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Neil Rynston
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CLARINETIST  Neil Rynston's career has been diverse and innovative. He has been concerto soloist and principal clarinetist with several orchestras in New York and Europe, including Musikkollegium Winterthur (formerly, the Stadtorchester Winterthur) in Switzerland where he performed Debussy’s Première Rhapsodie at the Stadthaus Winterthur, and the Vivaldi Travelling Virtuosi (NYC) with whom he performed Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A, KV 622 and Bärmann’s Adagio for Solo Clarinet and String Orchestra. He is presently the principal clarinetist and orchestra manager of the Chamber Philharmonia of NY under the direction of Maestro Tali Makell and the Cosmopolitan Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Bernard Rubenstein. In the 2010-11 season he will perform Copland’s Clarinet Concerto with Maestro Makell and the CPNY. He has also collaborated with such luminaries as David del Tredici for whom he contracted the ensemble for and performed in his monodrama Dracula for del Tredici’s 70th birthday gala, Lowell Liebermann, Andrew Rudin, Alexander Simic (Serbia) and Phillip Lasser.
An experienced chamber musician, Mr. Rynston has been a repeated guest recitalist at the American Landmark Series (NY), the Dame Myra Hess Series (Chicago), Trinity Church Summer Series (NY), the Glencairn Series (Philadelphia), the Frye Museum (Seattle), Tenri Institute, Michael H. Lord Gallery (Palm Springs, CA) has been featured on KING FM (Seattle) and WAMC (NY State).
The performances were expressive, musically alive and technically brilliant. The Fantasy Pieces of Schumann
showed off the strong suits of the clarinetist. Rynston's tone always sang, was unerringly in tune and the
quality of his tone held even, from the lowest to the highest register. The slow movement of the Beethoven
{Op. 11 Trio] gave this listener a hint of what paradise must be all about. . . The musically aware audience
responded to a simply wonderful performance with enthusiasm. Morton Gold (Journal Tribune, July 3, 2008)
Michael H. Lord Gallery Concert a Treasure:
There was something so right for Palm Springs in the "Brahms Meets Rauschenberg" concert performed last
weekend at the innovative Michael H. Lord Gallery. It was excellent. . . . And it was appreciated by a serious
group of art and music lovers who are still here a month after the snowbirds fly east. . .Their selections were
the "Trio" by Vincent d'Indy, Opus 29, and the "Trio" by Johannes Brahms, Opus 114, and they played them
with intoxicating clarity. . . "Michael is going to have more events like this," said John Hussar of PRNews
Works who has recently associated with the Gallery "when Palm Springs can attract such world-class
artists as these". Patty Selah (My Desert, May 2009)
In 2004 he founded the chamber music ensemble Vista Lirica. Vista Lirica had its inaugural concert in New York in 2005. Vista Lirica has been creating a buzz ever since.
As principal clarinetist and orchestra manager of Opera Manhattan (1991-1998), he developed an orchestra comprised of distinguished soloists. This company presented its Lincoln Center début at Alice Tully Hall in 1997.
Opera Manhattan was formed to present productions of various neglected operas in theaters around
town. Its other driving goal was to raise money for AIDS research and care. In both areas the company
has made notable contributions to the city… The orchestra playing was stylistically assured.
Anthony Tommasini (NY Times)
In “Pleurez mes yeux,” from Le Cid, clarinetist Neil Rynston eloquently limned Chimène’s pathos with stirring virtuosity.
Bruce-Michael Gelbert (New York Native)
After having received his Bachelor of Music degree from the Oberlin Conservatory, Mr. Rynston continued his professional training with legendary clarinetist Robert Marcellus at Northwestern University, chosen as one of three out of almost 1,000 prospectives. He was invited by Gunther Schuller to perform at the Sandpoint Chamber Music Festival in Idaho in 1987. That same year he received a stipend to study at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. He has also studied arts management and German literature at New York University’s Gallatin Division.
In February 2007 he joined the faculty of the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music where he teaches classical clarinet and chamber music.
Please visit Vista Lirica's youtube channel - www.youtube.com/NRynston
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