Highlights 2006: double bass, Prof. Michael Wolf

Even EVEN MORE New Video Recordings of latest Student Recital
on Juni 7 June 1st May 16 2006 here...

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	Germany wins (at least) in Quarter-Final!* ..."lower strings" caught in the act! Bassists and 'Cellists celebrating (Prof. Jens Peter Mainz, left) at the moment of Germany's winning goal! (Click here to see video -- uses the free Quicktime player). *...but, alas, loses in Semi-Final


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	New Photos of Bernard Haitink's Workshop here...

			New Photos from "North meets South"... the workshop of the Berlin and Nuernberg-Augsburg double bass classes here in the photo gallery.


			Bartosz Sikorski is giving a recital and masterclass Bartosz will be teaching and playing at the Escola Superior de Música e das Artes do Espectáculo do Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal from June 15-17, 2006. See the complete schedule here...

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	Don't Miss It!! Serralves em Festa, at the Fundação Serralves in Porto, Portugal More pictures of the "Orquestra de Contrabaixo da ESMAE" from our masterclasses in 2000, 2001 and 2002 (page 1 and 2)

A warm welcome to our guests from Nuernberg!

..the bass class of Prof. Dorin Marc for a joint workshop and concert, together with the bass class here in Berlin of Prof. Michael Wolf, on June 6th and 7th, 2006

* "not only for bassists!"

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				New Photos from the Alizés Festival in Essaouira, Morocco here...

	New photos from the Alizés Festival in Essaouira, Morocco, where Michael Wolf performed works by Bottesini, Barriere and Pagainini together with Dong Suk Kang, violin, Young Chang Cho, violoncello and Svetlana Eganian, piano, as well as the Schubert "Forelle" Quintett with Bruno Rigutto, piano, Dong Suk Kang, violin, Hartmut Rohde, viola and Philippe Muller, violoncello.


	New recording of Gunars Upatnieks Gunars is a student of the Latvian Academy of Music, and participated in Wolf's recent masterclass in Riga, Latvia (more photos here) . He is a member of the Latvian National Symphonic Orchestra and performed the Bottesini Concerto Nr. 2 in b-minor with his orchestra , conducted by Olari Elts. You can listen to the third movement here (uses the free Quicktime player).


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	Rinat Avisar performs 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.)


			Video of Rinat Avisar and the Pitango Quartet performing with Tango Sin Fronteras here...

	New Photos from the Masterclass and Concert in Riga here...


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	Michael Wolf performed works by Gliere, Schubert, Berio, Barriere and Papanini together with violist, Prof. Arigo Strals, violoncellist, Prof. Lolita Lilje and pianist Agnese Eglina (above left) at the Latvian Academy of Music in Riga, Latvia. Masterclasses were with academy students and members of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra (above right). Also part of the rich cultural offerings of the week was a concert of the "Restart Bach" Festival Ensemble, seen below with conductor Andris Veismanis. More photos are in the Photo Gallery here...


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Happy Birthday, Igor!!

Congratulations to Bartosz and Agata on the birth of their second son (and Konrad's new little brother), Igor Sikorski.


	Morocco Alizés Festival

	Michael Wolf will be performing works by Bottesini, Barriere and Pagainini at the Alizés Festival in Essaouira, Morocco together with Dong Suk Kang, violin, Young Chang Cho, violoncello and Svetlana Eganian, piano, as well as the Schubert "Forelle" Quintett with Bruno Rigutto, piano, Dong Suk Kang, violin, Hartmut Rohde, viola and Philippe Muller, violoncello. More information of the festival can be found at www.alizesfestival.com, including the program information for Friday, April 21st and Saturday, April 22nd

			Masterclass and Concert in Riga at the "Latvian Academy of Music"

Michael Wolf will be teaching and performing April 3-6, 2006 at the Latvian Academy of Music in Riga, Latvia. He will perform works by Gliere, Schubert, Berio, Barriere and Papanini together with violist, Prof. Arigo Strals, and violoncellist, Prof. Lolita Lilje. For more information contact Dr. Maija Sipola at ms@music.lv

