Simon Reitmaier

Simon Reitmaier is an Austrian clarinettist.

Life Reitmaier was born in Telfs. Reitmaier completed his studies in clarinet performance at the Mozarteum University Salzburg with Alois Brandhofer and at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien with with distinction. He has won prizes at national and international competitions. In 2009, he received the START scholarship of the Austrian Ministry of Culture.

Solo activity took place with the Duisburg Philharmonic, Other appearances include the ORF programme meets..., Malta/Gozo Victoria Arts Festival, Neubeurer Woche, Salzkammergut Festwochen Gmunden, Manoire de Lebioles and the Austrian Cultural Forum London. In 2018, Reitmaier released the CD "Klarinettenquintette Mozart, Reger, Leitner" together with the Auner Quartett on the Gramola Vienna label.

Since 2015 Reitmaier has been a lecturer at the annual "Sommerakademie Lilienfeld". Johanna Doderer composed the trio "The Blossom" for clarinet, violin and piano for Reitmaier. Kalevi Aho composed Solo XIV for Reitmaier in the summer of 2018. The quality of Reitmaier's clarinet playing has been praised by critics in the course of various performances.

Premieres In October 2015, as part of the concert series Geras klingt, the world premiere of Geras Variations for Clarinet and Accordion by Mayako Kubo, together with took place.