An oboist (formerly hautboist) is a

musician A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wri ...

who plays the

oboe The oboe ( ) is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common oboe plays in the treble or soprano range. A ...

or any oboe family instrument, including the

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 ...

cor anglais 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 ...

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 ...

, bass oboe and piccolo oboe or

oboe musette The piccolo oboe, also known as the piccoloboe and historically called an oboe musette (or just musette), is the smallest and highest pitched member of the oboe family. Pitched in E or F above the regular oboe (i.e. notated a minor third or perfect ...

. The following is a list of notable past and present 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 ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians. Along with the German-language ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'', it is one of the largest reference works on the history and theo ...

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Historical oboists

Baroque period 1600–1760

Francesco Barsanti Francesco Barsanti (1690–1775) was an Italian flautist, oboist and composer. He was born in 1690 in the Tuscan city of Lucca, but spent most of his life in London and Edinburgh. Biography Very little is known about Barsanti's background. His fa ...

(1690–1772), Italian * (composer) *

Alessandro Besozzi Alessandro Besozzi (born 22 July 1702 in Parma – died 26 July 1793 in Turin) was an Italian composer and virtuoso oboist.From a letter dated 30 July 1777 written by Quirino Gasparini, maestro di cappella of the cathedral of Turin, sent to Fath ...

(1702–1773), Italian *

Antonio Besozzi Antonio Besozzi (1714–1781) was an Italian oboist and composer and also member of an extensive family of musicians from the eighteenth-century Naples. He composed several concertos for oboe and a few quintets, which he called "sonatas", for ...

(1714–1781), Italian *

Cristoforo Besozzi Cristoforo Besozzi (1661 in Milan – 22 October 1725, in Piacenza) was an Italian oboist, bassoonist and founder of a large family of wind players very influential around Parma, Naples and Turin for more than 200 years. In 1700, he settled in Pa ...

(1661–1725), Italian *

Giuseppe Besozzi Giuseppe Besozzi (born 1686 in Milan – died 2 December 1760 in Naples) was an Italian oboist. In the eighteenth century the Besozzi family produced several important oboists who worked in Turin, Naples, London, Paris and Dresden. Giuseppe's ...

(1686–1760), Italian *

Paolo Girolamo Besozzi Paolo Girolamo Besozzi (17 April 1704 – 1778) was an Italian oboe virtuoso and bassoonist who devoted his life to the study of the bassoon and oboe. He was born in Parma. Together with his brothers Giuseppe and Alessandro Besozzi, he took pa ...

(1713–1778), Italian *

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(Bisioli) (–1780), Italian * Esprit Philippe Chédeville (1696–1762), French * * Nicolas Chédeville (1705–1782), French * *

Pierre Chédeville Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

(1694–1725), French * *

André Danican Philidor André Danican Philidor may refer to: * François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795), chess master and composer * André Danican Philidor the elder André Danican Philidor the elder rench: ''l'aîné''(, Versailles – 11 August 1730, Dreux) ...

(c. 1652–1730), French * (music librarian) *

Anne Danican Philidor Anne Danican Philidor (11 April 1681 – 8 October 1728) was a French woodwind player and composer of the Philidor family. Born in Paris on 11 April 1681, his grandfather and father were also professional woodwind players in the king's service. An ...

(1681–1728), French *

Jean Danican Philidor Jean Danican (D'Anican) Philidor (c. 1620 – September 8, 1679) was a court musician at Versailles during the reign of Louis XIII, and a member of the prestigious Philidor family. The name Philidor was conferred upon Jean's elder brother, Michel D ...

(–1679), French * (1580–1651), French * (1681–1731), French *

John Ernest Galliard Johann Ernst Galliard (?1666/?1687–1749 ) was a German composer. Galliard was born in Celle, Germany to a French wig-maker. His first composition instruction began at age 15. Galliard studied composition under Jean-Baptiste Farinel, the direc ...

(–1747), German * *

Johann Caspar Gleditsch Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

(1684–1747), German ("Bach's oboist") *

Peter Glösch Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

(–1754), German *

Jean Hotteterre Jean Hotteterre (1677–1720) was a French composer and musician of the Hotteterre family. Hotteterre worked at the family workshop on the Rue de Harlay, Paris until his death at the court of Louis XIV of France. He and his brothers Jacques-Mart ...

