Orchestral opposites, the lilting oboe and sonorous bassoon have been linked inextricably for centuries by merely the slimmest of bonds: a double-layered sliver of bamboo that allows the instruments ...

If you closed your eyes and tried to conjure up the perfect music for a warm summer evening at the Redlands Bowl, you might not come up with music for bassoon. But bassoonist Valentin Martchev was ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Three new musicians have joined the Cleveland Orchestra, replacing players who've recently retired or left for other ensembles. The first to begin will be bassoonist Gareth Thomas.

FRANK ZAPPA once wrote, “The bassoon is one of my favorite instruments. It has the medieval aroma -- like the days when everything used to sound like that.... It’s a great noise -- nothing else makes ...