Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put ...

I am Shinnosuke Iguchi, a double bass player, instructor, and conductor. I received this question in my note question box.I ...

For the first time in musical history, eight double basses are soloists in a new orchestral composition. The Australian World Orchestra (AWO) will perform the world premiere of The Witching Hour, a ...

ABC Classic is proud to present the world premiere recording of Australian composer Paul Dean’s APRA Award-winning Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra. Recorded by virtuoso bassist Phoebe Russell ...

The double bass or simply the bass (and numerous other names) is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra. It is a transposing instrument and is ...

Minea, Concertante Music for Orchestra Lahti Symphony Orchestra Osmo Vänskä, Conductor Kalevi Aho, Composer Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra Kalevi Aho, Composer Eero Munter, Double bass Lahti ...

SHE is a tall, curvy, Italian and the older she gets, the more coveted she becomes. Meet the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s 400-year-old bass and the man who plucks her strings. “There’s nothing like ...

The Australian Chamber Orchestra has acquired a rare, 16th-century double bass from anonymous benefactors. The instrument was made by Gasparo da Salò in Brescia, Italy, in the last quarter of the 16th ...

A rare double bass, crafted from spruce and pear wood in the 16th century, but with a ''subwoofer-like quality'', is the latest addition to the Australian Chamber Orchestra's line-up of historically ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put ...