Szymon Emil Parulski - Clarinet

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Szymon Emil Parulski — Biography

Szy­mon Emil Parul­s­ki is a Pol­ish clar­inetist, soloist and cham­ber musi­cian. Since Sep­tem­ber 2026, he has been Prin­ci­pal Clar­inet of the Bern­er Sym­phonieorch­ester. He is an offi­cial Buf­fet Cram­pon Artist and a recip­i­ent of the Kiefer Hablitzel | Göh­n­er Musikpreis (2026).

As a soloist, he has per­formed with ensem­bles includ­ing Kam­merorch­ester Basel, Bay­erische Phil­har­monie, Sin­fonieorch­ester Basel and Sym­fonieork­est Vlaan­deren. His solo reper­toire includes major works for clar­inet, among them con­cer­tos by Krzysztof Pen­derec­ki, Carl Nielsen and Jean Françaix.

His orches­tral work has tak­en him to lead­ing Euro­pean con­cert halls. He has served as guest prin­ci­pal clar­inet at La Mon­naie / De Munt in Brus­sels and with the Bel­gian Nation­al Orches­tra. He has also toured with the Ver­bier Fes­ti­val Orches­tra and Gus­tav Mahler Jugen­dorch­ester and per­formed as a guest with the Luzern­er Sin­fonieorch­ester. He has worked under con­duc­tors includ­ing Sir Simon Rat­tle, Klaus Mäkelä, Paa­vo Järvi, Sir Anto­nio Pap­pano, Teodor Cur­rentzis, Man­fred Honeck and Bar­bara Han­ni­gan.

Cham­ber music is an equal­ly impor­tant part of his work. He has col­lab­o­rat­ed with the Mec­core String Quar­tet and Zem­lin­sky Quar­tet and is a mem­ber of Trio Oriv­i­um. He per­forms reg­u­lar­ly at inter­na­tion­al fes­ti­vals, includ­ing the Hangzhou Clar­inet Fes­ti­val in Chi­na, where he has also giv­en mas­ter­class­es.

Szymon Emil Parulski — Biography

Szy­mon Emil Parul­s­ki is a Pol­ish clar­inetist, soloist and cham­ber musi­cian. Since Sep­tem­ber 2026, he has been Prin­ci­pal Clar­inet of the Bern­er Sym­phonieorch­ester. He is an offi­cial Buf­fet Cram­pon Artist and a recip­i­ent of the Kiefer Hablitzel | Göh­n­er Musikpreis (2026).

As a soloist, he has per­formed with ensem­bles includ­ing Kam­merorch­ester Basel, Bay­erische Phil­har­monie, Sin­fonieorch­ester Basel and Sym­fonieork­est Vlaan­deren. His solo reper­toire includes major works for clar­inet, among them con­cer­tos by Krzysztof Pen­derec­ki, Carl Nielsen and Jean Françaix.

His orches­tral work has tak­en him to lead­ing Euro­pean con­cert halls. He has served as guest prin­ci­pal clar­inet at La Mon­naie / De Munt in Brus­sels and with the Bel­gian Nation­al Orches­tra. He has also toured with the Ver­bier Fes­ti­val Orches­tra and Gus­tav Mahler Jugen­dorch­ester and per­formed as a guest with the Luzern­er Sin­fonieorch­ester. He has worked under con­duc­tors includ­ing Sir Simon Rat­tle, Klaus Mäkelä, Paa­vo Järvi, Sir Anto­nio Pap­pano, Teodor Cur­rentzis, Man­fred Honeck and Bar­bara Han­ni­gan.

Cham­ber music is an equal­ly impor­tant part of his work. He has col­lab­o­rat­ed with the Mec­core String Quar­tet and Zem­lin­sky Quar­tet and is a mem­ber of Trio Oriv­i­um. He per­forms reg­u­lar­ly at inter­na­tion­al fes­ti­vals, includ­ing the Hangzhou Clar­inet Fes­ti­val in Chi­na, where he has also giv­en mas­ter­class­es.

His inter­na­tion­al awards include First Prize at the Save­rio Mer­cadante Inter­na­tion­al Clar­inet Com­pe­ti­tion (2021), Third Prize at the Ghent Inter­na­tion­al Clar­inet Com­pe­ti­tion (2022) and the Förder­preis der Basler Orch­ester-Gesellschaft (2024). He has also received a Swiss Gov­ern­ment Excel­lence Schol­ar­ship (2024) and a schol­ar­ship from the Pol­ish Min­istry of Cul­ture and Nation­al Heritage’s Mło­da Pol­s­ka pro­gramme (2025).

His discog­ra­phy includes Carl Maria von Weber’s Clar­inet Con­cer­to No. 1 with Sym­fonieork­est Vlaan­deren, released by Ali­ud Records (2022). Pol­ish music of the 20th and 21st cen­turies holds a spe­cial place in his work. His album devot­ed to Krzysztof Pen­derec­ki, Pen­derec­ki: Clar­inet in Dia­logue, is sched­uled for release in 2027.

Szy­mon Emil Parul­s­ki grad­u­at­ed from the Karol Szy­manows­ki Acad­e­my of Music in Katow­ice, where he stud­ied with Pro­fes­sor Arka­diusz Adams­ki. He con­tin­ued his stud­ies with Pro­fes­sor François Ben­da at the Hochschule für Musik FHNW / Musik-Akademie Basel, com­plet­ing the Mas­ter Soloist pro­gramme.

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Szy­mon E. Parul­s­ki
is a Buf­fet Cram­pon Artist