bassoon
Jos de Lange
Born in the Dutch town of Hengelo in 1955, Jos de Lange first obtained an honours degree in mathematics before going to Amsterdam to study bassoon with John Mostard. He took up the instrument at the age of nineteen after having played the clarinet for ten years. He says, ‘I chose the bassoon because it has the most beautiful sound imaginable. And it’s very similar to the sound of the human voice.’
De Lange has been a member of the Concertgebouworkest since 1982. In addition, he has always performed a great deal of chamber music with such ensembles as the Amsterdam Bach Soloists, the Viotta Ensemble and the Bommel Quartet. He can also be heard on dozens of chamber music CD recordings.
Jos de Lange teaches at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, in order to pass on to younger generations what he has learned over the years from extraordinary conductors and musicians.
Only once has he grudgingly attended a rehearsal, but he’d rather not say what piece it was for.
Jos de Lange has a reed cutting machine on loan from the Foundation Concertgebouworkest with which he can make his own reeds easier and with Swiss precision.
Born in the Dutch town of Hengelo in 1955, Jos de Lange first obtained an honours degree in mathematics before going to Amsterdam to study bassoon with John Mostard. He took up the instrument at the age of nineteen after having played the clarinet for ten years. He says, ‘I chose the bassoon because it has the most beautiful sound imaginable. And it’s very similar to the sound of the human voice.’
De Lange has been a member of the Concertgebouworkest since 1982. In addition, he has always performed a great deal of chamber music with such ensembles as the Amsterdam Bach Soloists, the Viotta Ensemble and the Bommel Quartet. He can also be heard on dozens of chamber music CD recordings.
Jos de Lange teaches at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, in order to pass on to younger generations what he has learned over the years from extraordinary conductors and musicians.
Only once has he grudgingly attended a rehearsal, but he’d rather not say what piece it was for.
Jos de Lange has a reed cutting machine on loan from the Foundation Concertgebouworkest with which he can make his own reeds easier and with Swiss precision.
Born in the Dutch town of Hengelo in 1955, Jos de Lange first obtained an honours degree in mathematics before going to Amsterdam to study bassoon with John Mostard. He took up the instrument at the age of nineteen after having played the clarinet for ten years. He says, ‘I chose the bassoon because it has the most beautiful sound imaginable. And it’s very similar to the sound of the human voice.’
De Lange has been a member of the Concertgebouworkest since 1982. In addition, he has always performed a great deal of chamber music with such ensembles as the Amsterdam Bach Soloists, the Viotta Ensemble and the Bommel Quartet. He can also be heard on dozens of chamber music CD recordings.
Jos de Lange teaches at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, in order to pass on to younger generations what he has learned over the years from extraordinary conductors and musicians.
Only once has he grudgingly attended a rehearsal, but he’d rather not say what piece it was for.
Jos de Lange has a reed cutting machine on loan from the Foundation Concertgebouworkest with which he can make his own reeds easier and with Swiss precision.
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Jos de Lange image: Mladen Pikulic -
Jos de Lange explains his reed cutting machine to Friends of the Concertgebouworkest image: Ronald Knapp -
Bassoonist Jos de Lange is concentrated during a rehearsal. image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest -
Bassoonist Jos de Lange jokingly gives a page of sheet music to timpani player Marinus Komst image: Renske Vrolijk/Concertgebouworkest
