Yasmina Spiegelberg – clarinet
Hailed for her “enchanting” performances (New York Classical Review) and her “sweet and ardent playing” (Times Union), Swiss-French clarinetist Yasmina Spiegelberg is the laureate of international and national competitions including the Rotary International Competition Madrid Velazquez, the Frances Walton Seattle Competition, and the USC Concerto Competition. She is an alum of Ensemble Connect, the resident ensemble of Carnegie Hall and has appeared at Avaloch Farm Music Institute, the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Caramoor, Chelsea Music Festival, GatherNYC, North Country Chamber Players, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Rocket City New Music, TIME:SPANS Festival, Yellowbarn, and with renowned ensembles such as A Far Cry, American Modern Opera Company, Argento New Music Project, On Site Opera, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and yMusic. She has premiered works by various composers, including Katherine Balch, Shih-Hui Chen, Laura Kaminsky, Gabriella Smith, and Michi Wiancko. Yasmina is a core member and co-founder of Trio Phōs, a NYC-based clarinet trio recipient of the 2024 New World Symphony BLUE Grant. She’s the Principal Clarinetist of the Fort Greene Orchestra, Pegasus: The Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of New York, and Paragon Ragtime Orchestra. She was a substitute on the Broadway Show Camelot. Yasmina has appeared as a clarinet professor at Juilliard Pre-College, as a teaching artist with the Harmony Program at Juilliard, and has been on the clarinet and chamber music faculty at the Young Artists Program at Yellowbarn. She is a clarinet faculty at Riverdale Country School. Yasmina completed an Artist Diploma at the University of Southern California with Yehuda Gilad.