Clarinet

Michelle Hromin is a Croatian-American clarinetist, writer and curator based in London. her work often explores resonance through multiphonic and overtone work, and ideas of home, belonging, and presence.

Specializing in contemporary and experimental music, she is a clarinettist with the Colin Currie Group and has performed with groups such as Apartment House, Manchester Collective, Her Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Modern and English National Opera.

Michelle has commissioned and performed dozens of new works, including Kalendar, 12 miniatures about the months in the Croatian year with composer Michael Spiroff, and _nts, a new work by Jellal Koay for close-dyad multiphonics and 4-channel electronics.  She has also worked with composers on the London Symphony Orchestra Soundhub Scheme, Bang on a Can, Eighth Blackbird, and UPROAR Wales. Her debut solo album, *Present Tense,* of works for clarinets and pedals, is due to be released on Relative Pitch Records in Spring 2026.

Michelle is the Artistic Director of Standard Issue, a new music collective aiming to explore the archetypal boundaries within music and its culture. She plays clarinet with the group as well as curating concerts that seek to promote the breadth of styles and voices within today’s contemporary and experimental music scene. Alongside co-director Tilly Coulton, she has commissioned and curated programmes with composer Mathis Saunier, Imogen Davey, and have worked in close collaboration with Sound and Music’s In the Making Programme, Musarc Choir, Music We’d Like to Hear, and Spitalfields Music Festival.

Michelle completed her Bachelors of Music at the Mannes School of Music and her Masters at the Royal College of Music. Her teachers include Jon Manasse, Tim Lines, Janet Hilton and Marie Lloyd.