List of oboists

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An oboist is a musician who plays the oboe or any oboe family instrument, including cor anglais, oboe d'amore, and oboe musette.

The following is a list of notable professional oboists, with indications when they were/are known better for other professions in their own time. Oboists with an asterisk (*) have biographies in the online version of the "Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians"

Contents

[edit] Historical oboists

[edit] Baroque period 1600-1760

  • Francesco Barsanti (1690-1772), Italian * (composer)
  • Alessandro Besozzi (1702-1793), Italian *
  • Antonio Besozzi (1707-1781), Italian *
  • Christoforo Besozzi (1661-1725), Italian *
  • Giuseppe Besozzi (1686-1760), Italian *
  • Paolo Girolamo Besozzi (1704-1778), Italian *
  • Mateo Bissoli (Bisioli) (c.1711-1780), Italian
  • Esprit Philippe Chédeville (1696-1762), French *
  • Nicolas Chédeville (1705-1782), French *
  • Pierre Chédeville (1694-1725), French *
  • Michel Danican dit Philidor (1580-1651), French
  • André Danican Philidor (c.1652-1730), French * (music librarian)
  • Jean Danican Philidor (ca.1620-1679), French
  • John Ernest Galliard (c. 1675-1747), German *
  • Johann Caspar Gleditsch (1684-1747), German ("Bach's oboist")
  • Peter Glösch (c.1685-1754), German [1]
  • Jean Hotteterre (c.1610-1691), French * (instrument maker)
  • Martin Hotteterre (1635-1712), French * (instrument maker)
  • Nicolas Hotteterre (1637-1694), French *
  • Jean Christian Kytch (died c.1738), Dutch ("Handel's oboist")
  • Johann François La Riche (1662-after 1733), Flemish * [2]
  • Jacques Loeillet (1685-1748), Flemish *
  • Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (1680-1730), Flemish *
  • Jacques Paisible (c.1656-1721), French
  • José Pla (1728-1762), Spanish *
  • Juan Bautista Pla (c.1720-after 1773), Spanish *
  • Manuel Pla (c.1725-1766), Spanish *
  • Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697-1763), Italian * [3]
  • Johann Christian Richter (1689-1744), German [4]
  • Jacob Riehman (c.1680-1729), Dutch *
  • Giuseppe Sammartini (1695-1750), Italian *
  • Ignatz Sieber (Ignazio Siber) (c.1680-c.1760), German-Italian ("Vivaldi's oboist")
  • Roberto Valentine (1674-c.1740), English * (composer) [5]

[edit] Classical period 1730-1820

  • Sante Aguilar (c.1734-1808), Italian [6]
  • Christian Samuel Barth (1735-1809), German *
  • Philip Barth (1774-1804), Danish *
  • Georg Benda (1722-1795), Czech * (composer)
  • Carlo Besozzi (1738-1791), Italian *
  • Gaetano Besozzi (1725-1794), Italian * [7]
  • Friedrich Braun (1759-1824), German *
  • Josef Czerwenka (1759-1835), Czech-Austrian ("Beethoven's oboist")
  • Georg Druschetzky (1745-1819), Czech * [8]
  • Giuseppe Ferlendis (1755-1810), Italian * [9]
  • Pietro Ferlendis (1748-1836), Italian
  • Josef Fiala (1749-1816), Czech * ("Mozart's oboist 1")
  • Johann Christian Fischer (1733-1800), German * [10]
  • Joseph François Garnier (1755-1825), French *
  • Michel Joseph Gebauer (1763-1812), French *
  • William Herschel (1738-1822), German (astronomer)
  • François Jadin (1731-1790), French *
  • Carl Khym (1770-after 1819), Czech *
  • Ludwig August Lebrun (1746-1790), German *
  • Ignace Malzat (1757-1804), Austrian *
  • Domenico Mancinelli (c.1723-1804), Italian *
  • John Parke (1745-1829), English *
  • William Thomas Parke (1762-1847), English *
  • Giuseppe Prota (1737-1807), Italian *
  • Friedrich Ramm (1744-1813), German ("Mozart's oboist 2") [11]
  • François Alexandre Antoine Sallantin (1755-1830?), French *
  • Johann Friedrich Schröter (1724-1811), German *
  • Charles J. Suck (c. 1760-c.1808), English *
  • Philipp Teimer (1767-c.1817), Bohemian (English horn)
  • Georg Triebensee (1746-1813), Bohemian *
  • Joseph Triebensee (1772-1846), Bohemian * (composer)
  • Thomas Vincent (musician) (1720-1783), English *
  • Johann Went (1745-1801), Bohemian *

