Michel Taddei

Michel Taddei (double bass) is a founding member of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, is Principal Bass of the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, the Mendocino Music Festival, the Berkeley Symphony, and the Pacific Chamber Orchestra; Assistant Principal of the California Symphony; and has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, and New Century Chamber Orchestra, among others. At the invitation of Kent Nagano, he was Principal Bass for the Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon for seven seasons, and he has performed with Ensemble Mik Nawooj, Earplay, the Saint Lawrence String Quartet; at the Habana Clásica, Moab, and Valley of the Moon festivals; and with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble in the US and Central Asia. Taddei will perform with the Beo Quartet on the Music at Kohl Mansion series this season. No stranger to the MMDG, he has performed on numerous occasions in The Hard Nut, Four Saints in Three Acts, and other programs. He is also a prolific recording artist, with releases on labels including Philips, EMI, and Erato, as well as substantial film and video game scoring work. Taddei is an affiliate artist at Saint Mary’s College.