Masters of Bass – 26.10.2024, 20 Uhr, Kulturzentrum Haberkasten, Mühldorf am Inn

The crowning highlight of the Bavarian Bass Days is the “Masters of Bass” concert.

This year with an incredibly exciting mix of musicians and styles with the most outstanding and extraordinary bassists of our time.

The  legendary “Bavarian Big Bass Orchestra” will open the evening with a spectacular composition for this extraordinary line-up.

Alberto Bocini is simply one of the best double bass players in the world. He was solo bassist in Italy’s most important orchestras for 20 years. Bocini is a founding member of the popular double bass quartet “The Bass Gang” and has recorded as a soloist for Denon, Stradivarius, Velut Luna and NBBrecords. Since 2009 he has been a professor at the “Haute Ecole de Musique de Geneve”

Begüm Aslan is one of the most remarkable musicians of her generation. She has performed solo and chamber music at the Sion Festival, BASS2018 Italy, Istanbul Music Festival and Lucerne Festival. The 21-year-old actively works with contemporary composers who use her pieces, such as the extraordinary piece by Stephen Mulligan – Haiku for vocals and double bass.

Martin Wind regularly performs in established clubs in New York and is also busy as a studio musician. They recorded over 100 records as leaders and sidemen with, among others, Guidon Kremer, Christoph Eschenbach, Mistislav Rostopowitch, Lalo Schifrin, Pat Metheny, Randy Brecker and Mike Stern.

Nabil Shehata’s career began as solo double bassist with the Staatskapelle Berlin and the Berlin Philharmonic. As a double bass professor in Munich and Berlin and as a member of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, he passed on his experiences to younger musicians.

Since 2019 he has led the South Westphalia Philharmonic as chief conductor.

Philipp Stubenrauch is principal double bassist with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and professor of double bass at the HDMK Stuttgart. He is a lecturer at the Bavarian State Youth Orchestra, at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and a member of the double bass quartet “The Bassmonsters”.

A special feature of this evening is the double bass recorder, with which the flute virtuoso Maria Dorner-Hofmann, together with Claus Freudenstein, the organizer of the Bavarian Bass Days, performs the composition “One down” for double bass, bass recorder and soprano recorder.

Thomas Hartmann is the pianist of the Bavarian Bass Days and will accompany the evening on the piano.