Sperger International Double Bass Competition

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”

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.

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

Double Bass

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”

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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