[edit] Romantic period 1815-1910

  • Apollon Barret (1804-1879), French * [12]
  • Christian Frederik Barth (1787-1861), Danish *
  • Richard Baumgärtel (1858-1941), German
  • Félix-Charles Berthélemy (1829-1868), French
  • Carl A.P. Braun (1788-1835), German *
  • Wilhelm Braun (1796-1867), German *
  • Henri Brod (1799-1839), French * [13]
  • Baldassare Centroni (c.1784-1860), Italian ("Rossini's oboist")
  • Charles Colin (1832-1881), French [14]
  • Grattan Cooke (1808-1889), English [15]
  • Giovanni Daelli (c.1800?-1860), Italian
  • Franz Wilhelm Ferling (1796-1874), German [16]
  • Anton Flad (1775-1850), German [17]
  • Georges Gillet (1854-1920), French * [18]
  • Joseph Gungl (1810-1889), Hungarian * (conductor)
  • Johann Peter Heuschkel (1773-1853), German *
  • Desiré Alfred Lalande (1866-1904), French *
  • Antoine Joseph Lavigne (1816-1886), French
  • Johann Heinrich Luft (1813-1877), German [19]
  • William Malsch (1855-1924), English *
  • Carlo Paessler (1774-1865), Italian
  • Giovanni Paggi (1806-1887), Italian *
  • Antonio Pasculli (1842-1924), Italian * (the "Paganini of the oboe") [20]
  • Charles Reynolds (1843-1916), English
  • Friedrich Ruthardt (1800-1862), German
  • Adolf Rzepko (1825-1892), Polish *
  • Joseph Sellner (1787-1843), Austrian [21]
  • Pedro Soler (1810-1850), Spanish
  • Friedrich-Eugen Thurner (1785-1827), German [22]
  • Charles Triébert (1810-1867), French *
  • Frédéric Triébert (1813-1878), French * (instrument maker) [23]
  • Raoul Triébert (1845-c.1894), French *
  • Louis-Auguste Vény (1801-after 1848), French
  • Stanislas Verroust (1814-1863), French [24]
  • Gustave Vogt (1781-1870), French *
  • Friedrich Westenholz (1778-1840), German *
  • Carlo Yvon (1798-1854), Italian [25]

[edit] 20th Century (born before 1910 or died before 1980)

  • Alfred Barthel (1871-1957), French [26]
  • Louis Bas (1863-1944), French
  • Etienne Baudo (1903-2001), French [27]
  • Louis Bleuzet (1871-1941), French
  • Robert Bloom (1908-1994), American * [28]
  • Joy Boughton (1913-1963), English [29]
  • Leonard Brain (1915-1975), English *
  • Henri de Busscher (1880-1975), Belgian * [30]
  • Albert Debondue (1895-1984), French
  • Alvin Etler (1913-1973), American * (composer)
  • Svend Christian Felumb (1898-1972), Danish
  • Fritz Flemming (1872/3-1947), German
  • Fernand Gillet (1882-1980), French [31]
  • Leon Goossens (1897-1988), English *
  • František Hanták (1910-1990), Czech *
  • Hans Kamesch (1901-1975), Austrian
  • Rudolf Kempe (1910-1976), German * (conductor)
  • Bruno Labate (1883-1968), Italian [32]
  • Roland Lamorlette (1894-1960), French
  • Alfred Laubin (1906-1976), American (instrumentmaker)
  • Georges Longy (1868-1930), French * [33]
  • Terence MacDonagh (1908-1986), British [34]
  • Josef Marx (1913-1978), German-American * [35]
  • Robert Mayer (1910-1994), American [36]
  • Karl Mayrhofer (1927-1976), Austrian [37]
  • Myrtile Morel (1889-1979), French [38]
  • Florian Mueller (1904-1983), American [39]
  • Giuseppe Prestini (1875-1955), Italian [40]
  • Riccardo Scozzi (1878-1955), Italian [41]
  • Harry Shulman (1916-1971), American [42]
  • William Grant Still (1895-1978), American * (composer)
  • Václav Smetáček (1906-1986), Czech * (conductor)
  • Haakon Stotijn (1915-1964), Dutch *
  • Jaap Stotijn (1891-1970), Dutch * [43]
  • František Suchý (1902-1977), Czech
  • Marcel Tabuteau (1887-1966), French/American *
  • Alexander Wunderer (1877-1955), Austrian

