In 2015-16, Fröst embarked on a multi-year project entitled ‘Genesis’ which explored the source and development of music inspired by dance and folk music drawn from sacred rituals of praise and music as pure entertainment. The first stage of the project ‘Roots’ saw its initial public outing in December 2015 with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and was released worldwide by Sony Classical. This first recording for the label received huge critical acclaim and in 2016 it was announced that Fröst would receive the Instrumentalist of the Year Award: Clarinet from ECHO Klassik for it. Fröst performed works from the recording at the BBC Proms in the Park and in Northern Ireland as part of the 2016 BBC Last night of the Proms. InHe then took ‘Roots’ on tour giving performances with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, and throughout Europe with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta in Rome, London and Amsterdam.

Known for his artistic collaborations worldwide, Fröst is currently Artistic Partner with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and held a three-year partnership with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra with which he launched  ‘Exodus’ – the next phase of the Genesis project. The program focused on musicians in exile and included works by Ligeti, Verdi, Golijov and a new work by Borisova-Ollas.  He has also served as Artist-in-Residence at the Netherlands Philharmonic, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Gothenburg Symphony and London’s Wigmore Hall.

As a chamber musician, Fröst regularly performs with leading international artists including Sol Gabetta, Janine Jansen, Yuja Wang, Leif Ove Andsnes, Roland Pöntinen, Maxim Rysanov and Antoine Tamestit. In May 2014 Martin Fröst received the Léonie Sonning Music Prize, one of the world’s highest musical honours and the first clarinetist to be given the award. He joins a prestigious list of previous recipients including Igor Stravinsky, Daniel Barenboim and Sir Simon Rattle.