Alois Brandhofer (born 19 June 1951) is an Austrian clarinettist and retired university professor.
Born in Grabenegg [de] (Ruprechtshofen),[1] Brandhofer studied clarinet with Rudolf Jettel, the then solo clarinettist of the Vienna Philharmonic at the Vienna Academy of Music.
Solo concerts with conductors such as C. M. Giulini, T. Guschlbauer, L. Hager, G. Bertini, J. Lopez Cobos, Chr.
Brandhofer was a member of the Ensemble of the 20th Century and the Philharmonic Octet Berlin.
As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed with, among others, the Amadeus Quartet, the Haydn Trio Wien, the Gewandhaus Quartet Leipzig, the Thomas Brandis Quartet, Margaret Price, Thomas Christian, András Schiff and Milan Turković and has performed several times at the Salzburg Festival.