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From 2001 to 2016, Widmann taught clarinet as a professor at the [[Hochschule für Musik Freiburg|University of Music Freiburg]].{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 9]}} From 2009 to 2016 Widmann was a part-time Professor of Composition, succeeding [[Mathias Spahlinger]], at the Institute for New Music at the University of Music Freiburg.{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA9 9]}}<ref name="Adam-2010">{{Cite news |last=Adam |first=Johannes |date=4 November 2010 |title=Die erogenen Zonen der Musik |language=de |work=Badische Zeitung |location=Freiburg |url=http://www.badische-zeitung.de/klassik-2/die-erogenen-zonen-der-musik--37359392.html |access-date=26 August 2017 |archive-date=27 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827084719/https://www.badische-zeitung.de/klassik-2/die-erogenen-zonen-der-musik--37359392.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.mh-freiburg.de/fileadmin/Downloads/Jahrbuecher/Jahrbuch_2008-2009.pdf |title=Jahrbuch der Hochschule für Musik Freiburg 2008/09 |date=2008 |publisher=Hochschule für Musik Freiburg |location=Freiburg |language=de |access-date=13 August 2017 |archive-date=13 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813223416/https://www.mh-freiburg.de/fileadmin/Downloads/Jahrbuecher/Jahrbuch_2008-2009.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since 2017, Widmann holds the Edward Said Chair in Composition at the [[Barenboim–Said Akademie]], Berlin.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2017 |title=Faculty members |url=https://barenboimsaid.de/professor/joerg-widmann |access-date=16 June 2017 |website=Barenboim–Said Akademie |archive-date=6 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806021602/https://barenboimsaid.de/professor/joerg-widmann |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
=== Clarinet performancesClarinetist ===
As a soloist, Widmann has performed with major orchestras in Germany and abroad, including the [[Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra]] and [[Munich Philharmonic Orchestra]], under conductors like [[Valery Gergiev]], [[Christoph von Dohnányi]], [[Sylvain Cambreling]] and [[Kent Nagano]].
 
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Widmann mostly plays a [[Herbert Wurlitzer]] clarinet from his student time.<ref name="Mala-2019">{{cite thesis | last=Mala | first=Defrim | title=The music avangard Jörg Widmann and an analyse on his main work "The Fantasie for Clarinet Solo" | publisher=[[University of Agder]] | type=Master's thesis | date=2019 | hdl=11250/2628871 | url=http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2628871 | access-date=4 June 2023 | archive-date=29 July 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729070228/https://uia.brage.unit.no/uia-xmlui/handle/11250/2628871 | url-status=live }}</ref>
 
=== Career as composerComposer and conductor ===
==== Freiburg (2001–2016) ====
Widmann's compositions draw on different musical genres. For example, he has written a trilogy for orchestra examining the projection of vocal forms of instrumental ensembles. The trilogy consists of ''Lied'' (premiered in 2003 and recorded on CD by the [[Bamberg Symphony]] with [[Jonathan Nott]]), ''Chor'' (premiered in 2004 by the [[Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin]] with Kent Nagano) and ''Messe'' (premiered in June 2005 by the Munich Philharmonic under [[Christian Thielemann]]).{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|pp=15–16, 63–79}} In 2007, Pierre Boulez and the Vienna Philharmonic premiered his orchestral work ''Armonica''.{{sfn|Bruhn|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=wWi8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA18 18]}}