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Dominik Wagner
“Dominik Wagner plays the double bass with a lightness and virtuosity that is second to none.”
Dominik Wagner aims to liberate his instrument from the shadowy existence of the cello and present new facets of the double bass. He succeeds not only with an engaging stage presence, impressive virtuosity and vocal melodic delivery, but also through his tireless efforts to expand the repertoire. Whether through commissions or the search for rarities, he makes the double bass sound in a new variety. Together with his father, the composer Wolfram Wagner, he arranged Dvořák’s fragments of the Cello Concerto in A major into the Double Bass Concerto in D major, which he premiered at the KKL Lucerne in the summer of 2023.
In just his mid-20s, Wagner is a scholarship recipient of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation and an ECHO Klassik winner. In 2022 he was awarded the Opus Klassik as Young Talent of the Year. He has also won prizes in almost all double bass competitions, including the Bradetich Foundation International Double Bass Solo Competition, the ARD International Music Competition, the Fanny Mendelssohn Price and the Eurovision Young Musicians Competition.
Dominik Wagner has already performed with renowned orchestras such as the Camarata Salzburg, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the WDR Symphony Orchestra or the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen and in concert halls in New York (Carnegie Hall), Berlin (Konzerthaus), Vienna (Musikverein and Konzerthaus), Munich (Herkulessaal) and Hamburg (Elbphilharmonie), among others. He is associated with the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra as a Young Artist and the Nikolaisaal Potsdam is currently presenting him as their debut artist for three seasons. He is also a regular in the United States with orchestral concerts, solo recitals, chamber music and master classes.
In 2021 Wagner’s first solo CD Giovanni Bottesini – Revolution of Bass was released by Berlin Classics. Chapters – A Double Bass Story, a recital recording together with Lauma Skride, was also released by Berlin Classics in 2023. Both the album and the concert programs feature works ranging from Bach and Schubert to Piazolla and Mancini, showcasing Wagner’s entire musical range. Also in 2023, his album Double Bass Rhapsody was released. In this recording, Dominik Wagner and up to five further double bassists bring new facets of their instruments to life.
In addition to his solo activities, Wagner is a passionate chamber musician and is constantly searching for innovative timbres through new orchestrations. This has resulted for example in a duo with jazz double bassist Georg Breinschmid, as well as a clarinet trio with Sebastian Manz and Danae Dörken and a double bass quartet.
Dominik Wagner was initially trained as a cellist before switching to the double bass in 2007. His four years in the concert choir of the Vienna Boys Choir were a formative musical influence.
He studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Prof. Josef Niederhammer and Mag. Werner Fleischmann from 2009 to 2015, and from 2015 to2022 with Prof. Dorin Marc at the HfM Nuremberg. Since 2023 he is student of the Professional Studies Programme at Kronberg Academy. Since the fall of 2023, he has held a professorship for double bass at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg. In addition, he regularly gives master classes in Europe and the USA.
In 2025 Dominik Wagner will be added to the development program of the Orpheum Foundation for the Advancement of Young Soloists. This will include a concert with Julia Fischer and more.
