OUR ARTISTS
Our Artists
We’re proud to have professional teachers, players, composers and recording artists playing Moosmann bassoons across the United States and around the world. Here are just a few of the many artists who have made the switch to Moosmann.
MARTIN KUUSKMANN
Moosmann 222CL Compact Bassoon
- International Bassoon Soloist
- Asst Professor Lamont School of Music – Denver
- Multiple Grammy Nominated Recordings
- Graduate of Yale and Manhattan Schools of Music
CARL RATH
Moosmann 222CL Bassoon
- Professor – Lawrence University
- Professor at University of Oklahoma
- Principal Bassoon – Oklahoma City Philharmonic
- Red Lodge Music Festival
- Suwannee Music Festival
CHIARA SANTI
Moosmann 222SC – 5 Bassoon
- International Bassoon Artist
- Mahler Chamber Orchestra
- Lucerne Festival Orchestra
- Studied with Sergio Azzolini & Stefano Canuti
MICHEL BETTEZ
Moosmann 222CL – 5 Bassoon
- International Soloist – Artist Bassoon
- Principal – Orchestre Symphonique de Laval
- Professor – University of Montreal
- Principal – Orchestre Metropolitian
GIORGIO VERSIGLIA
Moosmann 222
- Master Teacher – Donizetti Conservatory
- Principal – Bergamo Music Festival
- Owner – Andante and Rondo
https://www.consbg.it/index.php/docenti/docente/versiglia-giorgio
KYUSUN PYO
Moosmann 222CL Bassoon
- Principal – Korean Symphony Orchestra
- Asia Philharmonic Orchestra
- Finalist – 2016 Ruggieo Int’l Woodwind Competition
- Performer – 2019 IDRS Conference, Tampa FL
http://eng.koreansymphony.com/program/choir/intro.do?menu_idx=67&choirPartCd=9
MATHIEU LUSSIER
Moosmann 222CL – 5 Bassoon
- Bassoon * Composer * Conductor
- Artistic Director – Arion Baroque Orchestra
- Faculty – McGill University, School of Music
- Ensemble Pentaedre de Montreal
ROGER SOREN
Moosmann 200CL Bassoon
- Colorado Symphony Orchestra
- Louisville Symphony Orchestra
- Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
- Instructor – Denver School of The Arts
- Graduate – Indiana University
ANDREA CELLACCHI
Moosmann 222CL – 5 Bassoon
- Principal Bassoon – Konzerthausorchestra
- 1st Prize IDRS Fox Gillet Competition 2018
- 1st Prize Premio Abbado
- 1st Prize Audimozart 2016
- 1st Prize 10th Aeolus Competition
- 1st Prize Muri Competition
SCOTT POOL
Moosmann 222CL – 5 Bassoon
- Academy director Talis Music Festival
- Asst Professor – Texas A & M Corpus Christi
- DMA University of Arizona
- MM University of Oklahoma
STEFANO CANUTI
Moosmann 222SC – 5 Bassoon
- International Bassoon Soloist
- Professor – Royal Northern College of Music UK
- Professor – Conservatorio di Musica Campiani, IT
KRISTIAN OMA RONNES
Moosmann 200 – KOR
- Bassoon teacher at Poznan Academy of Music
- Principal Bassoonist at The Baltic Opera
- Composer, Arranger and Author
- Publisher
- Soloist
PAUL HANSON
Moosmann 200AP
- Grand Prize winner – JAZZIZ Magazine “Woodwinds on Fire”
- Grammy Winner
- International Jazz Artist
- Cirque Du Soleil – ZED
STANISLAV KATENIN
Moosmann 222CL – 5 Bassoon
- Honored Artist of Russia
- Principal – National Philharmonik of Russia Federation Music
- Soloist – Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
- Soloist – Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra
MICHAEL BURNS
Moosmann 222CL – 5 – Thin Wall
- Professor – UNC – Greensboro
- Recording Artist – Composer – Author
- Principal Bassoon – Asheville Symphony & North Carolina Opera
MARIA WILDHABER
Moosmann 222 – Custom
Founder / Artistic Director – Talis Festival,
- Founder / Artistic Director – Talis Festival
- Recording Artist -MSR Classics
- Schweizer Oktett
- Chamber Orchestra of New York
ARNOLD IRCHAI
Moosmann 200CL – Custom
- Principal – Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
- Distinguished Artist of the Russian Federation Award
- Principal – National Philharmonic Orchestra, Washington, DC
- Faculty – International Academy of Music / Russia – Italy
