The Finnish clarinetist Björn Nyman is one of the leading clarinetists of his generation in the Nordic region. He is professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music as well as a sought-after chamber musician and soloist. He is principal clarinet of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. He was principal clarinetist in the Norwegian Radio Orchestra for 20 years but left the orchestra in 2023.
Nyman is a prizewinner in two of the most prestigious international clarinet competitions: the ARD competition in Munich in 2003 and the Carl Nielsen competition in Odense in 2005. In both competitions he was also awarded the prize for best interpretation of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto. In addition, he was awarded the prize for best performance of the comissioned piece in the ARD. Nyman won shared first prize at the Crusell Clarinet Competition in 2002 as well as the ConocoPhillipps Prize the same year.
Björn Nyman has been a soloist with several orchestras including the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra and Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. Nyman is a dedicated chamber musician and has played at many of the leading festivals in Scandinavia.
Nyman has been dedicated several compositions, for instance concertos by Jukka Linkola and Jan Erik Mikalsen. He has recorded solo and chamber music for the labels LAWO and 2L.
At the age of 19, he was appointed his first position as principal clarinetist with the Lapland Chamber Orchestra. He has also been principal clarinetist in the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra under conductors such as Pierre Boulez and Claudio Abbado.
He has studied with Hans Christian Bræin and Leif Arne Pedersen at the Norwegian Academy of Music as well as with Yehuda Gilad of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Nyman has an internationally recognized clarinet class at the Norwegian Academy of Music and is regularly giving masterclasses internationally.
Björn Nyman is an Uebel artist.
