Gregory Raden
Clarinet
Gregory Raden is currently Principal Clarinetist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Previously he was Assistant Principal of the National Symphony and Principal Clarinetist of the Kennedy Center Opera Orchestra and the Charleston Symphony. He has been Guest Principal with the orchestras of Minnesota, Saint Louis, San Francisco, Saint Paul and Bergen. He performs regularly at the Grand Teton and Bravo Vail Festivals and has participated in the Marlboro, Mainly Mozart, Newport, Bellingham, Mimir, Aspen, Pacific, and Evian Festivals. Raden has collaborated with members of the Juilliard, Guarneri, Cavani, and Arianna String Quartets as well as Yo-Yo Ma, Pinchas Zukerman, James Ehnes and Jamie Laredo. He is on the clarinet faculty at Southern Methodist University. His primary teachers were David Weber and his longtime mentor, Donald Montanaro. Raden is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music. He is an exclusive Buffet and Vandoren artist.