Name Susan Nigro | Role Musical Artist | |
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Albums Schulhoff, Phillips, Schuller and Stamitz: The Bass Nightingale: Music for Contrabassoon | ||
Susan L. Nigro (born 1951) is an American contrabassoonist. Unlike most players of the instrument, Nigro's career is primarily as a solo recitalist and recording artist rather than an orchestral player.
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Life
Nigro, a native of Chicago, she graduated from Northwestern University, with a bachelor's and master's degree, and from Roosevelt University.
Career
She includes in her repertoire such works as the Gunther Schuller and Daniel Dorff concertos for contrabassoon, as well as the Stamitz and Mozart concertos originally written for the bassoon. Nigro has premiered over 30 works since 1988, most of which were commissioned by her. She has given more premieres than any other contrabassoonist.
She has appeared as a soloist with such groups as the Chicago Chamber Orchestra, Rome Festival Orchestra, and the Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg, as well as at multiple conferences of the International Double Reed Society, and performed as a recitalist and given masterclasses at dozens of universities and music festivals.
In addition to her recording and recital careers, Nigro has been the full-time substitute for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra during the 2005-2006 season and again during the seasons 2008-2010. She is also a guest artist with the Northwest Symphony.
She won a Pro Musicis International Career Development Grant, and Illinois Arts Council grant.
Recordings
Songs
Bass Nightingale
Concerto for Contrabassoon: II Scherzo
Concert Piece for Bassoon and Strings
Concerto for Contrabassoon: I Andante tranquillo
Concerto in F Major for Bassoon and Orchestra: II Adagio molto
Concerto for Contrabassoon: III Lento tranquillo - IV Allegro vivace
Concerto in F Major for Bassoon and Orchestra: III Poco presto
Concerto in F Major for Bassoon and Orchestra: I Allegro maestoso