Royal Concertgebouw Bassoon Master Class with Simon van Holen: Shostakovich's Symphony No. 9

Bassoonist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Simon van Holen coaches Connor Reilly on an excerpt from Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 70.
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To complement their performances in Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, select members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra led master classes on January 16, 2018. Participating young artists, alums of Carnegie Hall’s youth orchestra program, NYO-USA, had the opportunity to perform and work with these world-renowned musicians in a one-on-one setting in Carnegie Hall’s Resnick Education Wing. To learn more about Workshops and Master Classes at Carnegie Hall visit www.carnegiehall.org/Education/Workshops-and-Master-Classes.

[@davidcarroll9917]

My favorite bassoon solo, hands down. It really shows the beauty of the bassoon.

[@diezweizocken9700]

Good class and a really sympathatic teacher

[@ricardoleite1482]

Que exercício é esse com os graves!!!

it is always so weird to see simon teach those exercises, he is my bassoon teacher sinds i started playing bassoon years ago and these exercises are so normal for me now a days :)

[@ryanchoi7003]

Leonardo C. Núñez Composer and your father is living legend! Lucky you!

[@frankkenny6894]

I have been trying some of these exercises since seeing this masterclass a few weeks ago and it has been transforming for this middle-aged bassoonist. You are lucky you got it at an early stage.