The
clarinettist Andrew Sparling has a wide-ranging career as a
solo, chamber and orchestral musician. He has given recitals with the
pianist Thalia Myers in venues which include St Helier and Ho Chi Minh City,
and has played quintets with the Brindisi and Lyric Quartets as well as chamber
concerts for the British Council in Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia and Sri Lanka,
and for the London Festival of Chamber Music. As a soloist he has performed
at festivals in London, Huddersfield, New York and Belfast, and has recorded
for BBC Radio 3 and Danish Radio; in May 2000 he gave his concerto debut
at the Royal Festival Hall with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Earlier
this year he made his television acting debut playing the part of clarinettist
Anton Stadler in the forthcoming BBC2 drama-documentary series "The Genius
of Mozart", to be shown in the 2003-4 season. He has also made many
broadcasts and recordings as member of the ensembles Lontano, Apartment
House, Ensemble Exposé and Double Image"
