Milan Turković
Milan Turkovic is one of the few musicians to become famous as a bassoonist. Perhaps only Klaus Thunemann rivals him for preeminence among bassoon players from the second half of the 20th century. But, with over 40 recordings to his credit as a soloist and chamber player (and over 200 as an orchestral member!), Turkovic appears to have made more recordings than any other bassoonist in history. In addition, his repertory has been broad, ranging from Baroque to modern, inclusive of Bach family members, Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart, Glinka, Brahms, Richard Strauss, Ibert, Hindemith, Wynton Marsalis, and via arrangement, Gershwin, Stravinsky, and many others. Beside his bassoon work in the solo, chamber, and orchestral realms, Turkovic has also appeared regularly as a conductor since the 1990s, typically leading chamber-sized orchestras and wind ensembles. If all this weren't enough, Turkovic has also taught bassoon, authored or co-authored three books on music, composed a cadenza for the Mozart Bassoon Concerto, and edited music by other composers. Turkovic's recordings are available on the labels of Archiv Produktion, Camerata, Capriccio, Delos DG, Orfeo, and Sony.
Milan Turkovic was born in Zagreb, Croatia, in 1939. He was raised and educated in Vienna. He joined the Vienna Symphony Orchestra early in his career, holding the post of principal bassoonist. From 1967, Turkovic has served as principal bassoonist with the Concentus Musicus, an original-instruments ensemble that has made over 200 recordings, including an acclaimed cycle of the J.S. Bach cantatas.
During his early years as an orchestral player, Turkovic was also active in the solo and chamber realms. In 1983 he became a founding member of Ensemble Wien-Berlin, a wind quintet in which he still regularly performs. Turkovic was professor of bassoon at the Salzburg Mozarteum from 1984-1992. Upon departure from that post he joined the faculty at the Vienna Conservatory, where he served until 2003. In 1998 Turkovic's first book, Was Musiker Tagsueber tun: senza sordino, was published in Vienna.
Throughout the latter years of the 20th century Turkovic was amassing a large discography, which included an acclaimed 1999 Sony CD of Wynton Marsalis' A Fiddler's Tale: Suite. Following his retirement from the Vienna Conservatory in 2003 Turkovic began devoting more time to conducting, leading such ensembles as the Vienna Radio Winds. Among his later recordings is the 2010 Camerata CD of an arrangement of Stravinsky's L'histoire du soldat and Marsalis' Meeelaan, a work specifically written for Turkovic.
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Discography
14 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Bassoon Extravaganza: Milan Turkovic
Classical - Released by Camerata Tokyo on 18 Aug 2004
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Bassoon Concertos - Bach, J.C. / Kozeluch, J.A.
Milan Turković, Budapest Strings
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on 1 Jan 1997
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Saxophone Cinema
Selmer Saxharmonic, Milan Turković
Miscellaneous - Released by Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG) on 1 May 2014
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Fagotto concertante
Martin Sieghart, Milan Turković, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Classical - Released by Orfeo on 27 Jun 1991
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Flying Saxophone Circus
Selmer Saxharmonic, Milan Turković
Classical - Released by Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG) on 1 Apr 2010
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Weber, C.M. Von: Bassoon Concerto, Op. 75 / Andante E Rondo Ungarese / Brahms, J.: Double Concerto, Op. 102
Milan Turković, Ulf Hoelscher, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Wolfgang Boettcher, Sir Neville Marriner
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on 1 Jan 1993
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Romantic Oboe Concertos
Thomas Indermühle, Milan Turković, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Camerata Tokyo on 12 Jul 2008
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Mozart: Serenade No.10 "Gran partita"
Milan Turković, Ensemble Octogon
Symphonic Music - Released by Camerata Tokyo on 9 Jun 2004
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Mozart: Bassoon Concerto
Isamu Magome, Rudolf Hofstätter, Camerata Musica, Wien, Milan Turković
Classical - Released by Camerata Tokyo on 22 Dec 1987
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Vivaldi: Chamber Music
Thomas Indermühle, Claudio Brizi, Paolo Franceschini, Milan Turković
Classical - Released by Camerata Tokyo on 17 Jun 2005
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Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6, 85 & 97
Milan Turković, Wiener Concert-Verein
Symphonic Music - Released by Camerata Tokyo on 15 Jul 2009
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Schubert: Oktett, D. 803
The Vienna String Quartet, Peter Schmidl, Günter Högner, Milan Turković, Milan Sagat
Classical - Released by Camerata Tokyo on 22 Sep 2002
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United Sounds of Bassoon
Milan Turković, Daniele Damiano, Clelia Goldings, Richard Galler, Phillip Moll, Peter Sadlo
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1994
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Milan Turkovic Conducts Vienna Radio Winds
Milan Turković, Vienna Radio Winds
Symphonic Music - Released by Camerata Tokyo on 20 Apr 1996
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