Nikolaus Konzert!

6. December 2006, 19.30 Uhr
Streichersaal Bundesalle 1-12
UdK Berlin

Student Recital of the doublebass class of Prof. Michael Barry Wolf

Zsuzsa Balint, piano

with works by Bottesini, Koussevitzky, Sibelius, Bozza, Misek, Vanhal and Hauta-Aho

New Photos of the Concerts and Masterclasses of the Korean Tour 2006 here...

Hyo Il Gwak and Hyuk Jun Park

Wolf with artist Dong Hun Shin and portrait

Masterclass at Yonsei University with Chang Ho Kim

Masterclass at Korean National University with Ho Gyo Lee

Mr. Bass recording live for KBS television

The Cho Trio: Young Bang, Young Mi and Young Chang

...more photos in the photo gallery here!

Triumph in Competion and Audition
First Prize and New Position!!

Nam Gyun Kim won first prize in the Korean Dong-a Music Competition, which will allow him to forgo two years of military duty and return to his new position as principal bassist with the Bochum Symphony Orchestra.

This month had the most visits ever... 2748! Thanks to you all!! (More stats here...)

Latest confection delight...

Koussevitzky Kugeln!!

...courtesy of Wieland Bachmann

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New video of
Rinat Avisar

performing World Premiere
of the "Concerto for Doublebass and Orchestra" by Haim Permont with the Israel Kibbutz Orchestra under conductor Yaron Gottfried (More about Rinat here.)

Hear a new recording of Astor Piazzolla's "Kicho" with Rinat and the Pitango Quartet here...

Meet our 100,000th visitor!

Lots of New Photos!
Visit the Photo Gallery to see new photos from our Mexican birthday party, Caracas party, the electric bass that Prof. Wolf built, our class recital and our visit from Jenny, Seri, Hyuk Jun and Tiago.

Wies de Boeve of Antwerpen, Belgium is our 100,000th visitor and grand prize winner of a guest performance at a concert named in his honor.

"Hi bassplayers around the world!

I couldn't believe to be the 100,000th visitor of this fantastic site! Since a couple of years, I search for interesting articles, movies, T-shirts,.. about the double bass (in short all that has to do with the bass) on the internet daily,  and I must say, this site is one of my greatest discoveries ever!"

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...and the Runner-ups!

Visitor Number 100,001
Matteo Burci (Italy)

"...don't know, but may be playing doublebass is something like a serious disease. Visiting this site I have always felt better: I'm not the only one, at least! Thank you, Maestro, for the great support you give every bass-surfer!!"

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Visitor Number 100,002
Florian Pertzborn (Porto, Portugal)

Florian is the co-principal bass with National State Symphony Orchestra in Porto, Portugal, professor of doublebass and Head of Strings at the Superior School of Music - Polytechnic Institute in Porto - Portugal.

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Visitor Number 100,003
Emmi Penttinen (Finland)

"I am 26 years old and study musical education with piano as my main instrument. The reason that I found your web page is my double bassist boyfriend Juha who is playing this year as your student. it is great that you have a web page where I also can listen to his playing!"

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Jacky Wu (Toranto, Canada)

"Greetings to all my fellow musicians at our school orchestra, "North Toronto Symphony Orchestra", and to all the great composers and musicians from the past to the present. Once again, I would like to thank all the people for doing such a great job in maintaing this site!"

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...many thanks to all of our visitors
for the encouragement and loyalty that
made this milestone possible!
It wouldn't have been possible (or even worth it)
without your support!
 

Anatomy of Motion Workshop

Visit our photo gallery to see new photos of Kirsten Guttenberg's workshop for our double bass class on the "Anatomy of Motion -- Applied Music-Physiology and Anatomy for Instrumentalists".

New Photos of Wieland's Tour to China and Malasia
with the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie here

The Countdown begins...

Grand prize awaits the 100,000th visitor to Wolfbass.com!
Win a guest performance and a concert named in your honor!!

Wolfbass.com will soon be greeting our 100,000th visitor. To celebrate the occasion, we are offering a grand prize which includes the following:

A public concert of our double bass class, dedicated to you and named in your honor!

An invitation for you to join us in the performance!
Following the concert, you will be our guest at a party in your honor. (We can't offer you traveling expenses, but we'll do our best to help keep your costs to a minimum.) If you are unable to come to Berlin, or prefer not to perform with us, the concert will still be named in your honor.

The first visitor over 99,999 that can be verified will be declared the winner!

Beautiful new photos from Choong Seok and Sewon's wedding

New videos
of the Nikolaus Konzert here!

New photos
from our
recent class recitals
and Mahler 5th concert
here

Wolfbass.com will soon greet its 100,000th visitor!
Amazing prizes to be announced here in the near future... stayed tuned!