(–1691), French * (instrument maker) (one of several oboists in the family) *

Martin Hotteterre Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (29 September 167316 July 1763), also known as Jacques Martin or Jacques Hotteterre, was a French composer and flautist who was the most celebrated of a family of wind instrument makers and wind performers. Biography ...

(1635–1712), French * (instrument maker) *

Nicolas Hotteterre Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), ...

(1637–1694), French * * Johann Christian Jacobi (1719–1784), German (oboist at Janitsch's "Freitags-Akademien") *

Jean Christian Kytch Jean Christian Kytch (died 1738) was a Dutch Baroque-era oboist. Based on works he is known to have performed, it is thought that he possessed considerable technical ability on the oboe. He was known as "Handel's oboist" and Handel's use of a so ...

(died ), Dutch ("Handel's oboist") *

François La Riche François () is a French language, French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis (given name), Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of ...

(1662 – after 1733), Flemish *"The Trio Sonatas of Jan Dismas Zelenka"
. ''www.idrs.org''. * Jacques Loeillet (1685–1748), Flemish * * Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (1680–1730), Flemish * *

Jacques Paisible Jacques Paisible (ca. 16561721), also known as James Peasable or James Paisible, was a French baroque composer and recorder virtuoso who lived and worked in London for about forty years. Paisible arrived in London from France in September 1673, one ...

(–1721), French (oboist in

Robert Cambert Robert Cambert (c. 1628–1677) was a French composer principally of opera. His opera '' Pomone'' was the first actual opera in French. Biography Under Mazarin Born in Paris c. 1628, he studied music under Chambonnières. His first position was ...

orchestra which moved to London in 1673) *

Joan Baptista Pla Joan Baptista Pla i Agustí (ca. 17201773) was a Spanish composer and oboist. Pla was born in Catalonia, Spain, into a Catalan family of musicians. In the years after 1751, he worked in many of the principal cities of Europe including Padua, St ...

(–1773), Spanish * *

Josep Pla Josep Pla i Casadevall (; 8 March 1897 – 23 April 1981) was a Spanish journalist and a popular author. As a journalist he worked in France, Italy, England, Germany and Russia, from where he wrote political and cultural chronicles in Catalan a ...

(1728–1762), Spanish * *

Manuel Pla Manuel Pla i Agustí (c. 1725-1766) was a Spanish (from Catalonia) composer, oboist, and harpsichordist at the court of Madrid. He was the middle of three composer-brothers: his older brother Joan Baptista Pla (1720-1773), settled as an oboist in ...

(–1766), Spanish * *

Giovanni Benedetto Platti Giovanni Benedetto Platti (born possibly 9 July 1697 (according to other sources 1690, 1692, 1700) in Padua, belonging to Venice at the time; died 11 January 1763 in Würzburg) was an Italian Baroque composer and oboist. Life Platti studied music ...

(1697–1763), Italian * * Johann Christian Richter (1689–1744), German * Jacob Riehman (–1729), Dutch * * Giuseppe Sammartini (1695–1750), Italian * (son of French oboist Alexis Saint-Martin) * Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767), German composer (Oboe was one of over 10 instruments he played) *

Roberto Valentine Robert Valentine (c. 1671 – 26 May 1747), also known as Roberto Valentini and Roberto Valentino, was an English composer, recorder player, oboist and violinist, who moved to Rome and became a naturalised Italian. He is noted for his l ...

(1674 – ), English * (composer)

Classical period 1730–1820

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(–1808), ItalianBruce, Haynes, (1 February 1992)
"Mozart and the oboe"
*

Christian Frederik Barth Christian Frederik Barth (24 February 1787 – 17 July 1861) was a Danish virtuoso oboist and composer. Barth was an oboist in the Royal Chapel from 1802 to 1841. He was the son of oboist Christian Samuel Barth and brother of oboist and comp ...

(1787–1861), Danish * Christian Samuel Barth (1735–1809), German * * Frederik Philip Carl August Barth (1774–1804), Danish * *

Georg Benda Georg Anton Benda ( cz, Jiří Antonín Benda, italic=no, link=no; 30 June 17226 November 1795) was a composer, violinist and Kapellmeister of the classical period from the Kingdom of Bohemia. Biography Born into a family of notable musicians ...

