Robert Dilutis
Clarinet
Professor of Clarinet, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
Robert DiLutis is currently Professor of Clarinet at the University of Maryland, School of Music, College Park and in his 7th season as Principal Clarinetist of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. Mr. DiLutis previously served as Associate Professor of Clarinet at the Louisiana State University School of Music from 2009-2012. He has held positions with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, San Antonio Symphony Orchestra and the Eastman School of Music. Mr. DiLutis has served on the faculties of St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas, Catholic University, Washington D.C. and Nazareth College in New York.
His recent recitals and master classes have included the ClarinetPasto in Colombia, South America, U.S Navy Band Clarinet Day, Newberry College, S.C. Clarinet Day, University of Michigan, Cincinnati Conservatory Clarinet Mini-Fest, Interlochen Arts Academy and Clarinetfest, Madrid, Spain, Italy and Ostend, Belgium. Additional performances have taken place at the University of Georgia, University of California at Northridge and University of South Carolina and St. Olaf College.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland to a family of musicians, Mr. DiLutis studied first with his father John DiLutis Sr. then at the Peabody Conservatory Pre-College with William E. Blayney. After graduation, Mr. DiLutis attended the Juilliard School as a student of David Weber, principal clarinetist of the NYC Ballet. In 1989 he made his Carnegie Recital Hall debut as the winner of the Artist International Chamber Music Competition. As a soloist, Mr. DiLutis has performed with ensembles such as the Baltimore Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Louisiana State University Wind Ensemble, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra. Mr. DiLutis has performed and toured with the New York Philharmonic and is currently co-director of the Clarinet Academy of America, an intensive summer program for advanced clarinetists in high school and college. In addition to his performance career, Mr. DiLutis is the creator of the Reed Machine, a reed-making device used by top professionals around the world.
Mr. DiLutis is an artist for Buffet Crampon Clarinets, Rovner Ligatures, Selmer Mouthpieces and Lohff and Pfeiffer. His recording are available on the Delos, Tonsehen, RM and Centaur labels.
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Destination Riversdale
"Both Johannes Brahms and Theodorus Verhey were so moved by the artistry of clarinetist Richard Bernhard Herrmann Mühlfeld (February 28, 1856 – June 1, 1907) that they each dedicated the works on this recording to him. Not only was Mühlfeld an incredible musician but his artistry inspired both composers to write for him. His legacy was my inspiration for commissioning this arrangement of Verhey’s concerto for strings and quintet and the recording of the Brahms Quintet."
TONSEHEN
2022
Destination Riversdale
Clarinet Classics at Riversdale
"Robert DiLutis and the Mellifera Quartet give sparkling performances of beloved classics such as Weber’s Clarinet Quintet along with delightful but lesser-known works such as Erland von Koch’s Monolog 3 for Solo Clarinet and Heinrich Joseph Baermann’s Adagio for Clarinet and Strings (known for decades as “Wagner’s Adagio”).DiLutis describes the Weber Quintet as “a dream come true for clarinetists,” and that description could well apply to the other pieces on this album. Rounded out with consummate presentations of Glazunov’s Rêverie orientale, Miklós Rózsa’s Sonatina and Willson Osborne’s Rhapsody for Clarinet, the selections on this album offer a superb survey of works for solo clarinet and clarinet and strings.Robert DiLutis founded the Riversdale Chamber Music Society six years ago, and the presentations at the historic Riversdale House Museum have been captivating audiences ever since. This is the first release of music heard at the mansion."
Delos
2019
Clarinet Classics at Riversdale
Mozart at the Mansion
The Reed Machine
2019
Mozart at the Mansion
Arlequin
The Reed Machine
2008
Arlequin