Sabine Grofmeier

Sabine Grofmeier (born 4 April 1973) is a German classical clarinetist. She performs as a soloist in orchestral music and as a chamber musician in Germany and several other countries.

Education Sabine Grofmeier studied the clarinet with Hans-Dietrich Klaus and Frits Hauser at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold from 1991 to 1996, graduating with a diploma in music education. From 1996 to 1999, she studied with Stefan Schilling at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, where she passed her in 1999. She then pursued further studies with Eduard Brunner at the Saar University of Music. She also attended masterclasses with, among others, Sabine Meyer, Wolfgang Meyer, and . In 1996, she received the Advancement Award from the in Münster; she was a scholarship recipient of the Villa Musica Foundation of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, the Richard Wagner Society, the Schwetzingen Festival, and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). One piece regularly performed is Carl Maria von Weber's "Grand Duo Concertante".

Near Kaiserslautern, Grofmeier founded the Diemersteiner Konzertreihe chamber music series.

As a soloist, Sabine Grofmeier has performed at venues including the Hamburg Musikhalle (Laeiszhalle), Bremen Die Glocke, Berlin Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt, Hanover Großer NDR-Sendesaal, Bielefeld Rudolf-Oetker-Halle, Karlsruhe Kongresszentrum, Nuremberg Meistersingerhalle, Bonn Beethovenhalle, Stuttgart Liederhalle, and Munich Herkulessaal der Residenz. Her concert activities as a chamber musician, soloist, and teacher have taken the clarinetist throughout Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Israel, England, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Kosovo, France, Australia, and South America.

Grofmeier taught as a lecturer at, among other places, the Villa Denis Foundation House of the Technical University of Kaiserslautern such as in 2012 with the Central American Youth Orchestra in El Salvador. In 2025, she was honoured by being made a patron of Marl debut. She performed a concert in her hometown.

Personal life Grofmeier lives in Hamburg.

Discography Berg, Fromm-Michaels, Messiaen, Schumann & von Weber. Mit Tra Nguyen, Klavier (Verlag GWK Münster; 2007) Sabine Grofmeier – Clarinet Tales: Schumann Romanzen op. 94, Weber Silvana Var. op. 33, Winding, Reinecke, Reissiger. Mit Tra Nguyen, Klavier (ARS Production; 2010) Berg, Fromm-Michaels, Messiaen, Schumann & von Weber (2014) Baermann: Complete Studies for Clarinet, op. 64. Mit Ulugbeg Palvanov, Klavier (Menuetto Classics; 2015)

Appears on 20 Basics: The Clarinet. Various artists (2015) I Like the Clarinet!. Various artists (2015) The Night in Classical Music. Various artists (2018) Se va el tren. Hamburg Tango Quintet (2021)