Contemporary classical double bass players are performers who play the double bass, the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument. They perform European art music ranging from Baroque suites and Mozart-era Classical pieces to contemporary and avant-garde works in a variety of settings, ranging from huge symphony orchestras to small chamber groups, or as soloists. Historical double bassists such as Domenico Dragonetti (1763–1846) and Giovanni Bottesini (1821–1889) established a tradition for playing the instrument that was carried on in the 20th and 21st century with a number of double bass players. Some of the most influential contemporary classical double bass players are known as much for their contributions to pedagogy as for their performing skills, such as US bassist Oscar Zimmerman (1910–1987), known for his teaching at the Eastman School of Music and, for 44 summers at the Interlochen Music Camp in Michigan and French-Syrian bassist François Rabbath (born 1931), who developed a new bass method which divided the entire fingerboard into six positions. Bassists noted for their virtuoso solo skills include US player Gary Karr (born 1941) and Finnish bassist-composer Teppo Hauta-Aho (1941–2021). This is a list of notable professional classical double bass players, including orchestral performers, soloists, chamber musicians, and teachers. Historical Johannes Matthias Sperger (1750–1812) composer Domenico Dragonetti (1763–1846) composer, conductor Giovanni Bottesini (1821–1889) composer, conductor Franz Simandl (1840–1912) composer Edouard Nanny (1872–1943) composer Serge Koussevitzky (1874–1951) composer, conductor North America Edwin Barker Jeff Bradetich Bruce Bransby Maximilian Dimoff Timothy Cobb David Currie Mark Dresser Paul Ellison Diana Gannett John Geggie Larry Gray Barry Green Mark Morton Gary Karr Albert Laszlo Eugene Levinson Salvatore Macchia Jeremy McCoy Linda McKnight Homer Mensch Edgar Meyer Orin O'Brien Donald Palma Scott Pingel Frank Proto Joel Quarrington Hal Robinson Stuart Sankey Karl E. H. Seigfried Peter Seymour Dennis Trembly Bertram Turetzky Frederick Zimmermann Oscar G. Zimmerman Trevor Dunn Monica Witni Europe Leon Bosch Gavin Bryars Jurek Dybal Gerald Drucker Renaud Garcia-Fons Heinz Karl Gruber Teppo Hauta-Aho Rinat Ibragimov Jorma Katrama Joëlle Léandre Uxía Martínez Botana Duncan McTier Chi-chi Nwanoku Frantisek Posta Franco Petracchi François Rabbath Jean-Pierre Robert Edicson Ruiz Rodney Slatford Allan von Schenkel Ludwig Streicher Joris Vanvinckenroye Rainer Zepperitz South America Edicson Ruiz Asia Mikyung Sung See also List of jazz bassists, which includes both double bass and electric bass players List of double bassists in popular music, which covers Blues, Folk, and other styles Double bass Double bass players