# List of bassoonists

A list of notable bassoonists.

## Algeria

* Abdon Laus (1888–1945)

## Australia

* George Dreyfus (born 1928)
* Lyndon Watts (born 1976)
* Matthew Wilkie

## Austria

* Milan Turković (born 1939)

## Belgium

* Jean-Théodore Radoux (1835–1911)

## Bulgaria

* Marin Valtchanov (1949–2017)

## Canada

* Bill Douglas (born 1944)
* Pierre Mercure (1927–1966)
* George Zukerman (1927–2023)

## Czechia

* Antoine Bullant (1751–1821)
* Ludwig Milde (1849–1913)
* Václav Vonášek (born 1980)

## Denmark

* Peter Bastian (1943–2017)
* Kjell Roikjer (1901–1999)
* Asger Svendsen

## Estonia

* Martin Kuuskmann (born 1971)

## France

* Maurice Allard (1922–1988)
* Adolphe Blaise (1737–1772)
* François Devienne (1759–1803)
* Désiré Dihau (1833–1909)
* François-René Gebauer (1773–1845)
* Eugène Louis-Marie Jancourt (1815–1901)
* Fernand Oubradous (1903–1986)
* Étienne Ozi (1754–1813)

## Germany

* Carl Almenräder (1786–1846)
* Friedrich Berr (1794–1838)
* Marc Engelhardt (born 1961)
* Albrecht Holder (born 1958)
* Klaus Thunemann (born 1937)
* Julius Weissenborn (1837–1888)

## Hungary

* Tamás Benkócs (born 1971)

## Iran

* Alireza Motevaseli (born 1992)

## Israel

* Mordechai Rechtman (1926–2023)
* Uzi Shalev (born 1961)

## Italy

* Enzo Muccetti (1912–1977)
* Sergio Azzolini (born 1967)
* Rino Vernizzi (1946–2022)

## Japan

* Hideo Kachi (born 1953)

## Netherlands

* Thom de Klerk (1912–1966)
* Bram van Sambeek (born 1980)

## New Zealand

* Peter Musson (born 1940)

## Norway

* Per Hannevold (born 1953)

## Switzerland

* Willy Hess (1906–1977)

## Ukraine

* Volodymyr Apatsky (1928–2018)

## Uruguay

* Gustavo Núñez (born 1965)

## United Kingdom

* Meyrick Alexander (born 1952)
* Roger Birnstingl
* Gwydion Brooke (1912–2005)
* Archie Camden (1888–1979)
* Michael Chapman (1934–2005)
* Karen Clark née Geoghegan (born 1989)
* Margaret Cookhorn
* Lindsay Cooper (1951–2013)
* Charles Cracknell (1915–1997)
* Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
* Vernon Elliott (1912–1996)
* Martin Gatt (born 1936)
* Rachel Gough
* John Hebden (1712–1765)
* Cecil James (1913–1999)
* Ursula Leveaux
* Gordon Laing (born 1964)
* David Munrow (1942–1976)
* John Orford
* Laurence Perkins (born 1954)
* Julie Price (born 1963)
* Hannah Rankin (born 1990)
* Graham Sheen (born 1952)
* Philip Turbett (born 1961)
* Jeremy Ward
* William Waterhouse (1931–2007)

## United States

* Karen Borca (born 1948)
* Garvin Bushell (1902–1991)
* Lewis Hugh Cooper (1920–2007)
* Willard Somers Elliot (1926–2000)
* Marvin P. Feinsmith (1932/33–2020)
* Dall Fields (1889–1956)
* Hugo Fox (1897–1969)
* Bernard Garfield (born 1924)
* Arthur Grossman
* Paul Hanson (born 1957)
* K. David van Hoesen (1926–2016)
* Benjamin Kamins (born 1952)
* Ron Klimko (1936–2012)
* Peter Kolkay
* Simon Kovar (1890–1970)
* Judith LeClair (born 1958)
* Tariq Masri (born 1973)
* Stephen Maxym (1915–2002)
* John Miller Jr. (born 1942)
* Anthony Parnther (born 1981)
* Ray Pizzi (1943–2021)
* Johnny Reinhard (born 1956)
* Peter Schickele (born 1935)
* Sol Schoenbach (1915–1999)
* Leonard Sharrow (1915–2004)
* Wilbur Simpson (1917–1997)
* Kim Walker
* Sherman Walt (1923–1989)
* Arthur Weisberg (1931–2009)
* Dan Welcher (born 1948)
* Robert S. Williams (born 1949)
* Bryan Young (born 1974)

## Venezuela

* Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel (1911–1986)