- Faculty – Summit Music Festival
- Principal – Ocala Symphony and Gainesville Orchestra in Florida
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ANASTASIA BATRAKOVA
Moosmann 200
Co-Principal Bassoon, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia
CASSANDRA BENDICKSON
MOOSMANN 200 / MOOSMANN 300A
Bassoonist / Contrabassoonist,
SARA FRUEHE
MOOSMANN 200AP
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SCHWOB SCHOOL OF MUSIC – COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY
BALINT MOHAI
M222CL PRG W/HIGH F#KEY
PRINCIPAL BASSOON, CONCERTO BUDAPEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JIM RODGERS
MOOSMANN M100CL-PRG
PRINCIPAL CONTRABASSOON, PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ROCIO YLLESCAS JACABO
MOOSMANN 222
PRINCIPAL BASSOON, ORQUESTA FILAMONICA DE LE CIUDAD DE MEXICO
Our Teachers
We’re proud to have professional teachers, players, composers and recording artists playing Moosmann bassoons across the United States and around the world. Here are just a few of the many artists who have made the switch to Moosmann.
ELIZABETH BALL
Moosmann 150E – DLX Bassoon
- Bassoonist – Vocalist
- Professor – BYU – Idaho
- Great Falls Symphony
- Billings Symphony
- Co-Founder – Utah Wind Symphony
JENNY MANN
Moosmann 222CL Bassoon
- Professor – University of Alabama
- Principal Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra
- Member – Cavell Trio
- Mentor – Hot Springs Music Festival
SHELLY UNGER
Moosmann 150E – DLX Bassoon
- Instructor – Emory University
- Founder – Summer Bassoon Extravaganza
- Symphony Orchestra Augusta
- DMA – University of Georgia
http://music.emory.edu/home/people/biography/unger-shelly.html
ERIKA ANDERSEN
Moosmann 200CL Bassoon
- Bachelor of Music and Master of Music from the University of Wisconsin–Madison where she studied with Marc Vallon and privately with Ted Soluri.
- Professional Performance Certificate from Lynn University–Conservatory of Music with bassoonist Eric Van der Veer Varner
- Administrative Assistant for the Office of the Dean at Lynn Conservatory of Music
- Premiered pieces as a soloist with orchestra, live electronics, dancer, and small chamber ensembles
JARRETT RODRIGUEZ
Moosmann M100CL Natural Bassoon
- Double reed instructor at the University of Mary Washington
- Co-Principal bassoon with the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra
- Consulting bassoonist for Jones Double Reed Products
- Graduate studies at Montclair State University with Sasha Enegren receiving his Performer’s Certificate
AURA TREVINO
Moosmann 200E
- International Bassoon Soloist
- Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra
- Teacher – Performer
JASON WORZBYT
Moosmann 100CL
- Professor – Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- Associate Director of Bands – IUP
JONATHAN WRIGHT
M200CL – Custom
Principal – Orchestral Ensemble of Queens,
- Principal Bassoon – Orchestral Ensemble of Queens
- Mineola Choral Society
- Clinician and Educator, LongIsland NY
T. J. BLACKBURN PETTIT
Moosmann – 200AP
2nd Bassoon – Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra,
- 2nd Bassoon – Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra
- Master of Music – University of Minnesota
- Bachelor of Music University of Oklahoma
- Tulsa University
- Oklahoma Baptist University
- Southwestern Oklahoma State University
GERIK FON-REVUTSKY
Moosmann 100E – Custom
- Rockford Symphony Orchestra
- Wisconsin Philharmonic
- Joliet Junior College
- Conductor & Librarian
- Bassoon & Contra Bassoon
EVELYN PARSONS
Moosmann 100E
DEREK BANNASCH
Moosmann 100CL – PRG
- Assistant Professor – Montana State University
- Bosman Symphony Orchestra
- Bassoon Instructor – US Army School of Music
- US Army Master Instructor Badge
https://www.montana.edu/music/directory/2323895/derek-bannasch