New recording of Astor Piazzolla's "Kicho" with Rinat Avisar and the Pitango Quartet here...
New Video Recordings
of joint recital of the double bass classes from Berlin and Nuenberg-Augsburg here...
New Video Recordings
of latest Student Recital
on June 1st and May 16th 2006 Streichersaal Bundesalle here...
New Video of Rinat Avisar and the Pitango Quartet performing with Tango Sin Fronteras here...
New! Bass anagrams under "Silly Stuff"!
New Photos from the Alizés Festival in Essaouira, Morocco here...
New in Silly Stuff! Heretical Rhyme Generator to create your own poetry here (from Chris Seidel)
New Photos from the Masterclass and Concert in Riga at the "Latvian Academy of Music" here...
Just posted: a new recording of Gregor Haman's solo performance of the Vanhal Doublebass Concerto (Mvt. 1, 2 and 3) with the Kammer–orchester der Hamburger Symphoniker.
New Recordings of the "Bass Marathon" on Jan.19, 2006 here...

New Photos of our Mexican dinner here...
New web statistics page
New MIDI files from Fernando Morrison and Juan Pablo Navarro
Special thanks to Gautier Blondel for some new MIDI files
Photos of Danceworks from Bass Symposium here...
Texan Photos
from the masterclass and recital at the Texas Technical University at Lubbock, Texas here, the University of North Texas at Denton below left (page 1 and 2) and the University of Houston, Texas here...
Photos from Phoenix
from the masterclass and recital at the Arizona State University here
additional recordings of Michael Wolf in the Recording Library

	Now you can see as well as hear!! our student concerts starting with our latest performance, the "Kontrabass-Marathon". The links can be found on the "Recordings" page or the "Video" page.

Video Recordings of Student Recital
on May 16th 2006 Streichersaal Bundesalle here...

Masterclass and Concert
Latvian Academy of Music

Michael Wolf will be teaching and performing April 3-6, 2006 at the Latvian Academy of Music in Riga, Latvia. He will perform works by Gliere, Schubert, Berio, Barriere and Papanini together with violist, Prof. Arigo Strals, and violoncellist, Prof. Lolita Lilje . For more information contact Dr. Maija Sipola at ms@music.lv

Wieland Bachmann's Concert Dates:

21.Jan, Konzertsaal Bundesallee, 19.00
Rossini Duo
Dittersdorf Concerto, 3rd Movement

28.Jan, Konzert zum 250. Geburtstag von Mozart, Oldenberg
Dittersdorf Concerto

26.Feb, Konzert in Frankfurt/Oder Theater with the Brandenburgischem Staatsorchester, 11.00
Dittersdorf Concerto

Morocco Alizés Festival

Michael Wolf will be performing works by Bottesini, Barriere and Pagainini at the Alizés Festival in Essaouira, Morocco together with Dong Suk Kang, violin, Young Chang Cho, violoncello and Svetlana Eganian, piano, as well as the Schubert "Forelle" Quintett with Bruno Rigutto, piano, Dong Suk Kang, violin, Hartmut Rohde, viola and Philippe Muller, violoncello.
More information of the festival can be found at www.alizesfestival.com, including the program information for Friday, April 21st and Saturday, April 22nd

Israel Kibbutz Orchestra presents

Haim Permont: Concerto for doublebass and orchestra (World Premiere)
Fauré: "Pelleas and Melisande"
Handel: "Water Music"

Conductor - Yaron Gottfried
Double-bass - Rinat Avisar
With the Noa Dar Dance Company

A unique multimedia concert, in cooperation with the Noa Dar Dance Company. The central work of this concert is Handel's Water Music, with original choreography by Noa Dar. Handel wrote this work as background music to accompany a party King George I was having on a barge as he floated down the London Thames. The dance reflects a person's point of view while standing on a barge floating down a river: his experience of observing the scenery changes and passes before his eyes, in motion, space and time.

Faurés musical setting of "Pelleas and Melisande" illustrates the programmatic elements of the play; the beautiful melodies and the rich orchestral colors reflect the drama's atmosphere and present Fauré at his best.

The concert will also feature Haim Permont's Concerto for Doublebass, commissioned by the orchestra, performed by its Principle Bassist, Rinat Avisar. Mar 14, Ein HaShofet Mar 16, Dorot Mar 18, Giv'at Brenner Mar 21, Beit Shean Mar 23, Nahariya Mar 28, Tel Aviv

wolfbass.com, class of Prof. Michael B. Wolf


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