Max & His 16th-Century Bass: Mostly Mendelssohn program

ACO Principal Double Bass Maxime Bibeau takes us through the fascinating story behind his 16th-century Gasparo da Salò double bass, one of the rarest of its kind, which he plays in the ACO Mostly Mendelssohn Australian tour in May 2015. In Mostly Mendelssohn, Maxime Bibeau steps into the spotlight alongside American violin virtuoso Stefan Jackiw for a rare performance of Bottesini’s Gran Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass - a most challenging duet composed by ’the Paganini of the Double Bass’. B