Anat Cohen interview: "Encountering the Brazilian choro tradition is what got me back into playing the clarinet"

Alyn Shipton
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Having just celebrated her fiftieth birthday, the renowned clarinetist and saxophonist Anat Cohen is showing no signs of slowing down. Added to a frantic gigging and recording schedule, there’s the latest album Interaction, released earlier in the year to huge acclaim. She tells Alyn Shipton that music-making is, for her, very much a family affair

Anat Cohen (photo: Shervin Lainez)
Anat Cohen (photo: Shervin Lainez)

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