WASHINGTON: A few years ago, when the US National Symphony Orchestra was rehearsing at the Kennedy Centre for a performance of Stravinsky's Petrushka, a funny thing happened to the orchestra's ...

"Though there are many bassoonists that play contrabassoon only grudgingly, Richard Bobo relishes the contrabassoon and considers himself equally a contrabassoonist and bassoonist." That's how Jason ...

Martha Malkiewicz never got her stolen contrabassoon back. But this weekend, in a pair of classics concerts, the musician with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra started over with the next best thing: ...

An instrument that went missing almost six years ago from Kleinhans Music Hall is home again, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra announced Friday. A contrabassoon – a woodwind instrument with a sound ...

*A freak of an instrument, made to create a sensation in 1739 – and the original model still exists, and it's playable. https://youtu.be/rLYRfHjZIy8 Orchestra of ...

Great Scott! Christopher Lloyd is obsessed with the bassoon! Lloyd, the legendary actor who played Doc Brown in the Back to the Future film franchise, is an ornery contrabassoon teacher in this ...

It might be the oldest new instrument to arrive in Australia this year. It's definitely the longest. The contrabassoon Sydney's Pinchgut Opera took delivery of on Friday is 2.7 metres long, and ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The Colburn School is offering a $1,000 reward for the safe return of a ...

Steven Braunstein probably doesn't even need to mention that as a high school student in Queens he played bass in a rock band. It's obvious from his manner -- he has that quiet, undemonstrative ...

LOS ANGELES — A reward was offered Friday for information leading to the safe return of a $30,000 contrabassoon that was stolen from a downtown Los Angeles school. The rare horn, which is a bigger and ...