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"
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[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]
[edit] Sources
- The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
- International Double Reed Society website
- The repertory of the oboe soloist in the 19th century
- David Lasocki "The French Hautboy in England, 1673-1730" Early Music 16(3) 339-357
- Alfredo Bernardini "The Oboe in the Venetian Republic, 1692-1797" Early Music 16(3) 372-387
- Janet K. Page "The Hautboy in London's Musical Life, 1730-1770" Early Music 16(3) 358-371
- Bruce Haynes "Mozart and the Oboe" Early Music 20(1) 43-63
- Bruce Haynes (1992) Music for oboe: a bibliography
- Bruce Haynes (2001) The eloquent oboe (a history of the hautboy, 1640 to 1760)
- Geoffrey Burgess and Bruce Haynes (2004) The oboe (The Yale Musical Instrument Series)