List of bassoonists

See also: Category:Bassoonists

A list of notable bassoonists .

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Algeria

• Abdon Laus ^[1] (1888–1945)

Australia

• George Dreyfus (born 1928)
• Lyndon Watts (born 1976)
• Matthew Wilkie ^[2]

Austria

• Milan Turković (born 1939)

Belgium

• Jean-Théodore Radoux (1835–1911) ^[3]

Bulgaria

• Marin Valtchanov (1949–2017)

Canada

• Bill Douglas (born 1944)
• Pierre Mercure (1927–1966)
• George Zukerman (1927–2023)

Czechia

• Antoine Bullant (1751–1821)
• Ludwig Milde (1849–1913)
• Václav Vonášek (born 1980)

Denmark

• Peter Bastian (1943–2017)
• Kjell Roikjer (1901–1999)
• Asger Svendsen

Estonia

• Martin Kuuskmann (born 1971)

France

• Maurice Allard (1922–1988)
• Adolphe Blaise (1737–1772)
• François Devienne (1759–1803)
• Désiré Dihau (1833–1909)
• François-René Gebauer (1773–1845)
• Eugène Louis-Marie Jancourt (1815–1901)
• Fernand Oubradous (1903–1986)
• Étienne Ozi (1754–1813)

Germany

• Carl Almenräder (1786–1846)
• Marc Engelhardt (born 1961)
• Albrecht Holder (born 1958)
• Klaus Thunemann (born 1937)
• Julius Weissenborn (1837–1888)

Hungary

• Tamás Benkócs (born 1971)

Iran

• Alireza Motevaseli (born 1992)

Israel

• Mordechai Rechtman (1926–2023)
• Uzi Shalev (born 1961)

Italy

• Enzo Muccetti (1912–1977)
• Sergio Azzolini (born 1967)
• Rino Vernizzi (1946–2022)

Japan

• Hideo Kachi (born 1953)

Netherlands

• Thom de Klerk (1912–1966)
• Bram van Sambeek (born 1980)

New Zealand

• Peter Musson (born 1940)

Norway

• Per Hannevold (born 1953)

Switzerland

• Willy Hess (1906–1977)

Ukraine

• Volodymyr Apatsky (1928–2018)

Uruguay

• Gustavo Núñez (born 1965)

United Kingdom

• Meyrick Alexander (born 1952)
• Roger Birnstingl
• Gwydion Brooke (1912–2005)
• Archie Camden (1888–1979)
• Michael Chapman (1934–2005)
• Karen Clark née  Geoghegan (born 1989)
• Margaret Cookhorn
• Lindsay Cooper (1951–2013)
• Charles Cracknell (1915–1997)
• Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
• Vernon Elliott (1912–1996)
• Martin Gatt (born 1936)
• Rachel Gough
• John Hebden (1712–1765)
• Cecil James (1913–1999)
• Ursula Leveaux
• Gordon Laing (born 1964)
• David Munrow (1942–1976)
• John Orford
• Laurence Perkins (born 1954)
• Julie Price (born 1963)
• Hannah Rankin (born 1990)
• Graham Sheen (born 1952)
• Philip Turbett (born 1961)
• Jeremy Ward
• William Waterhouse (1931–2007)

United States

• Karen Borca (born 1948)
• Garvin Bushell (1902–1991)
• Lewis Hugh Cooper (1920–2007)
• Willard Somers Elliot (1926–2000)
• Marvin P. Feinsmith (1932/33–2020)
• Dall Fields (1889–1956)
• Hugo Fox (1897–1969)
• Bernard Garfield (born 1924)
• Arthur Grossman
• Paul Hanson (born 1957)
• K. David van Hoesen (1926–2016)
• Benjamin Kamins (born 1952)
• Ron Klimko (1936–2012)
• Peter Kolkay
• Simon Kovar (1890–1970)
• Judith LeClair (born 1958)
• Tariq Masri (born 1973)
• Stephen Maxym (1915–2002)
• John Miller Jr. (born 1942)
• Anthony Parnther (born 1981)
• Ray Pizzi (1943–2021)
• Johnny Reinhard (born 1956)
• Peter Schickele (born 1935)
• Sol Schoenbach (1915–1999)
• Leonard Sharrow (1915–2004)
• Wilbur Simpson (1917–1997)
• Kim Walker
• Sherman Walt (1923–1989)
• Arthur Weisberg (1931–2009)
• Dan Welcher (born 1948)
• Robert S. Williams (born 1949)
• Bryan Young (born 1974)

Venezuela

• Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel (1911–1986)

References

1. Kopp, James B. (2012). The Bassoon. Yale University Press. ISBN   9780300183641.
2. "Matthew Wilkie". Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
3. Theodore, Baker; Remy, Alfred (1919). Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. G. Schirmer. p. 735.