Bottesini – Fantasy on ‘La Sonnambula’: Played by Bogusław Furtok, Double Bass

Bogusław Furtok was born in Katowice, Poland in 1967. He studied with Waldemar Tamowski at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music and later in Germany with Günter Klaus at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. Upon graduation in 1995, Boguslaw was appointed principal double bassist of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra where he has remained ever since. He has won prizes at many international competitions, including first prize at the International Double Bass Competition in Markneukirchen, Germany. Bogusław teaches at the Zenon Brzewski International Music Courses in Lancut, Poland. He has also acted as guest professor at the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan.

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