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Ernst Ottensamer is an Austrian clarinetist. He attended the University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, where he returned in 1986 to teach, and became professor there in 2000. In 1979, he began playing with the Vienna State Opera, and became principal clarinetist with the
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in 1983. He has formed several chamber ensembles, including the
Vienna Virtuosos, the Vienna Wind Ensemble, and the Vienna Soloists Trio, as well as a clarinet trio with his sons, Daniel Ottensamer and
Andreas Ottensamer, known as the
Clarinotts.
Ottensamer has also collaborated with the
Alban Berg Quartet, the
Artis Quartet, and the
Hugo Wolf Quartet, and performed in other chamber performances with
Simon Rattle,
André Previn,
Daniel Barenboim,
Rudolf Buchbinder, and
Mischa Maisky. He has recorded many clarinet concertos on Naxos and Decca.