A student in one of my classes at DePaul recently sent me a link to this video on YouTube. I’d seen this on VHS back when I was in high school and found it hilarious, and now, having taught countless lessons, this is a particularly funny video to me. I...
We’ve featured Xavier before here on the blog–here’s a recent video of him performing the Bottesini Concerto No. 2 with the Eastern Music Festival:
Japan’s Kazuo Okuda, died from injuries he received in a mountain biking accident yesterday, September 12th. This is sad news for the international bass community–Okuda was one of the most renowned double bassists in Japan, and he will be sorely missed. Okuda...
From my longtime online bass friend Benjy:
Bassist Trevor Young was able to attend the Bradetich Masterclasses at Mittenwald this summer, and he passed along some videos from this event. Here’s one featuring Onur Özkaya performing a composition by Miloslav Gajdos. By the way, we’ve featured both...