[edit] Contemporary classical oboists

[edit] A-B

  • David Abosch (born 1922), American
  • John Anderson (born 1954), English [44]
  • Rhadames Angelucci (1915-1991), American [45]
  • Max Artved (born 1965), Danish
  • Robert Atherholt (born c.1955), American [46]
  • Evelyn Barbirolli (born Evelyn Rothwell, 1911), English * [47]
  • Theodore Baskin (born 1950), American
  • Perry Bauman (born 1918), American-Canadian [48]
  • León Biriotti (born 1929), Uruguayan *
  • Neil Black (born 1932), English
  • Jonathan Blumenfeld, American [49]
  • Gianfranco Bortolato (born 1964), Italian [50]
  • Maurice Bourgue (born 1939), French *
  • Peter Bowman, American [51]
  • Douglas Boyd (born 1960), Scottish [52]
  • Peter Bree (born 1949), Dutch [53]
  • Kim Bryden, American [54]
  • Lon Bussell, American

[edit] C-E

  • Germán Cáceres (born 1954), Salvadorian *
  • Sandro Caldini (born 1958), Italian
  • James Caldwell (1938-2006), American [55]
  • Anthony Camden (1938-2006), English [56]
  • Jean-Louis Capezzali (born 1959), French [57]
  • Stephen Caplan, American [58]
  • Robert Casier (born 1924), French
  • Joseph Celli (born 1944), American *
  • Jacques Chambon (1932-1984), French
  • Manfred Clement (1934-2001), German
  • Fredric T. Cohen (born 1948), American [59]
  • Roger Cole, American [60]
  • Peter Cooper, American [61]
  • Christopher Cowie, Welsh [62]
  • Janet Craxton (1929-1981), English * [63]
  • Jeffrey Crellin, Australian [64]
  • Jill Crowther, English [65]
  • Nicholas Daniel (born 1962), English
  • Jan De Maeyer (born 1949), Belgian (composer) [66]
  • John Dee, American [67]
  • Francesco Di Rosa (born 1967), Italian [68]
  • Jonathan Dlouhy, American [69]
  • Diana Doherty (born 1966), Australian
  • Elaine Douvas (born c. 1952), American
  • Stuart Edward Dunkel, American
  • Kevin England (born 1959), English
  • Niels Eje (born 1954), Danish [70]
  • Antonio Estévez (1916-1988), Venezuelan * (composer)

[edit] F-H

  • Lothar Faber (born 1922), German
  • John Ferrillo, American
  • Sarah Francis (born 1938), English *
  • Simon Fuchs (born 1961), Swiss [71]
  • Martin Gabriel (born 1956), Austrian
  • Thomas Gallant, American
  • Bert Gassman (1911-2004), American [72]
  • Martin Gebhardt, Swiss [73]
  • Alfred Genovese, American [74]
  • Ariana Ghez (born 1979), American [75]
  • Burkhard Glaetzner (born 1943), German [76]
  • Albert Goltzer (born c.1920), American [77]
  • Harold Gomberg (1916-1985), American *
  • Ralph Gomberg (1921-2006), American *
  • Ingo Goritzki (born 1939), German [78]
  • Peter Graeme (born 1921), English
  • Kathryn Greenbank, American [79]
  • Laszlo Hadady (born 1956), Hungarian [80]
  • Charles Hamann (born c. 1971), Canadian [81]
  • Steinar Hannevold (born 1952), Norwegian [82]
  • Erin Hannigan, American [83]
  • Earnest Harrison (1918-2005), American E.
  • Werner Herbers (born 1940), Dutch [84]
  • Brynjar Hoff (born 1940), Norwegian [85]
  • Heinz Holliger (born 1939), Swiss *
  • Bernd Holz, German [86]
  • Gordon Hunt (born 1950), English [87]

