Lothar Koch (1 July 1935 – 16 March 2003) was an oboist. He was one of the two principal oboists in the Berlin Philharmonic during the Herbert von Karajan era. He was also an active soloist and was regarded as one of the greatest oboe players of his era. One critic described him as the greatest musician of the last 150 years. He was born in

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and studied at the

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in Essen. In the nineties, Koch retired from the Berlin Philharmonic and became a lecturer at the Mozarteum University Salzburg.

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1935 births 2003 deaths Folkwang University of the Arts alumni Academics of Mozarteum University Salzburg German classical oboists Male oboists 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century German male musicians 20th-century German musicians {{germany-classical-musician-stub