John Grillo on Oktoberfest – New World Symphony tradition

Bass blog and Contrabass Conversations regular contributor John Grillo recently wrote a post on his new blog project ClassicalMusicNews.tv about the New World Symphony’s Oktoberfest a tradition that he created when he was a fellow there. John writes: A long...

Beethoven’s black violinist – post from AfriClassical

William J. Zick wrote an interesting post on his AfriClassical blog earlier this week, stating: The rumor that Beethoven is Black just won’t go away, in spite of the lack of any real evidence. What most people are unaware of is Beethoven’s real...

DaXun Zhang performs The Swan by Saint-Saens

Double bass virtuoso and University of Texas-Austin bass professor (and Contrabass Conversations musical guest) plays The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens in this excellent video: What a fabulous player! Related Posts: Contrabass Conversations #20:...

Dean Ferrell to perform in Berlin on November 6

The amazing bassist Dean Ferrell will be doing a solo bass performance in Berlin on Tuesday, November 6th, and any bassists , students, teachers, and fans of amazing double bass performance art should consider attending if they can make it. We blogged an hour-long...

Notes on Hans Sturm Rabbath technique video

Yesterday we released the first part of our video about the Rabbath left hand position system, and we’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback already.  We’ve got a couple more parts to this video coming out later on this this week, so stay tuned for more...