Miles Wazni is a clarinetist from New Haven, CT, and is currently in his last year of dual-degree undergraduate study receiving a B.M. in clarinet performance from Bard College Conservatory of Music and a B.A. in philosophy from Bard College. While in New Haven he participated in the Morse Academy at the Yale School of Music for multiple years, and more recently the Young Artist Program at the Curtis Institute of Music, studying with Curtis faculty and clarinetists of the Philadelphia Orchestra. In the summer of 2024 he returned to Yale as a teaching artist at the Morse Academy, collaborating with Yale School of Music students.
Mr. Wazni was a member of the New Haven Youth Orchestra and the CMEA All-State orchestra for several years, and won the New Haven Concerto Competition, performing as a featured soloist with the New Haven Chamber Orchestra. He was a winner of the 2023 Bard Conservatory Concerto Competition, and will be performing as a soloist with The Orchestra Now and Leon Botstein in their 2024–25 season. He was a finalist of the 2023 Ruggiero International Clarinet Competition, and received an honorable mention award for the 2024 Yamaha Young Artist Competition.
While in New Haven, Mr. Wazni studied with clarinetist Sam Boutris for five years, and now studies with Pascual Martínez-Forteza of the New York Philharmonic and David Krakauer. After graduating from Bard, he plans to pursue an M.M. and eventual A.D. to further his musical training, while simultaneously pursuing his interest and experience in recording engineering technologies.
Miles Wazni will perform with The Orchestra Now on April 5 & 6, 2025.
Bio: Aug 2024