[edit] I-L

  • Althea Ifeka, Nigerian-English [88]
  • Thomas Indermühle (born 1951), Swiss [89]
  • Eugene Izotov (born 1973), Russian-American
  • Helén Jahren (born 1959), Swedish [90]
  • Karl Jenkins (born 1944), Welsh * (jazz oboist)
  • Arthur Jensen (born 1925), American [91]
  • Richard Kanter (born 1934), American
  • Melvin Kaplan (born 1929), American
  • Jonathan Kelly, British
  • Richard Killmer, American [92]
  • Nancy Ambrose King, American [93]
  • Alex Klein (born 1964), Brazilian
  • Lothar Koch (1935-2003), German *
  • Yeon-Hee Kwak (born c. 1969), Korean [94]
  • John de Lancie (1921-2002), American *
  • Vladimir Lande (born 1962), Russian [95]
  • André Lardrot (born 1932), Swiss
  • François Leleux (born 1971), French [96]
  • Lajos Lencsés (born 1943), Hungarian [97]
  • Nicola Lamb (born 1992), English
  • Marc Lifschey (1926-2000), American [98]
  • Jay Light, American
  • Roger Lord (born 1924), English
  • Humbert Lucarelli (born 1937), American [99]

[edit] M-P

  • John Mack (1927-2006), American
  • Charles Mackerras (born 1925), Australian
  • Jean-Claude Malgoire (born 1940), French
  • James Mason (born 1952), American/Canadian [100]
  • Albrecht Mayer (born 1965), German
  • Paul McCandless (born 1947), American * (jazz oboist)
  • Mark McEwen, Canadian [101]
  • Malcolm Messiter (born 1949), English [102]
  • Mitch Miller (born 1911), American (singer)
  • Fumiaki Miyamoto, Japanese
  • Patricia Morehead, American [103]
  • Manuel Munzlinger, German (pop/jazz oboist)
  • Katherine Needleman (born 1978), American
  • Celia Nicklin, English [104]
  • Bjørn Carl Nielsen (born 1945), Danish
  • Alf Nilsson (born 1940), Swedish
  • David Nuttall (born 1956), Australian [105]
  • Christopher O'Neal (born 1953), British [106]
  • Alexei Ogrintchouk (born 1978), Russian [107]
  • Pauline Oostenrijk (born 1967), Dutch [108]
  • Mark Ostoich, American [109]
  • Emily Pailthorpe (born c.1971), American [110]
  • Didier Pateau, French [111]
  • Louise Pellerin, Canadian [112]
  • Pierre Pierlot (born 1921), French [113]
  • Nora Post (born 1949), American [114]
  • Ivan Pushetchnikov (born 1918), Russian [115]

[edit] R-S

  • Wayne Rapier (1930-2005), American [116]
  • Elizabeth Raum (born 1945), Canadian * [117]
  • Christopher Redgate (born 1956), English [118]
  • Juozas Rimas (born 1942), Lithuanian
  • Joseph Robinson (born 1940), American *
  • Carlo Romano (born 1954), Italian [119]
  • Ronald Roseman (1933-2000), American [120]
  • Evelyn Rothwell (born 1911), English * [121]
  • Edwin Roxburgh (born 1937), English *
  • Andrey Rubtsov (born 1982), Russian [122]
  • Francisco Salanova , Spanish
  • Jürg Schaeftlein (1929-1986), Austrian * [123]
  • Hansjorg Schellenberger (born 1948), German [124]
  • Bernard Schenkel (born 1941), Swiss [125]
  • Bart Schneemann (born 1954), Dutch [126]
  • Stefan Schilli (born 1970), German
  • Brenda Schuman-Post (born 1948), American [[127]]
  • Martin Schuring, American
  • Lawrence Singer (born 1940), American
  • Jerry Sirucek (1922-1996), American [128]
  • Koen van Slogteren (1922-1995), Dutch [129]
  • Peter Smith, American
  • Robert Sorton (born 1952), American [130]
  • Robert Sprenkle (1914-1988), American
  • Jan Spronk, Dutch
  • Karl Steins (born 1919), German
  • Cynthia Steljes (1960-2006), Canadian [131]
  • Ray Still (born 1920), American [132]
  • Laila Storch (born 1921), American
  • Linda Strommen (born 1957), American [133]
  • Matt Sullivan, American [134]
  • Sidney Sutcliffe (1918-2001), Scottish [135]

