Franklin Cohen, clarinet

Cohen is the chairman of the clarinet department at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Blossom Festival School. The principal clarinet (since 1976) in the Cleveland Orchestra, Cohen also holds the distinguished honor of being the only clarinetist to win first prize at the Munich Competition. He has done solo recordings and more than 100 solo performances with Cleveland Orchestra. He has played and recorded with pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy, a 1995 Grammy Award winner, as well as with the Emerson and Guarneri Quartets. Cohen also has been featured as a guest artist at the Marlboro, Aspen and Santa Fe Festivals. Cohen joined the Sarasota Music Festival faculty in 1986.