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Masterclass Masterclass for Woodwinds

in the south of Sweden from 14–18 august 2013

Please find further information at www.nordicwoodwind.se
and following pdf for download:

Swedish     English

Püchner-Exhibitions and Presentations during
summer and autumn 2013

The Muri Competition, Muri, Switzerland

18 thru 20 April 2013, 10.00 – 16.00

First International Competiton for oboe and bassoon as well as exhibition for double reed instruments

Exhibiton of Püchner oboes, oboes d'amore and English horns and Püchner bassoons, bocals and contrabassoon. Meet Gerald Püchner and Jürgen Stork.

For further information please click here.

AFOES in Madrid

4 and 5 May 2013
Association of Spanish oboists and bassoonists

Conservatorio Profesional Amaniel, Madrid

Meet Gerald Püchner and Jürgen Stork, oboe master at Püchner.

Very welcome to playtest the latest design Püchner bassoons and bocals,
Püchner oboes, oboes d’amore, English horns and our new XL English horn bocals.

Concerts and Masterclasses with
Arnaldo de Felice, oboe, read more about the soloist (PDF)
Stefano Canuti, bassoon, read more about the soloist (PDF)

For further information please click here.

Stefano Canuti

Jonathan Small Monteverdi Oboe Festival 2013 Bolzano/Bozen

10 and 11 May 2013

Conservatorio C. Monteverdi, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy

Meet Gabriele Nilsson-Püchner and Jürgen Stork, oboe master at Püchner.

Very welcome to playtest the latest-design Püchner bassoons and bocals,
Püchner contrabassoon, Püchner oboes, oboes d’amore, English horns and the new XL English horn bocals.

Jonathan Small, oboe, read more about the soloist (PDF)

Magnus Nilsson Special guest:
Magnus Nilsson, bassoon, read more about the soloist (PDF)

For further information please click here.

Püchner in Bergamo

14 and 15 May 2013
Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali „G. Donizetti“ di Bergamo, Italy

Masterclass for Bassoon, Stefano Canuti
Masterclass for Oboe, Arnaldo de Felice

Very welcome to meet Gerald Püchner and Jürgen Stork, oboe master at Püchner and playtest the latest design Püchner woodwinds: Püchner bassoons and bocals, Püchner contrabassoon, Püchner oboe, oboe d’amore and Cor Anglais as well as the new XL English horn bocals.

For further information please click here.

Die Fagotte sind los, Tübingen

8 June 2013

Exhibiton of Püchner bassoons and bocals

For further information please click here.

IDRS Convention in Redlands, California

25 thru 29 June 2013
University of Redlands, Department of Music

Meet Gerald Püchner and Gabriele Nilsson-Püchner, Jürgen Stork, oboe master at Püchner and the Püchner artists Valeri Popov, Moscow, Saxton Rose, USA, Magnus Nilsson, Sweden and Arnaldo de Felice, Italy.
Welcome to playtest latest design Püchner bassoons and bocals, Püchner contrabassoon, Püchner oboes, Cor Anglais and oboes d’amore.

Recitals of the soloists and “Püchner-Artists”:
Prof. Valeri Popov, bassoon, Moscow, appointed IDRS honorary member 2012,
read more
Saxton Rose, bassoon, USA, read more about the soloist
Arnaldo de Felice, oboe, oboe d’amore and Cor Anglais, Italy, read more about the soloist
Magnus Nilsson, bassoon, Sweden, read more about the soloist

We are looking forward to meet you! Further information

Oboe Masterclass with Arnaldo de Felice

21 till 28 July 2013
Musikforum Viktring/Klagenfurt, Austria

Detailed information on the course you'll find here.

Norddeutsche Oboentage

19 and 20 August 2013
Northern German Oboe Symposium at Landesmusikakademie Niedersachen, Wolfenbüttel

Püchner invites to joint the exhibiton of latest design Püchner oboes, oboes d’amore, Cor Anglais and their new XL bocals . Meet Püchner’s oboe master Jürgen Stork.

For further information please click here.

Püchner in Lisbon

2 and 3 November 2013

Presentation of latest design Püchner bassoons and bocals, Püchner oboes, oboes d’amore, Cor Anglais as well as the new Cor Anglais bocals XL.

Masterclasses and concerts:
Arnaldo de Felice, Oboist, Italy, read more about the soloist (PDF)
Magnus Nilsson, bassoonist, Sweden, read more about the soloist (PDF)

Dubbelt av Dubbelt, Malmö

9 November 2013
Musikhögskolan Malmö, Sweden

With Gabriele Nilsson-Püchner, Magnus Nilsson, princ. bassoonist with the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra and Jürgen Stork, oboe master at Püchner.
Free adjustment service of oboes during the exhibition.
Very welcome to playtest Püchner bassoons, bocals and Püchner oboes of the latest design.

