Aux sanglots longs

Des passions

Qui fredonnent,

Toujours résonne

La recette

Des jours de fête

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Arthur Stockel is a versatile musician whose career spans solo performance, chamber music, and orchestral playing. Raised in Alsace in a family of dedicated amateur musicians, he developed early on a natural curiosity and a love of sharing music. This openness led him to explore a wide range of styles, shaping a distinctive musical voice defined by precision, expressive depth, and a sound world that moves effortlessly from intense lyricism to the warm colours of jazz.

 

He began his studies at the Conservatoire in Colmar before continuing at the Regional Conservatoire of Paris, and later earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees with highest honours from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where he studied with Pascal Moraguès. He then joined the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin to further broaden his horizons under Martin Spangenberg, and refined his orchestral skills within the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester and the academy of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

 

Dedicated to revealing the remarkable expressive range of the clarinet, Stockel is particularly drawn to the creation of new repertoire and to dialogues between musical genres. In the summer of 2020, he immersed himself in the jazz jam sessions of Paris, an experience that sparked a project blending classical roots with jazz idioms. This led to Bewitched, recorded in 2022 with a group of close collaborators—an artistic adventure that continues to inspire future projects.

 

In 2025, he joins the renowned Marlboro Music Festival (USA), spending seven weeks in the pastoral landscape of Vermont, surrounded by leading chamber musicians from around the world—an environment that offers both the space and the freedom to explore new perspectives.

 

Appointed Principal Clarinet of the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra in 2018 at the age of just 21, Stockel has since built a flourishing international career. A first-prize winner of the International Competition of Ghent in 2022, he is regularly invited by ensembles such as the London Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. He appears at major festivals, and notably performed Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time at London’s Royal Albert Hall during the centenary commemorations of the First World War.

 

His debut album, released in January 2025 to enthusiastic acclaim, is dedicated to Weber’s concertos and quintet. Recorded with the Hanson Quartet and the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra for the Aparté label, it presents Arthur Stockel as both a brilliant soloist and a sensitive, generous chamber musician.

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