Andrew Marriner, son of Sir
Neville Marriner and his wife
Diana Parikian, was educated at
King's College School, Cambridge (where he was a chorister), As a soloist, Marriner has been a regular performer in London, both at the
Barbican and the
Royal Festival Hall. His extensive career abroad has taken him to
La Scala Milan,
La Fenice Venice, the
Musikverein in Vienna and across the United States and Australia, recently to Melbourne for Concertos by
Mozart and
Douglas Weiland with the
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra. Marriner has given the world premières of concertos written for him by Robin Holloway, Dominic Muldowney and
John Tavener. He is a member of the LSO chamber ensemble and has enjoyed playing with many other international groups over the years. These include the Lindsay,
Endellion, Moscow, Warsaw, Orlando, Sine Nomine and
Belcea string quartets. He has worked with some of the most distinguished individuals in the world of chamber music such as
Alfred Brendel,
André Previn,
András Schiff,
Lynn Harrell,
Stephen Isserlis,
Emanuel Ax,
Hélène Grimaud,
Sylvia McNair,
Edita Gruberova and with the late
Vlado Perlemuter and
George Malcolm. In addition to numerous recordings with the LSO, on disc and for film and TV, Andrew has recorded the core solo and chamber clarinet repertoire with various record companies including
Philips,
EMI,
Chandos and Collins Classics. His concerto appearances are regularly broadcast by the
BBC. Recent recording projects include Ronald Corp's Clarinet Quintet with the New London Orchestra and Howard Blake's Clarinet Concerto with Sir
Neville Marriner and The Academy of St Martin in the Fields on
PENTATONE. Marinner is in demand as a teacher and woodwind consultant and gives masterclasses, coaches orchestras and adjudicates competitions all around the world. Over the years, he has taught at the Sydney Conservatory, Australian National Academy in Melbourne,
Juilliard School, Hong Kong Academy, Accademia de la Musica in Rome and regularly coaches players with the New World Symphony in Miami. He is a regular panelist for the
Donatella Flick Conducting Competition, is on the Advisory Committee of the Solti Foundation and a Trustee of the Hattori Foundation. Marriner is a D'Addrio Woodwinds Artist as well as a Buffet Crampon Artist. He is Professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the
Royal Academy of Music, and was awarded an
Hon. Ram in 1996. Before the
COVID-19 pandemic, Marriner went to California three times. The first was to visit
Colburn school to teach at the behest of
Yehuda Gilhad. While at Colburn, he joined the students in performing chamber music. In April of 2019, Marriner joined the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra to perform Mozart's
Clarinet Concerto in A Major. His third visit to California was to the
Music Academy of the West in
Santa Barbara to teach. In 2019, after being with the LSO for 41 years and Principal Clarinet for 34, he left the orchestra. He has continued as a chamber music partner with
Magdalena Kozena and
Sir Simon Rattle to participate in a series of concerts traveling about Europe in 2022. == Selected discography ==