34th BASSOMANIA
10-14 December, 2025
Faculty of Music, Belgrade
Founded in 1991 at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade, Bassomania is an international double bass festival that unites distinguished professors and young artists through masterclasses, concerts, and creative collaborations. Over more than three decades, the festival has hosted some of the world’s most celebrated double bassists, inspiring generations of performers and audiences alike. Each year, Bassomania continues to grow as a vibrant artistic platform — a meeting point of tradition, innovation, and friendship — celebrating the power and beauty of the double bass.
Guest professor 2025:
DOminik wagner
This year’s edition of the Bassomania Festival will be graced by Dominik Wagner, one of the most sought-after double bassists of today and a distinguished professor at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.
Born in 1997 in Vienna, Wagner is a scholarship recipient of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation and prize winner of the ECHO Klassik and Opus Klassik awards. He has also won prizes at almost all double bass competitions, including the Bradetich Foundation International Double Bass Solo Competition and the ARD International Music Competition.
In 2021, Wagner’s first solo CD “Giovanni Bottesini – Revolution of Bass” was released by Berlin Classics. It was followed by two more albums, “Chapters – A Double Bass Story,” duo repertoire with Lauma Skride, and “Double Bass Rhapsody,” a set of his own arrangements for double bass solo and ensemble. He was also part of many chamber music recordings.
Wagner is also a sought-after pedagogue. Since 2023 he has held a professorship for double bass at the University of Music Wurzburg, since 2024 his second professorship at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Also, he regularly gives masterclasses in Europe and the US.
festival archive
Prof. Josef Niederhammer
Prof. Petru Iuga
Prof. Roman Patkoló
Prof. Rick Stotijn
Ivan Kitanović
Todor Marković
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PROGRAM 2025:
34th Bassomania
Faculty of Music Belgrade, Serbia | December 10-14
MASTERCLASS:
December 10-14 |
Dominik Wagner
Individual lessons for students and professionals focusing on interpretation, sound and technique. In addition to one-on-one lessons, participants will be able to attend open sessions and observe different pedagogical approaches, gaining insights into performance preparation, stage presence, and professional development.
Held daily at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade.
THREE PREMIERES:
December 11 |
Double Bass quartet "BASSOMANIA" - Slobodan Gerić, Zoran Marković, Ljubinko Lazić, Fahrudin Strojil
World premieres of new works by Serbian composers, written especially for the "BASSOMANIA" Double Bass Quartet.
Program: V. Korać, I. Jeftić, P. Radisavljević
Venue: Belgrade Philharmonic Hall, 8 PM
CONCERT RECITAL:
December 13 |
Dominik Wagner - Double Bass & Dušan Egerić - Piano
Program: J. S. Bach, L. Montag, C. Saint-Saëns, G. Gershwin
Venue: Christian Adventist Church, 8 PM