Gary Karr
Sign in to saveAlso known as Gary Michael Karr, Gary Michael Kornbleit
American musician (1941–2025)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Suzuki Bass School, Vol 2
- Suzuki Bass School, Vol 3
- Suzuki Bass School, Vol 1
- Suzuki Bass School, Volume 1 (Suzuki Method Core Materials)
- Suzuki Bass School, Volume 2 (Suzuki Method Core Materials)
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1941-11-20
- Active to
- 2025-07-16
bassistclassical
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,365
- Total plays
- 32,005
Tags
double bassClassicalcontrebassebasscontrabass
Although he comes from seven generations of bassists, he was not encouraged by them to go into music. In an interview with ActiveBass magazine he said that he has no contact with the professional bassists in his family. His major teachers include Herman Reinshagen and Stuart Sankey, with whom he studied at the Aspen Music Festival and the Juilliard School. Karr's breakthrough came in 1962, when he was featured as a soloist in a nationally televised New York Philharmonic Young People's Concert,
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gary
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Victoria
- Occupation
- double-bassist
- Educated at
- University of Southern California
- Employer
- New England Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- double bass
- Official website
- www.garykarr.com
- Image
- Gary karr.jpg
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- name in native language
- Gary Karr
- date of birth
- 1941-11-20
- Commons category
- Gary Karr
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
- date of death
- 2025-07-16
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