(1722–1795), Czech * (composer) *

Carlo Besozzi Carlo Besozzi (1738 – 22 March 1791) was an Italian oboist composer and member of an extensive family of oboists from the eighteenth-century Naples. Nephew of Gaetano Besozzi, he was employed in the orchestra of the Elector of Dresden and t ...

(1738–1791), Italian *

Francesco Besozzi Francesco Besozzi (born 1766 in Dresden – 1816 ibid) was an Italian 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 ...

(1766–1816), Italian * Gaetano Besozzi (1725–1794), Italian *

Girolamo Besozzi Girolamo Besozzi (1745 or 1750 in Naples – 1788 in Paris) was an Italian composer and oboist and member of a renowned family of wind players. Son of composer Gaetano Besozzi and nephew of Antonio Besozzi, he became oboist in the court orchestra ...

(–1788), Italian * Friedrich Braun (1759–1824), German * * Franz Joseph Czerwenka (1759–1835), Czech-Austrian ("Beethoven's oboist") *

Georg Druschetzky Jiří Družecký (german: Georg Druschetzky, also known as Giorgio Druschetzky, also Druzechi, Druzecky, Druschetzki, Držecky, Truschetzki; 7 April 1745, Jemníky – 21 June 1819, Budapest) was a Czech composer, oboist, and timpanist. Life and c ...

(1745–1819), Czech * *

Giuseppe Ferlendis Giuseppe Ferlendis (1755–1810) was an Italian oboist and composer. In 1777, he was appointed oboist at the Court Chapel of Salzburg, with a yearly stipend of 540 florins (higher than that of Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 ...

(1755–1810), Italian * *

Josef Fiala Josef Fiala (''Joseph Fiala'') (3 February 1748 – 31 July 1816), was a Czech composer, oboist, viola da gamba virtuoso, cellist, and pedagogue of the Classical period. Life He was born in Lochovice in Bohemia and began his musical career ...

(1748–1816), Czech * ("Mozart's oboist 1") *

Johann Christian Fischer Johann Christian Fischer (c. 1733 – 29 April 1800) was a German composer and oboist, one of the best-known oboe soloists in Europe during the 1770s. Employed as a music copyist and theatre director for the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin at Ludwi ...

(1733–1800), German * * Joseph François Garnier (1755–1825), French * * Michel Joseph Gebauer (1763–1812), French * *

Gottlieb Graupner __NOTOC__ Johann Christian Gottlieb Graupner (6 October 1767 – 16 April 1836) was a musician, composer, conductor, educator and publisher. Born in Hanover, Germany, he played oboe in Joseph Haydn's orchestra in London. After moving to the Unit ...

(1767–1836), German-American * William Herschel (1738–1822), German (astronomer) (before 1765 primarily oboist, only later an astronomer) * François Jadin (1731–1790), French * *

Carl Khym Carl may refer to: *Carl, Georgia, city in USA *Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name *Carl², a TV series * "Carl", List of Aqua Teen ...

(1770–after 1819), Czech * *

Ludwig August Lebrun Ludwig August Lebrun (baptized 2 May 1752 – 16 December 1790) was a German oboist and composer. Life Lebrun was born in Mannheim. The well-known and celebrated oboe virtuoso (a contemporary described being "charmed by his divine oboe") pl ...

(1746–1790), German * * Ignace Malzat (1757–1804), Austrian (probably wrote the "Haydn" oboe concerto) * * (–1804), Italian * * Carl Ludwig Matthes (1751–?), German *

John Parke John Grubb Parke (September 22, 1827 – December 16, 1900) was a United States Army engineer and a Union general in the American Civil War. Parke's Civil War service was closely associated with Ambrose E. Burnside, often serving him as chi ...

(1745–1829), English * *

William Thomas Parke William Thomas Parke (15 February 1761 – 26 August 1847) was an English oboist and composer. He played in notable concerts of the day; in retirement he published ''Musical Memoirs''. Life Parke began his musical studies in 1770 under his elder ...