Sophie Dartigalongue

First prize to SUN Chu

The young Chinese oboist SUN Chu won the first prize at the prestigious Leila Bull Oboe Competition, London in March 2013. Our best congratulations! He performs on a Püchner oboe model 733 C.

Further details about Sun Chu you find here

Happy New Year 2013

christmas card 2012

Eurowinds Stefano Canuti Interview with the Italian bassoonist Stefano Canuti

in the magazine eurowinds, November/December 2012
Read the article (PDF)

By courtesy of eurowinds, media team musik Verlags-GmbH. Stefano Canutis CD with Johann Sebastian Bach's Sonatas da gamba is available at Püchner,
order at .

Sophie Dartigalongue

Sophie Dartigalongue,
bassoon talent from Lyon

First prize winner of the bassoon competition AudiMozart 2010 in Roverto, Italy, second price in the “4th National G. Rossini bassoon competition” in Pesaro in October 2010, first award of the Carl-Maria von Weber bassoon competition in Wroclaw, Poland in November 2010 and first prize winner for bassoon of the 4th International Academic Oboe and Bassoon Competition, Lodz, Poland in May 2011.
2nd prize winner of the International Crusell Bassoon Competition, Uusikaupunki, Finland, July 24-29, 2011
1st prize winner of the 6th International bassoon competition Michal Spisak, Poland in October 2012
Sophie performs on a Püchner bassoon model 23 Compact Antique Finish.

Further details (biography)
Interview published in the French magazine “La Lettre du Musicien”, September 2011

Lola Descours, bassoonist with the Orchestre de Paris

CD: Jean Francaix 1912-1997, Le Gay Paris
Concerto for clarinet, orchestra, Divertimento, Sonatine including Divertimento pour basson et quintette à cordes (1942) with Lola Descours, basson and Octuor de France. Lola Descours performs on a Püchner bassoon.

The CD is available at puchner@puchner.com at 17 EUR + postage + VAT. Further information please find here (PDF).

We congratulate the winners
of the recent years’ IDRS bassoon competitions

IDRS-basson-competitions-USA

From Lyon to Beijing, a wonderful adventure
for young bassoonists

Published in “La Lettre du Musicien no. 420/2012”, Paris, read the article.The travel report of Sophie Dartigalongue, Romain Rouge, Loïc Bernardet and Lorenzo Contaldo you find here.

Sophie Dartigalongue – a young bassoon talent

Published in “La Lettre du Musicien no. 420/2012”, Paris, read the article.

Prof. Valeri Popov becomes Honorary Member of the IDRS

The International Double Reed Society elects Prof. Valeri Popov, Moscow to be Honorary Member of the Society 2012. Prof. Popov gets their "Lifetime Achievement Award for highly distinguished contributions to the legacy of the bassoon with your artistry and musicianship". Püchner sends warmest congratulations.

Prof. Valeri Popov

Bach: Toccata and Fugue d minor BWV 565 arr. by Mag. Shi Li for 4 bassoons and contrabassoon

Sheet music available at www.accolade.de.

Cover Following sheet music was published by Valeri Popov Following sheet music was published by Valeri Popov

Professor for bassoon at Tchaikowsky Conservatory of Music Moscow and can be ordered at

Orchestral Studies for bassoon Dimitri Schostakowitch compiled by Prof. Valeri Popov, Moscow,
Price: EUR 18,00 + postage + 7% VAT

Astor Piazzolla: Libertango for bassoon and piano transcribed by Yuri Kasparow,
Price: EUR 12,00 + postage + 7% VAT

For further details please check here (PDF)

Second prize to Sarah Ruiz Song

Sarah Ruiz Song is second prize winner of the prestigious The Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition Los Angeles 2012. Sarah is studying at the Superior Music Conservatory of Aragón, Spain with Prof. Stefano Canuti and performs on a Püchner bassoon of the 8000 series. We congratulate her warmly.

For further information please click here.

Cover Stefano-Canutis-Enrique-Bagaria Stefano Canuti's new CD: Johann Sebastian Bach

available at Püchner at the price of
14 EUR + postage + 19% VAT

Further details about this CD
you find here (PDF)

Kalender 2012 Püchner-Calendar 2012

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Sophie Dartigalongue

Interview with the Italian oboist
Arnaldo de Felice

in the magazine eurowinds, September/Oktober 2011
Read the article: Download PDF

By courtesy of eurowinds, media team musik Verlags-GmbH.

