Jay Shankar

Jay Shankar is a clarinetist pursuing his Master of Music degree at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where he studies with Yehuda Gilad. Recently, he was named the winner of the prestigious international Vandoren Clarinet competition and a semifinalist at the International Crusell Competition in Finland, the only American clarinetist to be invited. Jay is also an avid chamber musician, recently being invited to perform at La Jolla Music Society where he collaborated with musicians such as Anthony Mcgill, Paul Huang, Geoff Nuttall, Inon Barnatan, and the Attaca Quartet to name a few. In addition, he has been invited to perform as a guest artist and solo Eb Clarinetist with orchestras such as The Cleveland Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, and Pacific Symphony. He has performed as the Principal Clarinetist in orchestras including the National Youth Orchestra of Carnegie Hall in 2016 (conductors: Valery Gergiev & Christoph Eschenbach, The Colburn Orchestra, and Marin Alsop’s Conductors Orchestra in Baltimore. He has participated in prestigious music festivals such as the Music Academy of the West and the Immanuel and Olshan Texas Music Festival where he won a prize in the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Young Artist Competition.