double bass
performance & teaching
French bassist Cécile-Laure Kouassi performs across Europe and the US. Recent chamber music appearances at Konzerthaus Berlin, Yellow Barn, Bergen International Festival, Stavanger Kammermusikkfestival. Her debut recording ‘Beaux Jours’ is available on all platforms.
Cécile-Laure Kouassi is assistant principal in Oslo-Filharmonien since 2016. She has played as guest principal with Les Dissonances and co-principal with the Royal Danish Opera, in addition to freelance work in Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonic de Radio France and as principal of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. She has taught at several courses: Voksenåsen, OKA Summerkurs, Ringerike Sommersymfoni and through the Norwegian Kontrabassklubb.
She trained at Juilliard, where she received the Scholastic Distinction for her paper on Poulenc and Surrealism, and holds a master’s from Rice. Interested in the mind-body connection and injury prevention, she pursues further studies at UCLouvain, Faculty of Medicine through their PEPS Program for artists.
Cécile-Laure Kouassi plays a 1770 Ongaro double bass, on generous loan from the Dextra Foundation and featured in the September 2015 issue of The Strad, a modern instrument by Seth Kimmel and a bow by Boris Fritsch.
EVENTS 23-24
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Rencontres de la Contrebasse
July 2024
RCR Bass Camp
Lessons & Performances
All levels and ages welcome! -
Renard
13 Jun 2024
Les Apaches
Françaix - Stravinsky
Fondation Singer-Polignac -
Les Dissonances
12-13 Apr 2024
“Nôtre Sacre.”
Stravinsky, dance (Blanci Li) and slam poetry (Abd al Malik).
Philharmonie de Paris. -
Av. Frochot
12 Mar 2024
Music by Giraud-Derouet
Orlando Bass, piano
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CAMERATA VENIA
27 Feb 2024
Chamber orchestra:
Gleb Skvortsov, direction.
Geneva. -
Les Dissonances
9-11 Feb 2024
“Roméo.”
Bartok & Prokofiev.
Le Havre.
Caen. -
SOUTHBANK CENTER
2 Feb 2024
Watts, Coleridge-Taylor, Saint-Saëns.
Chineke!
Royal Festival Hall. -
CELLARCUBE
2 Dec 2023
An experimental performance with double bass and vocals. In collaboration with Johanna Zwaig.
Asker, Norway. -
Sentralen
15 Sept 2023 - 8PM
Pillow, mattresses, yoga mats, daybeds: musical surprises as the audience relaxes in the atmosphere of Sentralen. Pieces by Ginastera, de Falla, Decruck, Fauré, Debussy.
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YELLOW BARN
8 July - 5 Aug 2023
An international center for chamber music in the United States, with a unique philosophy, and programs that focus listeners in new ways.
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LYDEN AV VERDEN
18 June 2023 - 2PM
Premiere of Anna Berg and Rune Rebne’s concerto for viola, double bass and string orchestra. In collaboration with UNOF, Barratt Due, Stavanger Kulturskole, Dextra.
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Available from November 23
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Available from November 23
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Available from November 23
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Available from November 23