Mayer, Sabina

She received the first music lessons from her father, clarinetist Karl Mayer, then studied with Otto Germann in Stuttgart and Hans Deinzer in Hanover . Her professional debut took place at 16 years old. She became a soloist in the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and in 1982 Herbert von Karajan invited her to the position of the first clarinet in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - for the first time in the history of the orchestra's existence, the tradition of not taking women into the orchestra was violated. This decision of Karayan had a great resonance in the music world. A year later, Mayer, not accepted by colleagues in the orchestra, left him, deciding to pursue a soloist career. During these years, Mayer has performed with more than 80 professional orchestras in Germany and other European countries, as well as in North America, Japan, Brazil, Israel, Africa and Australia. In 1983, Mayer founded the Clarone Trio with her brother Wolfgang and her husband Rainer Vele, and in 1988 , the Sabina Mayer Wind Instrument Ensemble. The Clarone Trio made a number of records with jazz clarinetists Eddie Daniels and Michael Riesler. Mayer received the Echo Award six times from the German Academy of Sound Recording - more than any other classical musician. In her repertoire - almost all concert, solo and chamber compositions for clarinet. She also works with the music of contemporary composers. Her album "Contemporary Works for Wind Ensembles" was a great success, including recordings of music by Denisov , Hosokawa , Castiglioni, Obst and Raskatov . She was the first performer of the works of Harald Gentsmer, Marc-Andre Dalbavi and Manfred Troyan. Since 2003 he has been playing at the Lucerne Festival Orchestra .

The performer’s repertoire includes classical and modern music - from Molter , Stamitz and Mozart to Veres , Denisov and Hosokawa.

She performed in ensemble with Barbara Hendricks , Gidon Kremer , Heinrich Schiff , Oleg Meisenberg , Tabaa Zimmerman , Lars Vogt , Alban Berg Quartet , Cleveland and Tokyo String Quartets (with the last she made a world tour in 2001 - 2002 ), etc.

Together with her husband, clarinet player Rainer Wehle, he teaches at the Lübeck Higher School of Music.

It has been repeatedly noted by musical criticism as an instrumentalist of the year ( 1994 , 1996 , 2000 , 2003 ). ECHO Classic Award and other awards. Many of her students also became famous. Considered one of the best clarinet educators to this day. .

• Zander M. Sabine Meyer: Weltstar mit Herz. Hamburg: Edel, 2013

• Official site
• Sabina Meyer (English) on the Allmusic website