John Forde
Clarinet
John Forde completed his undergraduate degree with Tim Lines at the Royal College of Music in London and also holds a Master’s degree from the Royal Irish Academy of Music where he studied with John Finucane.
Since returning to Ireland John has been in demand as a freelance clarinettist and performs, records and broadcasts regularly with Irish orchestras including RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra and the Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera.
Since 2008, John has been an ever-present part of the wind section of the Irish Chamber Orchestra. With the ICO he has toured extensively across both Europe and the USA, performing at international festivals including Frühling Festival, Heidlberg and Mozart Festival, Würzburg. John also performs on the current CD recording cycle of complete Mendelssohn Symphonies with ICO and Jörg Widmann.
Since returning to Ireland John has been in demand as a freelance clarinettist and performs, records and broadcasts regularly with Irish orchestras including RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra and the Orchestra of Wexford Festival Opera.
Since 2008, John has been an ever-present part of the wind section of the Irish Chamber Orchestra. With the ICO he has toured extensively across both Europe and the USA, performing at international festivals including Frühling Festival, Heidlberg and Mozart Festival, Würzburg. John also performs on the current CD recording cycle of complete Mendelssohn Symphonies with ICO and Jörg Widmann.
John appears in Schoenberg and Poetry on 27 June 2018
