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 ...

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 ...

There are obvious reasons why thieves steal money, jewelry, smartphones, cars or prescription drugs. But Martha Malkiewicz has no idea why anyone wanted to take her contrabassoon. It’s a woodwind that ...

"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 ...

A concerto for contrabassoon and orchestra? There is something faintly comical about the idea. The wonderful thing about Michael Tilson Thomas' "Urban Legend," which received its world premiere in ...

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The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra invites applications for the position of contrabassoon player. The job-specific monthly salary is €3 550.48 (with 5-year professional orchestra experience ...