ClarinetFest® 2026 – Incheon, South Korea

Save the Dates! ClarinetFest® 2026 will be held July 8 – 12, 2026, in Incheon South Korea at the Songdo ConvensiA. More details will be provided soon.

 

Artistic Director
Wonkak Kim – Associate Professor of Clarinet at the University of Oregon (Oregon, United States)

ClarinetFest® 2026 Artistic Leadership Team 

Jerry Chae – Professor of Clarinet Korea National University of Art (Seoul, South Korea)

Young Dae Yoo – Professor of Clarinet, Chungnam National University (Daejeon, South Korea); Director, Daejeon Clarinet Choir

Kyungsun Lee – Pre-College Faculty, Korea National University of Art  (Seoul, South Korea)

Xiangyu Zhou – Professor of Clarinet, The Tianjin Juilliard School (Tianjin, China)

Sun Zen – Professor of Clarinet, Sichuan Conservatory of Music (Chengdu, China)

Huang Di – Dean, National Taiwan University of Art (Taipei, Taiwan)

Suling Tseng – Professor of Clarinet, Soochow University (Taipei, Taiwan)

Pei-Yun Lin – Clarinetist, Magic Clarinet Quartet (Taipei, Taiwan)

Brooks Nobuo Thon – Professor of Clarinet Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music (Nagoya, Japan)

Pei-Lung Tsai – Clarinetist, Euodia Orchestra (Tokyo, Japan)

ClarinetFest® 2026: Call for Headlining Artist Performance Proposals

Application Deadline – May 15, 2025

The International Clarinet Association and the ClarinetFest® 2026 Artistic Leadership Team welcome proposals for headlining artists for the primetime concerts. Special consideration will be given to proposals matching or closely related to the main theme for this conference:

“Local Roots, Global Connections.”

The Artistic Team would like to invite proposals that feature and support clarinetists, composers, and musicians from this region, while exploring the following key concepts:

  • Fusion of traditional and modern musical elements

  • Exploration of diverse cultural influences

  • Collaborative approaches across borders and genres

There is a $20 application fee for each proposal. Proposals without accompanied payment will not be considered. Please pay the fee at the following link: https://beeid.org/11ec1ad474f4