Ramon Wodkowski is an internationally acclaimed mouthpiece specialist, and his clients include some of the world’s leading soloists, orchestral musicians and teachers. For further details and endorsements, please see Clients and Testimonials.

Ramon began to explore clarinet mouthpiece design whilst a Masters student at the Yale University School of Music, and studied mouthpiece crafting with James Kanter and Everett Matson.  

A professional clarinet player himself, Ramon understands what players need from a mouthpiece, and his in-depth knowledge and experience of both the American and European clarinet traditions gives him the versatility to customize each mouthpiece to suit its owner's individual playing style.  

A leading authority on mouthpiece history, acoustics and design, Ramon has been invited to present lectures at institutions including Yale University, University of Southern California, Rice University, Manhattan School of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Northwestern University, Michigan State University and New York University.

As a professional clarinettist, Ramon has worked with many of the leading orchestras in the UK and abroad. For further details about his performing career, please visit Morgensterns.

Ramon studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy, Cleveland Institute of Music, Yale Univeristy School of Music and Royal College of Music (London).  His principal teachers have been Richard Hosford, Franklin Cohen, David Shifrin and Richard Hawkins.

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