[edit] T-Z

  • Jiri Tancibudek (1921-2004), Czech [136]
  • Stephen Taylor (born 1949), American [137]
  • David Theodore (born 1948), Welsh [138]
  • Jacques Tys, French [139]
  • Alexei Utkin (born 1957), Russian [140]
  • Joris Van den Hauwe, Belgian
  • Jacques Vandeville, French
  • Luca Vignali (born c.1962), Italian [141]
  • Allan Vogel (born 1944), American [142]
  • Han de Vries (born 1941), Dutch * [143]
  • Edo de Waart (born 1941), Dutch * (conductor)
  • Keisuke Wakao, Japanese [144]
  • David Walter (born 1958), French [145]
  • Liang Wang (born 1980), Chinese
  • Lois Wann (1912-1999), American
  • Richard Weigall (born 1944), English [146]
  • David Weiss (born 1947), American [147]
  • Helmut Winschermann (born 1920), German (conductor) [148]
  • Tytus Wojnowicz (born 1965), Polish
  • Richard Woodhams (born 1949), American
  • Renato Zanfini, Italian [149]
  • Omar Zoboli (born c. 1951), Italian [150]
  • Marilyn Zupnik, American

[edit] Oboists best known for playing English horn

  • Engelbert Brenner (1904-1986), American [151]
  • Geoffrey Browne, English [152]
  • Harry Freedman (1922-2005), Canadian (composer)
  • Julie Ann Giacobassi (born 1949), American [153]
  • Marc Gordon, American [154]
  • Hans Hadamowsky (1906-1996), Austrian [155]
  • Peter Henkelman (1882-1949), Dutch [156]
  • Carolyn Hove, American [157]
  • Felix Kraus (1930-2006), American [158]
  • Leo van der Lek (1908-1999), Dutch [159]
  • John Minsker (born 1912), American [160]
  • Christine Pendrill, English [161]
  • Louis Rosenblatt (born 1928), American [162]
  • Louis Speyer (1890-1970), French
  • Thomas Stacy (born 1938), American * [163]
  • Paul Taillefer (born 1912), French

[edit] Oboists best known for playing period instruments

  • John Abberger (born 1957), American [164]
  • Katharina Arfken, German [165]
  • Alfredo Bernardini (born 1961), Italian [166]
  • Ulf Bjurenhed (born 1956), Swedish
  • Frank de Bruine, Dutch [167]
  • Geoffrey Burgess (born 1960s), Australian ([168]
  • Paul Dombrecht (born 1948), Belgian [169]
  • Ku Ebbinge (born 1948), Dutch *
  • Paul Goodwin (born 1956), English * [170]
  • Stephen Hammer (born 1951), American [171]
  • Bruce Haynes (born 1942), American *
  • Washington McClain, American [172]
  • Sophia McKenna, English?
  • Giuseppe Nalin (born 1950s), Italian [173]
  • Michel Piguet (1932-2004), Swiss *
  • Marcel Ponseele (born 1957), Belgian [174]
  • David Reichenberg (1950-1987), American * [175]
  • Hugo Reyne (born 1961), French [176]
  • Anthony Robson (born 1955), English [177]
  • Gonzalo Xavier Ruiz, Argentine [178]
  • Marc Schachman, American [179]
  • Martin Stadler (born c.1961), Swiss [180]

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