Old Concert...
New Video
of Wieland Bachmann playing for the presentation of the 2004 Comenius Prize to Simon Rattle (seated in front, middle). Click here to view video.

Micheal O'Suilleabhain having some fun with the bagpipes
Dr. Micheal O'Suilleabhain, director of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at Limerick, Ireland, playing an impromptu on the bagpipes at a reception following the Chieftains concert during our bass trio tour of Ireland (see the photo gallery for more...)

Wieland Bachmann staring in "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui"

(original German title: Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui),
a play by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht

See video excerpts of Wieland's performance here...

New Recordings from the Benefit Concert
at the Neue Synagoge Berlin

Download or listen to MP3 files of the dress rehearsal of the performance of Bottesini's "Passione Amorosa" with Wieland Bachmann (Cb.I), Michael Wolf (Cb.II) and the Julius Stern Chamber Orchestra conducted by Zvi Carmeli:

• Allegro
• Andante
• Allegretto

Germany wins 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).

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...

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

New Video Recordings!!

...of the joint recital of our double bass class in Berlin together with the class from Nuernberg-Augsburg here...

Oscar Wilde in Sauen

Watch excerpts of "A Woman of No Importance" by Oscar Wilde, produced at our 10 year anniversary party at the Villa Sauen. Starring Beltane Ruiz, Zsuzsa Balint, Helen Buchbach and Martin Schoene in the leading roles.

Click picture above to view the video clip (requires the free Real Player -- see "Recordings" for assistance)

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Here you can watch

"Das
Nusskracher
Ballett"

as performed at the UdK Weihnachtsfeier!

• Real Player version
• Windows Media version

See "Recordings" if you need assistance)

Wolf with Jenny, Kate and Joseph, students at the Royal College of Music, London, during masterclass in 2001. See more highlights of 2001 here.