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 (1937–2025) Julius Weissenborn (1837–1888)
Hungary Tamás Benkócs (born 1971)
Iran
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 (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) Chloe Herington 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 (1924–2025) 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 (1935–2024) 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)
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