Mark Gaydon
- Time at ASO 21 years
- Instrument Bassoon
- Position Section Principal - Bassoon
Mark has been Principal Bassoonist with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra since 2003. He has appeared as soloist performing works by Mozart, Weber, Zwilich, Strauss and others. He has also appeared as guest principal bassoon with the Sydney, Queensland, Tasmanian and New Zealand symphony orchestras.
As a chamber musician he has performed with Elision Ensemble, The Southern Cross Soloists, the New London Chamber Ensemble, the Tancibudek Wind Quintet and his own group Ensemble Le Monde.
An avid teacher, Mark has been Associate Instructor at the Indiana University School of Music, a guest artist at the Australian National Academy of Music, bassoon tutor for the Australian Youth Orchestra, AYO National Music Camp and Young Symphonists programs, and Bassoon Instructor at the Elder Conservatorium since 2005.
Mark has a PhD in music from the University of Adelaide and was awarded a Dean of Graduate Studies Special Commendation for Thesis Excellence. In 2005 he won the ABC Young Performer of the Year wind, brass and percussion section. Mark is a keen supporter of Australian composers and has commissioned and premiered works for the bassoon by Gerard Brophy, Andrew Schultz, Katy Abbott, James Cuddeford, Luke Altmann and Charles Bodman Rae. Mark’s teachers include Kim Walker and Stephane Levesque.
Mark is supported by Pamela Yule via our Musical Chairs program.
Featured In
Matinee Series
4 · Evolution
Elder Hall
Wed 16 Oct 2024
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4 · Evolution
A rare opportunity to hear the bassoon as a mellow solo instrument in Hummel’s charismatic concerto.
Born in Vienna
Concert 1
Elder Hall
Fri 21 Nov 2025
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Concert 1
Join us for a weekend of music curated by Chief Conductor Mark Wigglesworth, celebrating Vienna as the
extraordinary birthplace of orchestral music as we know it.
5 minutes with… Mark Gaydon, Principal Bassoon
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