CSO Bass Blog featured in On An Overgrown Path

Michael Hovnanian’s recent blog post about Haitink (which I posted about yesterday) just got featured on the popular classical music blog On An Overgrown Path. Check it out here.Related Posts:Left hand exercises from Michael HovnanianChicago Bass EnsembleMax...

d’Bassists quartet performance

Singapore bass bloggers PY and Emily are going to be invloved in a bass quartet performance. Deails follow:In Conjunction with Singapore Arts Festival: d’Bassists.Venue: Esplanade Concourse, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, SingaporeDate: 30 and 31 May 2007 (Wed...

Remembering Jean Cros – guest post from Jean-Yves Bénichou

This is a guest post by double bassist Jean-Yves Bénichou. Benjy is bi-national, being a citizen of both the United States and France. He has lived in France for the past 30 years and has been a member of the Strasbourg Philharmonic since 1985. He studied double bass...

Bernard Haitink and the Chicago Symphony – good vibes all around

Chicago Symphony double bassist and CSO Bass Blog blogger Michael Hovnanian wrote a recent post about the dynamic between the Chicago Symphony and Bernard Haitink. It sounds like the working atmosphere has improved considerably in the Chicago Symphony since the...