Philip Arkinstall
Philip Arkinstall has appeared as soloist with the Sydney, Melbourne, Queensland, West Australian and Tasmanian, Corpus Medicorum and Zelman symphony orchestras and also with the Malaysian and Royal Melbourne philharmonics in repertoire ranging from Mozart to Heinze.
He won the young performer of the year for 2MBSFM in 1996 and won the 1997 Young Performer of the Year prize run by Symphony Australia and the ABC. Queens Trust, Big Brother and various other awards enabled him to pursue intermittent studies in Europe.
Philip has been the associate principal clarinet of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra since 2008. He was Principal of the Malaysian Philaharmonic in KL for 11 years prior to that, and has appeared as guest principal with every Australian orchestra except Adelaide. Philip has worked with the AWO, ACO, the Camerata Bern, Arcadia and the MCO amongst others and is a founding member of the Plexus Trio with Monica Curro and Stefan Cassomenos. Plexus has comissioned and premiered works from over 100 composers from across the globe since its inception in 2013. He is also a founder of the Melbourne Ensemble septet and has appeared at the Townsville, Coriole, Mackay, Dessert Song, Huntingdon and Port Fairy festivals amongst many others.
Philip studies conducting with Richard Mills and has assistant conducted several new works. He teaches at Melbourne University and has given masterclasses across Asia and South America as well as being a guest teacher in clarinet and chamber music at ANAM, Monash, ANU and NMC. He studied with Peter jenkin at the Sydney Conservatorium, Valentin Sacharov in Strasbourg and earlier with Steven Kenyon and Bernard Wattelet. He is a contracted artist for the German clarinet maker, Arthur F Ubel.
Philip Arkinstall is featured on the following titles
True Romantics
In True Romantics, two of Australia’s most accomplished musicians, clarinettist Philip Arkinstall and pianist Kristian Chong, bring new light and lyrical warmth to Brahms’s Clarinet Sonatas, Op.120, and Clara Schumann’s Three Romances, Op.22 (here transcribed for clarinet by Roger Young).
