Sharon Kam was titled “a most imaginative and individual artist” by the “Gramophone” magazine. Her various recordings prove her being equally at home with the classical repertoire as with contemporary music and Jazz.
Since her orchestral debut with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta at the age of 16 and later winning the ARD International Competition at the age of 21, she has performed with renowned orchestras around the world, including The Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra under Kurt Mazur, Tokyo, Berlin and Czech Philharmonics, Chicago Symphony, KBS symphony orchestra Seoul, numerous radio orchestras and chamber orchestras such as Academy of St. Martin in the fields and Camerata Salzburg.
As part of Mozart’s 250th birthday celebrations at the National Theatre in Prague, her interpretation of the Mozart concerto was televised live in 33 countries and is available on DVD.
As a passionate chamber musician, Sharon Kam regularly works with artists such as Christian Tetzlaff, Enrico Pace, Julian Steckel, Leif Ove Andsnes, Antje Weithaas, Liza Ferschtman, Christian Poltera and the Schumann Quartet. She is a frequent guest at festivals in Rheingau, Risør, Edinburgh, Heidelberg, Verbier and Stavanger, as well as the Schubertiade. For 25 years she has been a regular guest at the Spannungen Festival in Heimbach, Germany.
An active performer of contemporary music, she has premiered many works, including Krzysztof Penderecki’s Concerto and Quartet and concertos by Herbert Willi (at the Salzburg Festival), Iván ErÅ‘d, Thorsten Encke and Peter Ruzicka (at Donaueschingen). She has worked closely with composers like Brett Dean, Thomas Larcher, Manfred Trojahn, Donghoon Shin and Huw Watkins. In July 25 she premiered the clarinet concerto FINTango by H.K. Gruber with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Highlights of the 2025/2026 season include performances with orchestras in Turku, Brno, Munich, Zurich and Bregenz. Also, a new trio program with renown soprano Chen Reiss and pianist Yael Kareth brings her to the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Tonhalle Zürich, Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele and Villa Musica. Her collaboration with the Schumann Quartett extends and will include Mátyás Seiber Divertimento in addition to Mozart, Brahms and Weber clarinet quintets. She will perform in the Gulbekian hall in Lisbon, Prinzregententheater in Munich and the Glocke in Bremen, to name a few.
Sharon Kams recordings have been highly praised by critics and awarded many prizes including the Deutsche Schallplattenkritik, Diapason d’or and the Echo and Opus prizes. In addition to recording the complete standard repertoire for clarinet, she has extended the instrument’s repertoire by revealing and recording unknown treasures and creating new arrangements. Her most recent recordings include Hindemith's Clarinet Concerto, Quartet (for Clarinet, Violin, Cello) and Piano and Sonata, clarinet concertos by Carl Maria von Weber and his contemporaries Karol KurpiÅ„ski and Bernhard Henrik Crusell, which she recorded together with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and Gregor Bühl and a trio album "Contrasts", which she recorded together with her long-term partners Ori Kam (Viola) and Matan Porat (Piano).
Since 2022, Sharon Kam has been working as a Professor of Clarinet at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover.
Sharon Kam is a Buffet Crampon Artist and has always been playing the R13 model. Her mouthpiece is made by Peter Eaton, London.