Summary: I first learned about Eleonore Oppenheim from Contrabass Conversations team member Krista Kopper. Eleonore describes herself as a “genre surfing musical polyglot,” and she explores the bass and its role as a solo and chamber instrument. We dig into her musical background, studying with Orin O’Brien and Don Palma, the challenges involving traditional music school environments, the audition trail, creating her 2016 album Home and how she has evolved since then, her current project The Hands Free.
