Albrecht Mayer (born 3 June 1965) is a German classical

oboist An oboist (formerly hautboist) is a musician who plays the oboe or any oboe family instrument, including the oboe d'amore, cor anglais or English horn, bass oboe and piccolo oboe or oboe musette. The following is a list of notable past and pres ...

and conductor. The principal oboist of the

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, he is internationally known as a soloist and chamber musician and has made many recordings.

Biography

Born in

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, Mayer sang as a child in the choir of the

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. He was a student of Gerhard Scheuer, Georg Meerwein,

Maurice Bourgue Maurice Bourgue (born 6 November 1939) is a French oboist, composer, and conductor. Biography Maurice Bourgue studied at the Conservatoire de Paris in the oboe class of Étienne Baudo and chamber music of Fernand Oubradous. He won a First Pr ...

and

Ingo Goritzki Ingo Goritzki (born 22 February 1939 in Berlin, Germany) is a German oboist, pianist, and flautist.Bamberg Symphony Orchestra The Bamberg Symphony (German: Bamberger Symphoniker – Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie) is a German orchestra based in Bamberg. It is one of the most prestigious orchestras in Germany. The orchestra was formed in 1946 mainly from German musicians ...

in 1990. He joined the

as principal oboist in 1992, a position he currently holds together with Jonathan Kelly. Mayer used to play a Green Line Oboe by the French company Buffet Crampon, but in 2009 switched to a line of

wind instrument A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube) in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at or near the end of the resonator. The pitc ...

s (Oboe,

Oboe d'amore The oboe d'amore (; Italian for "oboe of love"), less commonly , is a double reed woodwind musical instrument in the oboe family. Slightly larger than the oboe, it has a less assertive and a more tranquil and serene tone, and is considered the me ...

, and

English Horn The cor anglais (, or original ; plural: ''cors anglais''), or English horn in North America, is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. It is approximately one and a half times the length of an oboe, making it essentially an alto ...

) named after him by the German instrument makers Gebrüder Mönnig. Albrecht Mayer plays with ensembles of the Philhamonic, the Berliner Philharmonisches Bläserensemble and the Berlin Philharmonic Winds Soloists, amongst other

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small numb ...

ensemble Ensemble may refer to: Art * Architectural ensemble * ''Ensemble'' (album), Kendji Girac 2015 album * Ensemble (band), a project of Olivier Alary * Ensemble cast (drama, comedy) * Ensemble (musical theatre), also known as the chorus * ''En ...

Recordings

As soloist

*''Bonjour Paris'' – Works by Fauré, D'Indy, Françaix, Hahn and Satie. Decca. (2010) * ''Albrecht Mayer in Venice'' (''In Venedig'') – Works by Marcello, Vivaldi and Albinoni. Decca. (2009) * ''New Seasons'' – transcriptions of music by Handel for oboe and orchestra played by Mayer with the

Sinfonia Varsovia The Sinfonia Varsovia is an orchestra and a musical institution based in Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in 1984 by Yehudi Menuhin, Waldemar Dąbrowski and Franciszek Wybrańczyk, as a successor to the Polish Chamber Orchestra. Since 2003 the orches ...

(Deutsche Grammophon 4760472) * ''Lieder ohne Worte'' (''Songs Without Words'') – transcriptions of music by J. S. Bach for oboe and orchestra,

Nigel Kennedy Nigel Kennedy (born 28 December 1956) is an English violinist and violist. His early career was primarily spent performing classical music, and he has since expanded into jazz, klezmer, and other music genres. Early life and background Kenn ...

(violin) and the Sinfonia Varsovia (Deutsche Grammophon 4760472) * ''Auf Mozarts Spuren'' (In search of Mozart), August 2004, with

Claudio Abbado Claudio Abbado (; 26 June 1933 – 20 January 2014) was an Italian conductor who was one of the leading conductors of his generation. He served as music director of the La Scala opera house in Milan, principal conductor of the London Symphony ...

and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon 6231046) * ''Music for Oboe, Oboe d'amore, Cor anglais, and Piano'' – chamber music from the 19th century, with Markus Becker (EMI Classics 5731672) * J. S. Bach's Double concerto for oboe and violin, with Kennedy (violin) with the Berlin Philharmonic (EMI Classics 5570162) * ''Lost and Found'' – February 2015, Oboenkonzerte des 18. Jahrhunderts von Hoffmeister, Lebrun, Fiala und Koželuh. (Deutsche Grammophon 479 2942 0)

Appears on

* ''Serenades for Wind Ensemble,'' January 2006, EMI records * ''Opus'', by

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, September 2013, Deutsche Grammophon

References

External links

Official web site

Albrecht Mayer's personal profile. Berliner Philarmoniker website

Berliner Philharmonisches Bläserensemble

Berlin Philharmonic Winds Soloists
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mayer, Albrecht German classical oboists Male oboists Living people Players of the Berlin Philharmonic Place of birth missing (living people) 1965 births