Holger Schinköthe, Bassoon (Solo)

In his spare time Holger Schinköthe is busy learning new languages. He would like to be able to speak modern Hebrew and modern Greek fluently. He also spends a lot of time with photography and his dog, a longhaired collie. His most bizarre event in the orchestra pit took place during a dress rehearsal of Siegfried. In Andreas Kriegenburg’s production, a rat filled with theatrical blood had to be trampled on the front edge of the stage, causing blood to spurt out the side. But suddenly the woodwind players turned quite red – like in a horror movie – because the rat had unfortunately been put down turned 90 degrees, and the fake blood splashed into the orchestra pit.

Photo credit: Wilfried Hösl