David Orlowsky, born in 1981, began his musical training at the age of 10 as a percussionist, and changed to the clarinet three years later. In addition to his classical studies he has always been involved with popular music and world music -and at the age of sixteen he founded the "David Orlowsky Trio" (with Jens-Uwe Popp on guitar and Florian Dohrmann on double bass).

The Trio represents a highly cultivated and progressive style of music, which they title "chamber.world.music". The ensemble takes what is often generically described as "world-music", and elevates it to a level of consummate Art-music, in which realm the trio feels consciously committed to the highest international standards of chamber music. They have received the ECHO Classical Award in 2008 and are now one of the ensembles leading the direction of new world music.

David Orlowsky counts among the most extraordinary clarinettists of his generation; in addition to the work with his Trio he is an avid classical and contemporary chamber music player. His musical partners include Sergio Azzolini, Daniel Hope, Andreas Haefliger and the Vogler Quartet.

He has appeared at a number of major festivals, e.g. the Lucerne Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival and Gidon Kremer's legendary Lockenhaus Festival. He studied Classical clarinet with Manfred Lindner at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen and with Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.
David Orlowsky records exclusively for the Sony Classical Label.