Armand Angster


Armand Angster is a French clarinetist. With Françoise Kubler, he is the founder of the ensemble "Accroche Note", research and creative formation in contemporary music.

Career

Born in Strasbourg, Angster's mastery of the different clarinets allows him to be the dedicatee of works by contemporary composers by Stefano Gervasoni, La mesure des choses I. La mesure de l'air as well as their interpreter by Philippe Manoury, Dikha by Christophe Bertrand, By the Way by Pascal Dusapin, Assonance III.
In 1981, he created in Strasbourg with Françoise Kubler the Accroche Note ensemble offering programmes combining music from yesterday and today; this ensemble is supported in particular by the Ministry of Culture and the City of Strasbourg.
He is soloist in various formations ranging from the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg to ensembles of contemporary music in Europe
He regularly takes part in the Musica Festival of Strasbourg and to numerous others.
Angster teaches clarinet and chamber music at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg and at the Haute École des arts du Rhin in Strasbourg. Many of his students such as Manuel Metzger, and Jean-Francois Charles turned professionals.
He is recognized in the jazz world, notably thanks to the concerts and recordings in 1990 of the clarinet trio with Louis Sclavis and Jacques Di Donato, renowned improvisers and masters of the clarinet. He continues the trio experiment with new clarinetists, and in 2005.

Awards

Selected discography

;JazzTrio de clarinettes live with Jacques Di Donato, Louis Sclavis L'ibère by and François Couturier's Passaggio Trio de clarinettes: Ramdam with Sylvain Kassap, Jean-Marc Foltz
;SpectralismInner Time II by Armand Angster "Clarinet System"
;Chamber music
;Contemporary music