After gaining her Bachelor of Music degree from the Canberra School of Music in 1992, bassoonist Jane Gower undertook post-graduate studies in Early Music at The Royal Conservatory of The Hague. She specialises on historical bassoons, ranging from the dulcian to early 20th century French instruments. Jane is principal bassoonist of Concerto Copenhagen, Orchestra of the the Age of Enlightenment, and Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, also playing for many years as principal with the English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, and Anima Eterna Brugge. She regularly tours with the acclaimed Australian Chamber Orchestra.
An active chamber musician, in 1999 she founded the quartet for bassoon and strings ‘island’, which has released four CDs, and performs and records regularly with the Danish harpsichordist Lars Ulrik Mortensen. In 2005 she was Musical Director of the Barossa Music Festival, South Australia, and in 2010 launched the chamber music series ‘Barossa Klassik’ with Torbreck Vintners. With a vast collection of original bassoons on which she also performs, Jane is often invited as soloist. She has recorded three concertos of F.Danzi, the premiere of H.J. De Croes’ concerto, and W.A.Mozart’s bassoon concerto. Her cadenzas and performance practice notes for this work were published by Bärenreiter. Most recently her recording of the infamously difficult bassoon parts of Zelenka’s six trio sonatas with the Prague-based Collegium 1704 was awarded a Diapason d’Or.
Upcoming events with The Mozartists:
Mozart in 1774
Thursday 2 May, 2024 – Wigmore Hall
After gaining her Bachelor of Music degree from the Canberra School of Music in 1992, bassoonist Jane Gower undertook post-graduate studies in Early Music at The Royal Conservatory of The Hague. She specialises on historical bassoons, ranging from the dulcian to early 20th century French instruments. Jane is principal bassoonist of Concerto Copenhagen, Orchestra of the the Age of Enlightenment, and Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, also playing for many years as principal with the English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, and Anima Eterna Brugge. She regularly tours with the acclaimed Australian Chamber Orchestra.
An active chamber musician, in 1999 she founded the quartet for bassoon and strings ‘island’, which has released four CDs, and performs and records regularly with the Danish harpsichordist Lars Ulrik Mortensen. In 2005 she was Musical Director of the Barossa Music Festival, South Australia, and in 2010 launched the chamber music series ‘Barossa Klassik’ with Torbreck Vintners. With a vast collection of original bassoons on which she also performs, Jane is often invited as soloist. She has recorded three concertos of F.Danzi, the premiere of H.J. De Croes’ concerto, and W.A.Mozart’s bassoon concerto. Her cadenzas and performance practice notes for this work were published by Bärenreiter. Most recently her recording of the infamously difficult bassoon parts of Zelenka’s six trio sonatas with the Prague-based Collegium 1704 was awarded a Diapason d’Or.
Upcoming events with The Mozartists:
Mozart in 1774
Thursday 2 May, 2024 – Wigmore Hall