Also, my older brother was in high school already, and there was a really good bassoon player there who was really cute. That was part of it, too: Playing bassoon, I got to take lessons from this ...

Worse, the Philadelphia Orchestra player has no idea when he’ll once again see his instrument — a 1931 German bassoon with an enviable Philadelphia pedigree, owned and played by him for half a ...

Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project’s mission is to present the type of boundary-breaking music you won’t typically hear in a club or concert hall, most of it exploratory and improvisational.

And almost everyone is convinced that all oboe and bassoon players are a little batty. London’s Royal Philharmonic members nod understandingly when one of their fellow players, Nicholas Reader ...

On this week’s programme, Adrian chooses two very different evocations of snow in music, considers the differences between bassoon players and football players, and takes us inside the ...

When he arrives in the spring — making his debut as principal bassoon with conductor Juraj Valčuha’s program on March 27, 29 and 30 — he will be the orchestra’s only current Black player.