Florian Pertzborn's guest appearances

Florian Pertzborn

Contrabass Conversations

David Allen

Paul Simon

Brian Johnson

Willie Nelson

Henry Chen

William Parker

Steve Metcalf

Scott Dixon

John Davis

Chris West

Leonard Bernstein

Paul Johnson

Miles Brown

Kevin Brown

Rick Jones

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Florian Pertzborn launched the European Orchestra Experience Award for the BASSEUROPE Orchestral Competition this year in Prague. The recipients were:  1st prize: Luzia Vieira 2nd prize: Zuzana Blahova 3rd prize: Andrea Cocco  Florian and I got a chance to sit down in the beautiful courtyard of the HAMU in Prague to discuss this competition.  We talk about why Florian launched this and what benefits he sees it bringing to young double bassists.   We also cover:  life as a musician in Porto, Portugal a typical season for Casa da Música (Florian's orchestra) the international makeup of this orchestra.  It was great to chat with Florian!  He's a great guy and is working hard to provide opportunities for young bassists across Europe. Links to check out:  D’Addario strings giveaway! Florian's website www.netbass.eu Casa da Música (Florian's orchestra)  my appearance on Crushing Classical podcast my appearance on Trumpet Dynamics podcast  Subscribe to the podcast to get these interviews delivered to your inbox!  Learn how you can support the show at contrabassconversations.com/support  Thanks to our sponsor! This episode is brought to you by D’Addario Strings! Check out their Zyex strings, which are synthetic core strings that produce an extremely warm, rich sound. Get the sound and feel of gut strings with more evenness, projection and stability than real gut. Enter the D’Addario strings giveaway for Contrabass Conversations listeners at contrabassconversations.com/strings!

<a href="http://florian-pertzborn.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Florian Pertzborn</a> launched the European Orchestra Experience Award for the BASSEUROPE Orchestral Competition this year in Prague. The recipients were: <ul> <li>1st prize: Luzia Vieira</li> <li>2nd prize: Zuzana Blahova</li> <li>3rd prize: Andrea Cocco</li> </ul> Florian and I got a chance to sit down in the beautiful courtyard of the HAMU in Prague to discuss this competition.  We talk about why Florian launched this and what benefits he sees it bringing to young double bassists.   We also cover: <ul> <li>life as a musician in Porto, Portugal</li> <li>a typical season for Casa da Música (Florian's orchestra)</li> <li>the international makeup of this orchestra.</li> </ul> It was great to chat with Florian!  He's a great guy and is working hard to provide opportunities for young bassists across Europe. Links to check out: <ul> <li><a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/strings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">D’Addario strings giveaway!</a></li> <li><a href="http://florian-pertzborn.blogspot.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Florian's website</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.netbass.eu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.netbass.eu</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.casadamusica.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Casa da Música</a> (Florian's orchestra)</li> <li><a href="http://crushingclassical.libsyn.com/jason-heath-podcaster-extraordinaire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> my appearance on Crushing Classical podcast</a></li> <li><a href="http://trumpetdynamics.com/podcast/jason-heath/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">my appearance on Trumpet Dynamics podcast</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to the podcast</a> to get these interviews delivered to your inbox!  Learn how you can support the show at <a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/support" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">contrabassconversations.com/support</a>  Thanks to our sponsor! This episode is brought to you by <a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/daddario1" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">D’Addario Strings</a>! Check out their <a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/daddario2" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Zyex strings</a>, which are synthetic core strings that produce an extremely warm, rich sound. Get the sound and feel of gut strings with more evenness, projection and stability than real gut. Enter the D’Addario strings giveaway for Contrabass Conversations listeners at <a href="http://contrabassconversations.com/strings" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">contrabassconversations.com/strings</a>!

277: Florian Pertzborn on Europoean orchestral experiences