Sophie Dartigalongue

First prizes to Katarzyna Zdybel, bassoonist from Poland

Katarzyna Zdybel achieved the second prize as well as special price at the Moscow Conservatory International Competition For Winds and Percussion in 2009. In 2010 she was first prize winner of the G. Rossini International Bassoon Competition in Pesaro, Italia and the International Competition for Wind Instruments in Chieri, Italy.

Katarzyna Zdybel performs on a Püchner bassoon model Superior.

Further details (biography)

First prize at the “Young Artist Bassoon Competition 2011”, Tempe, Arizona in June 2011

Axel Benoit, bassoon student of the bassoon class of Carlo Colombo at the Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon has been nominated first prize winner of the “Young Artist Bassoon Competition 2011” held by the International Double Reed Society (IDRS). Axel Benoit is performing on a Püchner bassoon model Superior. With congratulate him warmly!

Axel Benoit

Axel receiving his first place trophy during the awards ceremony

Henrik Goldschmidt, princ. oboist with the orchestra of the
Royal Opera Copenhagen talks about his Püchner oboes in Danish Radio (DR)

Angelika Chernych Rostov Püchner donated a bassoon model Jubilee to the special prize winner of the First International Competition for bassoon of the State Conservatory P.I. Tchaikowsky Moscow in November 2009

Under the patronage of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, the bassoon competition, instigated and organised through Prof. Valery Popov, successfully took place in November 2009. Püchner had pleasure in donating a special prize presenting a “Jubilee model Püchner bassoon» to a deserving competitor of the First Moscow Conservatory International competition for bassoon. The criteria for awarding this special prize to a competitor, was “a performer, who shows much talent and great potential, as well as apparent financial need.»

Further details

Fabio Cury

New CD released by Fabio Cury with four Brazilian bassoon concertos.

Further details in English and Portuguese as
Download PDF

Stefano Canuti performing on Püchner bassoon

We are delighted to announce that Stefano Canuti, bassoon soloist with high international reputation is performing on a Püchner bassoon model Superior. Very welcome in the “Püchner-bassoon-family”
www.stefanocanuti.it

Special promotion during autumn 2009 for Püchner Oboes
model 33 E and 30 E, English system with thumbplate
at discounted prices

We thank you for visiting our booth at the IDRS Conference Birmingham 2009 and wish to continue our special promotion ­during autumn 2009 for Püchner Oboes model 33 E and 30 E, English system with thumbplate at discounted prices

Jonathan Small, U.K. Supplier and Representative for Püchner Oboes, Oboes d’amore and English horns, Phone 0151-652 2763,

Bassoon Festival in Cordoba, Argentina
from 12 to 18 October 2009

A few days ago the Bassoonfestival “Encuentro de Fagotistas” in Cordoba, Argentina was held with great response and success. On the program amongst other: Masterclass with the internationally re-known bassoonist Fábio Cury, bassoonist of the Opera of Sao Paulo and Professor for Bassoon at State University Sao Paulo and a concert of the „Cuarteto Sudamericano Püchner“ with bassoonists of three countries:

Fábio Cury, Sao Paulo, Brasilien; Fabian Contreras, Cordoba, Argentinien; Gonzalo Brusco, Cordoba, Argentinien; Felipe Déstefano, Santiago de Chile

Cuarteto Sudamericano Püchner:
Fábio Cury, Sao Paulo, Braszl – Fabian Contreras, Cordoba, Argentina –
Gonzalo Brusco, Cordoba, Argentina – Felipe Déstefano, Santiago de Chile
All four soloists are performing on Püchner bassoons.

Felipe Destefano, Fábian Contreras, Fabio Cury

Felipe Destefano, princ. bassoonist Symphony Orchestra Santiago de Chile – Fábian Contreras, princ. bassoonist Cordoba Symphony Orchestra, Argentina – Fabio Cury, bassoonist Opera orchestra Sao Paulo and professor for bassoon at the State University Sao Paulo

For adjustments and bassoon repairs during the festival Mauro Avila, bassoonist of Rio de Janeiro was available. Mauro was trained by Püchner in their workshop in Germany.

Mauro Avila

Mauro Avila

For further information about the festival please visit www.encuentrodefagotes.com.ar

Masahito Tanaka

15 Masterpieces for bassoon
Transcribed and edited by
Masahito Tanaka

Masahito Tanaka (1951–2002) was one of Japans foremost bassoon soloists. He performed on a Püchner bassoon Antique Finish.

Please find some further information following here.
The sheet music can be ordered at puchner@puchner.com.
Price: 36 EUR +postage +19% VAT