Ron Thurman

Ron Thurman is a bassoonist scheduled to appear as soloist with the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra in September 2026, in a program mixing operatic arias, film-adjacent tangos, and Latin American song. Beyond this appearance, no verified biographical details are available.

This program, titled "Opening Celebration: Voices and Virtuosos," draws from opera, tango, and Latin American popular song rather than the standard bassoon concerto repertoire. Listeners can expect the bassoon woven into arrangements of vocal showpieces such as Bizet's "Habanera" from Carmen and Massenet's "Meditation," pieces originally written for singers or solo violin, here presumably adapted to feature the bassoon's warm, reedy tone against the orchestra. The inclusion of Piazzolla's Libertango and songs like "Bésame Mucho" and "Granada" suggests a program built around melody and lyrical color, giving a bassoon soloist chances to sing through the instrument's tenor and baritone range rather than display rapid technical passagework. Expect a concert of familiar tunes reimagined, with the bassoon standing in for voices and strings across a mix of Italian, French, and Latin American idioms.