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In 1998, at the age of 22, while still studying clarinet with Prof. Ralph Manno at the Cologne University of Music, he received his first permanent engagement as deputy principal clarinetist with the Essen Philharmonic Orchestra. Three years later, he became principal clarinetist with the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. He held this position until 2015 and continues to make regular guest appearances there. Thorsten Johanns was the first and, to date, only German clarinettist to be repeatedly invited to New York by principal conductor Alan Gilbert to play as principal clarinettist with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Further guest engagements as principal clarinettist have taken him to the Berlin Philharmonic, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and many others.\r\n\r\nAs a soloist, Thorsten Johanns regularly performs with renowned orchestras and conductors, including Sir Neville Marriner, Semyon Bychkov, the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and the National Radio Orchestra of Romania. His chamber music partners include renowned string quartets (ARIS, Auryn, Diogenes, Minetti) as well as oboist and composer Heinz Holliger and pianist and composer Moritz Eggert. Thorsten Johanns is a member of the Ensemble Raro, the Deutsche Bl\u00e4sersolisten and Spectrum Concerts Berlin. Thorsten Johanns is a guest at numerous international festivals (Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lucerne, Tyrolean Festival, SoNoRo Bucharest, Rheingau Music Festival, Budapest Festival Academy, Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival and many more) and has participated in many successful CD productions (including ECHO Klassik 2008). In 2014, Thorsten Johanns accepted the position of professor of clarinet at the FRANZ LISZT University of Music in Weimar. In recent years, he has been regularly invited to China, Australia, Canada, Germany, Scandinavia and the Netherlands to give masterclasses.\r\n\r\nPhoto: Guido Werner","website":"https:\/\/thorstenjohanns.com\/","colorized-image":7157,"interview":null,"veranstaltungen":[7237,7238,7239,7242,7243]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Johanns, Thorsten - CONSPIRITO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conspiritoleipzig.de\/en\/kuenstler\/johanns-thorsten\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Johanns, Thorsten - CONSPIRITO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.conspiritoleipzig.de\/en\/kuenstler\/johanns-thorsten\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CONSPIRITO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-21T08:17:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.conspiritoleipzig.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Thorsten-Johanns_c-Guido-Werner-4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1281\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.conspiritoleipzig.de\\\/en\\\/kuenstler\\\/johanns-thorsten\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.conspiritoleipzig.de\\\/en\\\/kuenstler\\\/johanns-thorsten\\\/\",\"name\":\"Johanns, Thorsten - 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