dur by Gioachino Rossini. Breitkopf & Härtel 2015 Clarinet Concerto in B flat major, op. 11 by Bernhard Henrik Crusell. G. Henle Verlag 2015. Clarinet Concerto in E flat major op. 1 by Bernhard Henrik Crusell. G. Henle Verlag 2016. Fantasiestücke by Niels Wilhelm Gade, G. Henle Verlag 2017. Clarinet Concerto in B flat major by Johann Stamitz, G. Henle Verlag 2021 Rigoletto-Fantasy for clarinet, piano, clarinet and orchestra by Luigi Bassi, Breitkopf & Härtel 2021 (formerly by Pfefferkorn-Musikverlag) Rigoletto-Fantasy for clarinet and string orchestra by Luigi Bassi, TRIO Musik Edition Nowotny & Lamprecht OHG 2021 Duo in B minor by Johannes Brahms, TRIO Musik Edition 2022

Discography Johannes Brahms, Sonatas op. 120 – Piano Pieces op. 119, CAvI Music 2018 (with Felix Wahl, piano). Affinità elettive / Elective affinities Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622, Rondo K. 373 (arr. Nicolai Pfeffer), Sperai vicino il lido K. 368 (arr. ), Symphony No. 29 in A major KV 201; Nicolai Pfeffer, clarinet; Orchestra della Toscana; conductor Markus Stenz, NovAntiqua Records NA55 2021.