Daniel Matsukawa has been the principal bassoon of The Philadelphia Orchestra since 2000. He studied at the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music. His teachers include Harold Goltzer, Alan Futterman, and Bernard Garfield.

Mr. Matsukawa made his solo concerto debut in Carnegie Hall at the age of 18 and was featured in a Young Artist’s Showcase on New York’s WQXR classical radio station. Since then he has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in the United States, Japan, and New Zealand.

Prior to his post with The Philadelphia Orchestra, Mr. Matsukawa served as principal bassoon with the National Symphony in Washington D.C., the Saint Louis Symphony, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and the Memphis Symphony. Mr. Matsukawa is a member of the faculties at both the Curtis Institute of Music and the Boyer College of Music at Temple University.

In 2019, Mr. Matsukawa has served as a member of the prestigious jury panel for the Tchaikovsky Competition in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Later that same year, he served as a member of the jury panel for the ARD Competition in Munich, Germany.

Find out more about him here: https://www.philorch.org/your-philorch/meet-your-orchestra/musicians/daniel-matsukawa/

I am joined by my friend, bassoonist Francisca Bastos who is a guest co-host on this episode.

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