Curriculum Vitae

       The Belgian clarinettist Jean-Luc Votano starts the clarinet to 5 years     old with his father and gives his first concert in soloist to 7 years old. He is principal clarinet of Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège since 2002 and in the 2005-06 season, he does his debut musical to the Lincoln Centre of New York (to the Avery Fisher Hall) invited by Louis Langrée and the Mostly Mozart Festival.

        In 2004, he was named the best young Soloist of the year by French Public Radio (Belgium, France, Canada and Switzerland). He has also won first prize at a number of international competitions, including the International Music Competition in Rome (from more than 4000 candidates), Benelux Competition of the Yamaha Foundation, Ville d'Avray International Clarinet Competition in Paris, Louis Cahuzac Competition in Versailles and Lion's Club International Competition in Rome.

        At a young age he has also had the pleasure of playing as a concert performer with orchestras and renowned conductors including Louis Langrée, Armin Jordan, Yoel Levy, Yuri Simonov, in performances in Italy, France, Denmark, Israel and Belgium. Jean-Luc Votano's passion for chamber music has led him to perform with such artists as  François-René Duchable, John Novacek, Daniel Blumenthal, Claire-Marie Le Guay, Marie Hallynck, Boris Belkin, Véronique Bogaerts, The Debussy quartet, the Danel quartet and the Parisii quartet.