Andrzej Ciepliński is a Polish clarinetist, renowned for his original interpretations and extraordinary musical sensitivity.

As a soloist, Ciepliński regularly performs with leading orchestras such as the Sinfonieorchester Basel, the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonietta Cracovia, the M. Karłowicz Philharmonic in Szczecin, and the Polish Radio Orchestra.

 

At the same time, he actively pursues chamber music, collaborating with esteemed artists including Julian Rachlin, Claudio Bohórquez, Janusz Wawrowski, Sào Soulez Larivière, Tymoteusz Bies, Szymon Nehring, and Anastasia Kobekina.

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Debuting at the Warsaw National Philharmonic in 2025, he became the first clarinetist to bring Carl Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto to its stage.​

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Ciepliński explores new modes of expression and expands the standard clarinet repertoire through collaborating with composers and creating new arrangements. 

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One of the highlights of the 2026/2027 season is his Carnegie Hall debut with the American Composers Orchestra, featuring the American premiere of Alex Weiser's Tfiles Clarinet Concerto, written especially for him. The work, by Pulitzer Prize finalist Alex Weiser, ​

The Polish premiere of the concerto took place during the opening of the Polin Music Festival in 2024.

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 His debut album Irrberge (DUX, 2022) features his own transcription of Claude Debussy’s Sonata for Violin and Piano. The album was nominated  for the 2023 Fryderyk Award.

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Andrzej Ciepliński is a recipient of the Kościuszko Foundation scholarship, through which he completed a three-month residency at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York, developing his original project Disturb the Silence, a concert exploring the history of Jewish musicians from the former Galicia region. During this residency Ciepliński received mentorship from acclaimed klezmer, classical and jazz clarinetist David Krakauer. 

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Ciepliński graduated with honors from the class of François Benda at the Hochschule für Musik in Basel. He is also an alumnus of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, where he studied under Professor Arkadiusz Adamski. He has been awarded the title Primus Inter Pares.