Double Bass

Double Bass

Christine Hoock: “Playing in an Orchestra Is Like Being a Part of a Mosaic, and the Bass Section Is a Little Mosaic Within That”

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Orchestral bassist and professor at the renowned Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Christine Hoock talks about her most important teachers, what it’s like to play as a team in a bass section, her experience recording solo and chamber music, and her involvement with the upcoming Sperger Competition.

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Owen Lee: “If We Bassists Want the Top Composers to Write for Us, Then We Should Also Champion the Works by Top Composers That Have Been Already Written”

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Owen Lee is principal double bass of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He has extensive experience as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician, but he also has a special relationship with hard rock and heavy metal music.

Owen Lee: “If We Bassists Want the Top Composers to Write for Us, Then We Should Also Champion the Works by Top Composers That Have Been Already Written” Open »

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Szymon Marciniak: “There Are Many Ways to Achieve Good Sound and Technique, but the Entry Point Is the Same. You Have to Find a Relationship With Your Instrument That Is Natural for Your Body”

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Szymon Marciniak, renowned double bass soloist and professor at the University of Music Saar in Saarbrücken, Germany, discusses his experience with competitions, new works for bass, teaching techniques, and his new program for the 2021 ISB Convention, “Towards the Light.”

Szymon Marciniak: “There Are Many Ways to Achieve Good Sound and Technique, but the Entry Point Is the Same. You Have to Find a Relationship With Your Instrument That Is Natural for Your Body” Open »

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