We have been informed of the death of Bernard Garfield, principal bassoon for 43 years of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
He passed away at home on April 29, 2025 in Haddonfield, NJ.
After freelancing in New York, in 1957 Bernie was selected by Eugene Ormandy, without audition, to be principal bassoonist.
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News has reached us of the death of Ernst Mahle, a German composer from Stuttgart who migrated to Brazil in 1962. For half a century Mahle (sic) was artistic director and conductor of the Escola […]
