“What he gave us in the clarinet concerto, the suggestive playfulness, the imagination in just about every little detail is completely exceptional. I would also like to add that he showed us the enchanting duality of the work. On the one hand, the childlike simplicity, onn the other hand, the permeating purity that runs like a common thread throughout the concert. This duality appeared in an incredibly fine way in Kevin Spagnolo’s fantastically suggestive and very, very virtuoso clarinet playing.”
“Everything started with.. me, falling in love with Music”
Who are you? I’m a clarinettist, a musician.
But what is a musician, and why is it important to share and spread music?
It’s difficult to answer this question. To do so properly, we have to look back to the past—to when we were all little, innocent children. We were overwhelmed by the world, discovering new things each day, curious, spontaneous, and happy. Everything felt amplified, and we could express ourselves without barriers, without thought. I believe that child still lives within us, and I think we should all see the world from time to time with that perspective, through those eyes.
Music is one of the most powerful ways to rediscover our inner child, expressing our vulnerability and emotions, and finding pleasure through our ears and eyes.
My purpose is to rediscover classical music by taking risks, pushing the limits of my instrument’s possibilities, and carefully analyzing the composers’ intentions to understand them—all while remaining as instinctive and spontaneous as possible.
Music is both complex and simple at the same time, and it reaches people’s emotions now, just as it did two hundred years ago, or earlier.
Music lets us forget the bad things and gives us the opportunity to become better human beings.