NIEK DE GROOT double-bass

Recent and upcoming projects include the release of a new version of György Kurtág’s Sudelbücher for BMC recorded with the composer, a CD with French music with pianist Catherine Klipfel for ORLANDO Records, the recording of Sofia Gubaidulina’s Galgenlieder à 3 for KAIROS and Culiner Creative Circle, and the world-premiere of the new Double Bass Concerto by Sebastian Fagerlund for BIS.

Since 1996, Niek de Groot is Senior Professor for Double Bass at the Folkwang University of Arts, Essen, being the only French-Bow playing bassist ever to hold such a position in Germany. He also taught at academic institutions and regularly gives master classes worldwide. Many of his former and current students play in Europe’s foremost orchestras and ensembles. Throughout his career, Niek de Groot had the privilege to play on rare double basses by Cerutti, Bajoni, Candi, Amati, and lately, the double-bass made in 1737 by Domenico Montagnana. Recently, he also started playing an instrument custom made for him by Anneke Degen, Hamburg, 2019. His bows are developed for him by Jochen Schmidt. His baroque and classical bows are by Gerhard Landwehr.