Swedish national Svante Wik began his studies in 2000 at the RCM in Stockholm, and has since 2003 been under the tutelage of Yehuda Gilad. Svante was a prize winner in the Prague International Spring Competition and in the Ljunggrenska Competition in Göteborg.
In 2004 he was appointed clarinettist in one of Denmark’s professional chamber groups, Ensemble Midtvest, a position he held until 2009. Since then, Wik is principal clarinettist with the Odense Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his work in the Odense Symphony Orchestra, Wik teaches at the Malmö Academy of Music.