Poul Allin Erichsen

Poul Allin Erichsen (1910–1970) was a Danish clarinetist and composer. He was married to concert singer and violinist Lise Abrahams and is the father of the hornist and organist Jesper Allin. Early life Poul Allin Erichsen belongs to a branch of the well-known musical family Allin, which originally came from Sweden. His great-grandfather JF Allin played in HC Lumbye’s orchestra in Tivoli Concert Hall. His maternal grandfather Arthur Allin was the cathedral organist in Aarhus . The family also includes the royal chapel musicians Otto Allin, Georg Allin and Georg Allin Wilkenschildt in addition to the royal opera singer Hanna Allin. After graduating from high school in his hometown of Aarhus, he studied with Aage Oxenvad (clarinetist) and Dagmar Bendix (pianist) as well as with Finn Høffding (theory) and Knud Jeppesen (composition) at the Royal Academy of Music (1929-33). He played as 2nd solo clarinetist in the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1935 to 1948 and then as 1st solo clarinetist from 1948 to the end of 1962, when he was appointed professor at the Danish Academy of Music. From 1954 to 1956 , he was chairman of the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra and managed to get Rafae