(1762–1847), English * * Giuseppe Prota (1737–1807), Italian * *

Friedrich Ramm Friedrich Ramm (1744–1813) was a German oboist for whom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote several works. Ramm was principal oboist in the orchestra of Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria in Munich and in Mannheim, where Mozart first met him in 1777 ...

(1744–1813), German ("Mozart's oboist 2") *

François Alexandre Antoine Sallantin François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, King o ...

(1755 – ), French * *

Johann Friedrich Schröter Johann, typically a male given name, is the German language, German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin language, Latin form of the Greek language, Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew language, Hebrew name ''Johanan (name ...

(1724–1811), German * * Charles J. Suck (–), English * * Philipp Teimer (Filip Matyas Tajmar) (1767–1817), Bohemian (English horn) * Georg Triebensee (1746–1813), Bohemian * *

Josef Triebensee Josef Triebensee (Trübensee) (November 21, 1772 Třeboň - April 22, 1846 Prague) was a Bohemian composer and oboist. He studied composition with Albrechtsberger and oboe with his father, Georg Triebensee (January 28, 1746-June 14, 1813). He se ...

(1772–1846), Bohemian * (composer) * (1745–1801), Bohemian * * Thomas Vincent (1720–1783), English *

Romantic period 1815–1910

* Apollon Barret (1804–1879), French * *

(1787–1861), Danish * * Richard Baumgärtel (1858–1941), German * Félix-Charles Berthélemy (1829–1868), French *

Carl A.P. Braun Carl may refer to: *Carl, Georgia, city in USA *Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name *Carl², a TV series * "Carl", an episode of tel ...

(1788–1835), German * *

Wilhelm Braun Wilhelm Braun (13 July 1897 – 15 November 1969) was a German cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 18 kilometre event at the 1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french ...

(1796–1867), German * *

Henri Brod Henri Brod (June 13, 1799 - April 6, 1839) was a French List of oboists, oboist, instrument builder and composer of the early Romanticism, Romantic Era. Brod was considered a virtuoso and introduced his own innovations in both oboe design and playi ...

(1799–1839), French * * Baldassare Centroni (–1860), Italian ("Rossini's oboist") * (1832–1881), French * Franz Wilhelm Ferling (1796–1874), German * (1909–1971), German *

Georges Gillet Georges-Vital-Victor Gillet (May 17, 1854 – February 8, 1920) was a French oboist, teacher and composer. In addition to premiering oboe works by prominent French composers of the 19th century, including Émile Paladilhe, Charles-Édouard Lefeb ...

(1854–1920), French * *

Joseph Gungl Joseph Gungl, correct: ''Josef Gung'l'' (1 December 1809 – 1 February 1889), was an Hungarian composer, bandmaster, and conductor. He was soprano Virginia Naumann-Gungl's father. Biography Gungl was born in Schambeck, Austrian-Hungarian mon ...

(1810–1889), Hungarian * (conductor) *

Johann Peter Heuschkel Johann Peter Heuschkel (4 January 1773 – 5 December 1853) was a German oboist, organist, music teacher and composer. Heuschkel was born in Harras near Eisfeld. From 1792 he was oboist and later also organist in Hildburghausen. He is best remembe ...

(1773–1853), German * * Ernst Krähmer (1795–1857), German * *

Olivo Krause Olivo Vilhelm Eduard Oscar Krause (2 July 1857 Copenhagen, Denmark – 20 July 1927) was a Danish oboist and composer who had studied under Edmund Neupert and Agnes Adler. A member of the Royal Danish Orchestra from 1882, he became first soloist i ...

(1857–1927), Danish * Desiré Alfred Lalande (1866–1904), French * *

Antoine Joseph Lavigne Antoine Joseph Lavigne (23 March 1816 – 1886) was a highly regarded French oboist. He lived in England for much of his career, and was a member of the Hallé Orchestra. Life Lavigne was born in Besançon in 1816, and received his early musical ...

(1816–1886), French *

Johann Heinrich Luft Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...

(1813–1877), German * William Malsch (1855–1924), English * *

Giovanni Paggi Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

(1806–1887), Italian * *

Antonio Pasculli Antonio Pasculli (13 October 1842 – 23 February 1924) was an Italian oboist and composer, known as "the Paganini of the oboe". Biography Pasculli was born in Palermo, Sicily on 13 October 1842. He lived there his whole life but travel ...