Season 2024/2025 | Photo: Maria Frodl| Quote: NDR.de, January 25th 2024
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9 July 2025
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17 June 2025
During a successful tour in Switzerland in spring 2025, Dominik Wagner and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra hit it off, and the musicians wanted to do more concerts together. […]
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8 June 2025
Dominik Wagner and Lauma Skride have created a colorful program together, that can be heard on CD, too – they recorded an album together in the late summer […]
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17 April 2025
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14 March 2025
Dominik Wagner is in Switzerland this weekend to play several concerts with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. The programme ranges from Brahms’ String Quintet No. 2 in G major […]
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11 February 2025
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13 January 2025
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Dominik Wagner with Lauma Skride
5 November 2024
Supported by the Kultursekretariat NRW Gütersloh, Dominik Wagner and Lauma Skride will be performing three concerts in North Rhine-Westphalia this autumn. They start this Wednesday in Bottrop, organised […]
Dominik Wagner touring the USA
1 October 2024
Dominik Wagner is currently on a busy tour of the USA. He is currently in Oklahoma to give a masterclass and perform a recital at the Greenwood School […]
Concerts with Dominik Wagner and Lauma Skride
13 March 2024
Dominik Wagner and Lauma Skride are coming together again this week to play concerts with their acclaimed programme, some pieces of which can also be heard on their […]
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12 January 2024
Dominik Wagner will be in Germany over the next few days for very different concert projects. He is currently at the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra in Heilbronn, where he […]
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21 September 2023
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21 July 2023
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7 June 2023
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6 June 2023
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9 December 2022
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28 October 2022
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Prioritized Concertos 26/27
Bottesini
Concerto F-sharp minor
Koussevitzky
Concerto F-sharp minor
A. Previn
Double concerto for violin, doublebass & orchestra
N. Rota
Divertimento concertante
Glanert – World Premiere
The world premiere of the double bass concerto by composer (and double bass player) Detlev Glanert is still available for season 26/27
Dvorak – Arrangement for Doublebass
Wolfram and Dominik Wagner arranged the fragements of Dvorak’s cello concerto A minor into the double bass concerto D major, premiered in 2023
Full Repertoire
Bottesini
Concerto in F-sharp minor
Gran Duo Concertante for violin, double bass and orchestra
Gran Duo Concertante for cello, double bass and orchestra
Gran Duo for clarinet, double bass and orchestra
G. Breinschmid
Neujahrskonzert
Dvorak
Concerto in D major for double bass and orchestra (arr. cello concerto in A major (1865) by Dominik and Wolfram Wagner)
S. Koussevitzky
Concerto in F-sharp minor op. 3
A. Martin
Concerto for double bass and orchestra
A. Previn
Double concerto for violin, contrabass, and orchestra
F. Proto
A Carmen Fantasy
N. Rota
Divertimento Concertante
J. M. Sperger
Concerto No. 15 in D major
W. Wagner
Ballade
Prioritized Concertos 26/27
Bottesini
Concerto F-sharp minor
Koussevitzky
Concerto F-sharp minor
A. Previn
Double concerto for violin, doublebass & orchestra
N. Rota
Divertimento concertante
Glanert – World Premiere
The world premiere of the double bass concerto by composer (and double bass player) Detlev Glanert is still available for season 26/27
Dvorak – Arrangement for Doublebass
Wolfram and Dominik Wagner arranged the fragements of Dvorak’s cello concerto A minor into the double bass concerto D major, premiered in 2023
Full Repertoire
Bottesini
Concerto in F-sharp minor
Gran Duo Concertante for violin, double bass and orchestra
Gran Duo Concertante for cello, double bass and orchestra
Gran Duo for clarinet, double bass and orchestra
G. Breinschmid
Neujahrskonzert
Dvorak
Concerto in D major for double bass and orchestra (arr. cello concerto in A major (1865) by Dominik and Wolfram Wagner)
S. Koussevitzky
Concerto in F-sharp minor op. 3
A. Martin
Concerto for double bass and orchestra
A. Previn
Double concerto for violin, contrabass, and orchestra
F. Proto
A Carmen Fantasy
N. Rota
Divertimento Concertante
J. M. Sperger
Concerto No. 15 in D major
W. Wagner
Ballade
Dominik Wagner and Lauma Skride: Chopin – Nocturnes op. 9 No. 2
Dominik Wagner & Dvoraks Concerto in D-Major for Double Bass and Orchestra, Arr. Dominik and Wolfram Wagner
Dominik Wagner: Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Dominik Wagner & Christoph Wimmer in conversation
Dominik Wagner and Polina Sasko: Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Dominik Wagner with Lauma Skride: Philip Glass: The Poet Acts
Dominik Wagner – Bottesini: Concerto for double bass No. 1, Movement 3
Dominik Wagner with Kiron Atom-Tellian – Dvorak: Concerto for double bass in D major
Dominik Wagner – F. Rabbath: Iberique Peninsulaire for double bass solo
Dominik Wagner with Can Çakmur – V. Montag: Sonata for double bass and piano in e-minor
Dominik Wagner – N. Rota: Divertimento Concertante
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