TIJUANATIJUANA — Andrés Martín, a double bass player with the Baja California Orchestra, always wished that music would take him places. That dream is about to become a reality — literally. The Buenos ...

The Australian Chamber Orchestra has acquired a rare, 16th-century double bass from anonymous benefactors. The instrument was made by Gasparo da Salò in Brescia, Italy, in the last quarter of the 16th ...

Our bass students study in depth the art of solo, orchestral and chamber music double bass performance. During their time at the College of Music, students focus on rich, resonant and lyrical tone ...

ABC Classic is proud to present the world premiere recording of Australian composer Paul Dean’s APRA Award-winning Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra. Recorded by virtuoso bassist Phoebe Russell ...

Usually, the instrument known as the double bass, or contrabass, which sits in the very last row of the string section of an orchestra, is considered an instrument that simply supplies the harmonic ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put ...

SHE is a tall, curvy, Italian and the older she gets, the more coveted she becomes. Meet the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s 400-year-old bass and the man who plucks her strings. “There’s nothing like ...

Minea, Concertante Music for Orchestra Lahti Symphony Orchestra Osmo Vänskä, Conductor Kalevi Aho, Composer Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra Kalevi Aho, Composer Eero Munter, Double bass Lahti ...

Bassists: Your time to shine! Monster Bass Ensemble is the large bass orchestra that features all participants (need to be able to read music) and is the central focus of the festival. As with the ...

It is hard to imagine the double bass — the lowest-pitched member of the violin family that resembles a string instrument on steroids — setting the tone for the Sufi song ‘Dama dam mast kalandar’, but ...