Fredrik Fors

Swedish solo clarinetist, born 1973 in Borlänge, Sweden. Since 1995, he has been solo clarinetist in the Oslo Philharmonic. Started playing the clarinet at the age of 10 in Borlänge Music School. In 1988, at the age of 15, he made his debut as a soloist with the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra (SVT made a documentary program about him in connection with this) and quickly got a series of engagements. The international debut took place in 1990 with the Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Fors attended the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. (Even before he retired, he had been awarded "Best European musician under 25" by the Council of Europe.) Has later studied with leading clarinetists on the international stage: Karl Leister, Yehuda Gilad, Anthony Pay and Richard Stoltzman. Played in the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. Invited as a visiting professor to teach clarinetists at the University of Minnesota. He is a frequently hired chamber musician with involvement at many music festivals in the Nordics and in the rest of Europe.