"As far as I'm concerned, he will always be the GOAT." Abramovitz's use of sports terminology is no coincidence: he says his dream is to "sign a lifelong contract to play the national anthem at Montreal Canadiens games so I could attend every game for free." A year ago, he fulfilled another dream. " as if the clarinet had no technical or musical limitations in his hands," he says. ("I was something of a rebel back in the day," he concedes.)Ībramovitz's clarinet hero is Martin Fröst. In October, he'll step in front of the TSO to play Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto - "my all-time favourite." Not bad for a guy who was kicked out of his high school music program. In February, they performed at Carnegie Hall ("the holy grail of concert halls," he says) and while in New York, Abramovitz gave a masterclass at the Manhattan School of Music. "When my dad took me and my three siblings to see one of their shows for the first time, I instantly fell in love with the clarinet and became obsessed." That obsession has led Abramovitz to the principal clarinet chair of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, which he has occupied since 2021. "My mother played keyboard in a Klezmer band," recalls Eric Abramovitz. Eric Abramovitz, clarinettist and saxophonist
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