Rufus Olivier
Rufus Olivier has held the principal bassoon position in the San Francisco Opera Orchestra since 1980.
At the age of eighteen Olivier was selected to perform a concerto with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
and later went on to play with that same orchestra. In 1977 he won a position with the Los Angeles
Chamber Orchestra under Neville Mariner, and the same month joined the San Francisco Symphony.
Olivier performs frequently as a soloist and as a member of the Midsummer Mozart Festival Orchestra
and Sinfonia Concertante. He teaches at Stanford University and is a founding member of the
Stanford Woodwind Quintet.