Featured Soloist: Richard Ranti, bassoon

Richard Ranti is associate principal bassoon of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and principal of the Boston Pops. Born in Montreal, he studied with Sol Schoenbach at the Curtis Institute of Music, and at age 19 won the second bassoon position in the Philadelphia Orchestra where he spent six seasons, the last as acting associate principal. A 1982 Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, Mr. Ranti has also participated in the Spoleto and Marlboro festivals.

Ranti played Vivaldi's Concerto for Oboe & Bassoon for the Valentine's Concert with his wife Laura Ahlbeck, bassoon, on February 14, 2004.

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