Black and white photo of Lori Freedman getting ready to blow the clarinet

Lori Freedman

une héroïque aisance et une alerte musicalité (a heroic ease and an alert musicality)

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Lori Freedman is a member of the international group of people currently named “the renaissance musicians.” Critically acclaimed in both contemporary and improvised music streams, she is known internationally for her provocative and creative performances. As an interpreter of written music for clarinet hundreds of works have been dedicated to and/or premiered by her. In 2017 she was elected to be a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for “outstanding artistic achievement,” twenty years after receiving the Freddie Stone Award (1998) for the “demonstration of outstanding leadership, integrity and excellence in the area of contemporary music and jazz.”