Wies de Boevé

Widely regarded as one of the foremost double bass players in Europe, Wies de Boevé is the winner of six international music competitions including both the first prize and audience award at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich in 2016 and first prize at the International Bottesini Competition in Crema in2017. In 2015 he became the first double bass player in history to win the top prize at the German Music Competition.

As principal double bass of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks  and a regular guest with numerous other leading ensembles – including the Berliner Philharmoniker, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, Vienna Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra – Wies de Boevé regularly performs in major concert halls under the baton of internationally renowned conductors.

Wies de Boevé is also recognised as a leading proponent of the double bass solo repertoire, which he performs extensively both as a concerto soloist and in recitals with piano. His first CD containing 19th and 20th century music for bass and piano (2016), garnered widespread international acclaim. In 2020 Warner Classics released his second solo album dedicated to the concertos of Giovanni Bottesini.

A sought-after chamber musician, Wies de Boevé has performed throughout Europe with Janine Jansen, Bruno Giuranna, Christophe Coin and Pascal Moraguès. He also appears alongside Isabelle Faust, Lorenzo Coppola and Reinhold Friedrich, among others,on harmonia mundi’s period instrument recording of Igor Stravinsky’s A Soldier’s Tale, which was released in 2021.

Wies de Boevé is double bass professor at the Zurich University of the Arts and at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid. He has given masterclasses worldwide and has been coaching the bass section of the European Union Youth Orchestra since 2013.