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(For non-English versions click here)
Michael Wolf is professor for doublebass at the Berlin University of the Arts. He was born in New Jersey, U.S.A., and began studying the doublebass at the age of nine. When he was thirteen years old, he made his first television appearance as a soloist. He completed his first degree with honors in the biological sciences at the University of Southern California, where he worked and published in the field of cancer research (see below). Afterwards, he studied music with Nathaniel Gangursky and became a member of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. He received a Fulbright/DAAD and a Rotary-International scholarship, which brought him to Germany. Before he assumed his position in Berlin, he held a professorship for doublebass on the University of Mainz. His publications include a doublebass method. His radio and solo recordings as well as his concert appearances and masterclasses both domestically and abroad have consistently received the highest critical acclaim.
Contact: m_wolf at web dot de Hi-res Photo: wolf_300dpi.jpg |
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Press Releases "Michael Wolf is a master of his instrument." "Graceful, lyrical, cantabile and charming... an extraordinary, delightful evening." "High spirited virtuosity... with sheer feline agility...(he) produced tones of stupendous beauty." "...sorcery in the style of the 'devil's violinist'!" "...truly a sensation." "...magnificent technical bravura." "...an extraordinarily exuberant, diverse, sensitive, expressive and polished performance. In one word, brilliant!" "The virtuoustic acrobatics of the artist were breathtaking...It bordered on sorcery. The doublebass and Michael Wolf melted together into a single musical entity. The public went wild." "...a Paganini of the doublebass" "(His) superior technique and unimposing virtuoustic presence made this concert one of the most beautiful and most intensive of this concert-series." "The American presented his program with musical charm, a virtuousity encompassing all facets of the doublebass and a portion of humor... From the neck down to the bridge, the possibilities and (imagined) impossiblities of doublebass technique were displayed in a breathtaking, virtuoustic-joking manner."
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Book Reviews Published by Blaue Eule (ISBN 3-89206-358-3) "Never in the history of the doublebass has there been such a comprehensive work covering the complete spectrum of performance on this instrument. Fundamental thoughts of this kind have already been made long ago for various other instruments; which is to say, this book for the doublebass is long overdue." Das Orchester "Everyone who plays the doublebass will find something in this book, that he didn't know, or knew intuitively and will now find confirmed. Since, in addition to that, this book is the only one of it's kind, it shouldn't be missing from anyone's music library." The Bass "This goal of an unhampered instrumental performance has been the main concern of theoretical and practical research in the field of instrumental pedagogy for years. Michael Wolf deliberately studied the relavent experiences of the upper strings and, taking the special requirements of the doublebass into consideration, incorperated these into his new method." Üben & Musizieren |
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