Peter Eaton clarinets have featured on hundreds of CDs, film and TV soundtracks since 1982. In the hands of the finest soloists on the world stage, as well as orchestral principals and session musicians, they are some of the most recorded clarinets in the world. Please read what these world-class musicians have to say about them.
This list does not include the large number of prominent players, including internationally renowned soloists and orchestral principals, who use Peter Eaton mouthpieces on other makes of clarinet.
Since the Young Musician competition began in 1978, five clarinet players have played in the concerto final. Four of these wonderful musicians play Peter Eaton clarinets: Emma Johnson, Sarah Williamson, Mark Simpson and Michael Collins, who made both of his recordings of the Mozart Concerto on an Eaton basset clarinet. Jordan Black played in the Woodwind final in 2012, narrowly missing a place in the concerto final. Emma and Mark went on to win the title of BBC Young Musician of the Year.
| Hale Hambleton | Principal, English National Opera Orchestra for many years. Professor at Trinity College of Music. |
| Emma Johnson | Internationally renowned soloist and recording artist. |
| Richard Hosford | International soloist and recording artist. Principal, BBC Symphony and Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Professor at the Royal College of Music. |
| Ian Herbert | Principal, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, for over thirty years. |
| Nicholas Ross | Principal, Scottish Opera Orchestra. |
| Donald Watson | BBC Symphony Orchestra for over twenty years. |
| Juan E. Romero | Principal, City of Murcia Orchestra. Professor at Conservatorio Superior de Castellon, Spain. |
| Prudence Whittaker | Principal, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, for over twenty-five years. |
| Ralph Williams | Leading film studio and orchestral musician in Los Angeles. |
| Olivier Voize | Paris freelance player (Paris Opera, Chamber Orchestra of Europe etc.). |
| Pierluigi Bernard | Principal, Orchestre Sinfonica de Tenerife. |
| Jim Kanter | Solo clarinet, Los Angeles film studios and Principal, Pacific Symphony, for many years. |
| John Payne | Principal, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden for many years. |
| Stuart Clark | Principal, Los Angeles Opera Orchestra. Solo clarinet, Los Angeles film studios. |
| Katherine Lacy | Principal, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. |
| Ian Scott | Principal, Royal Ballet Sinfonia. |
| Daizaburo Watanabe | Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Japan, for many years. |
| Sarah Williamson | Winner of the woodwind prize, BBC Young Musician 2002. Prize winner in the Eurovision Competition for Young Musicians 2002. |
| Mark Simpson | Gifted composer and clarinet soloist. BBC Young Musician of the Year and Young Composer of the Year, 2006. |
| Derek Hannigan | City of London Sinfonia, English National Ballet and BBC Concert Orchestra. |
| Yoshinori Mikame | Principal, Sapporo Symphony Orchestra, Japan. |
| Anna Hashimoto | Gifted young soloist. Winner of the 1st International Clarinet Competition in Kortrijk, Belgium, 2010. |
| Jordan Black | Soloist, chamber musician and London freelance player. |
| Andrew Webster | Professor at Guildhall School of Music. |
| Ronald Sebesta | Principal, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. |
| Chris Bleth | Los Angeles TV and film studio musician. |
| John Alen | Principal, Vaasa City Orchestra, Finland. |
| József Tönköly | Principal, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. |
| James Evans | New Orleans jazz musician. |
| Jamie Talbot | Leading jazz and studio player in London. |
| Nick Moss | Professor at Guildhall School of Music. London studio and theatre musician. |
| Jonathan Parkin | Soloist, chamber musician and BBC Symphony since 2023. |
| Jonathan Sacdalan | Leading film studio and orchestral musician in Los Angeles. |
| Jack Brymer | Outstanding British clarinettist of the post-war era. |
| Roy Jowitt | London Symphony principal for over twenty years. |
| Gervase de Peyer | International soloist and recording artist. |
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