Alban Wesly

Alban Wesly (1967) is the bassoonist, co-founder and one of the arrangers of Calefax. He is also member of the German ensemble musikFabrik, and freelances in the principal Dutch ensembles and orchestras. His musical training was at the conservatories of Amsterdam and The Hague, where his final exam was honoured with the Kolfschoten-prize 1996. Recently, he has been working with composers such as Gijsbrecht Royé, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Mauricio Kagel, Heinz Holliger, Mayke Nas, Jonathan Harvey and Peter Eötvös. He plays a Heckel bassoon built in 1996, a Stephan Leitzinger crook and reeds by Chris van Os. Alban claims to be the best football player of the ensemble. Personal site: www.wesly.eu