(1842–1924), Italian * (the "Paganini of the oboe") * Charles Reynolds (1843–1916), English * Friedrich Ruthardt (1800–1862), German *

Adolf Rzepko Adolf Rzepko (1825 – 1892) was a Polish composer, oboist, choral and orchestral conductor, and pianist. He was a disciple of Václav Tomášek. He was mainly active as a performer (he served for many years as the Wielki Theatre orchestra's pri ...

(1825–1892), Polish * *

Joseph Sellner Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

(1787–1843), Austrian *

Pedro Soler Pedro Soler (born 20 January 1961) is a Colombian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in the 1986 Tour de France The 1986 Tour de France was a cycling race held in France, from 4 July to 27 July. It was the 73rd running of the Tour de ...

(1810–1850), Spanish * Friedrich-Eugen Thurner (1785–1827), German *

Charles Triébert Charles Louis Triébert (31 October 1810 – 18 July 1867) was a French oboe, oboist and instrument-maker. Life Triébert was born in Paris in 1810; his father (1770–1847) and brother Frédéric Triébert (1813–1878) were wind instrument maker ...

(1810–1867), French * *

Frédéric Triébert Frédéric and Frédérick are the French versions of the common male given name Frederick. They may refer to: In artistry: * Frédéric Back, Canadian award-winning animator * Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor * Frédéric Bazille, Impress ...

(1813–1878), French * (instrument maker) * Raoul Triébert (1845–), French * *

Stanislas Verroust Louis Stanislas Xavier Verroust (10 May 1814 – 9 or 11 April 1863) was a French composer and oboist. Biographical sketch Verroust was born in Hazebrouck. He received a second prize in Gustave Vogt's class in oboe in 1833,Gustave Vogt Gustave Vogt (18 March 1781 – 20 May 1870) was a French oboist and composer. Biography Born in Strasbourg, Vogt followed his parents to Paris at a very young age, where he entered the Conservatoire de Paris on 7 July 1798 and became a pupil of ...

(1781–1870), French * * Friedrich Westenholz (1778–1840), German * *

Carlo Yvon Carlo Yvon (29 April 1798 in Milan – 23 December 1854 in Milan) was an Italian composer, virtuoso oboist and English horn player, and music educator. He studied at the Milan Conservatory in his native city and later was a teacher at that scho ...

(1798–1854), Italian

20th-century oboists

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* Albert J. Andraud (1884–1975), French-American * Rhadames Angelucci (1915–1991), American * Alfred Barthel (1871–1957), French *

Evelyn Barbirolli Evelyn, Lady Barbirolli OBE (24 January 191125 January 2008) was an English oboist, and the wife of the eminent conductor Sir John Barbirolli. She was born Evelyn Rothwell, and was known professionally by that name until after she was widowed, ...

(born Evelyn Rothwell), (1911–2008), English * *

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Derived or associated te ...

(1863–1944), French * Etienne Baudo (1903–2001), French * (1871–1941), French *

Robert Bloom Robert Bloom (May 3, 1908February 13, 1994) was an oboist with an orchestral and solo career, a composer and arranger contributing to the oboe repertory, and a teacher of several successful oboists. Bloom is considered seminal in the development of ...

(1908–1994), American * *

Joy Boughton Christina Joyance Boughton (known as Joy) (14 June 1913 – 1963) was an English oboist and the daughter of composer Rutland Boughton and artist Christina Walshe. She died in 1963 in tragic circumstances.. She was taught oboe by Léon Goossens ...

(1913–1963), English * Leonard Brain (1915–1975), English * *

Henri de Busscher Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the 'List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.'' * Henri I de Montm ...

(1880–1975), Belgian * *

Natalie Caine Natalie Caine (6 June 1909 – 28 December 2008) was one of the first female woodwind players to establish themselves in leading British orchestras. She is frequently referred to by her married name Natalie James. She was born Evelyn Natalie Cai ...

(1909–2008), English * (1932–1984), French *

Janet Craxton Janet Helen Rosemary Craxton (17 May 192918 July 1981) was an English oboe player and teacher. She was the youngest of the six children and the only daughter of the pianist and teacher Harold Craxton. Her older brothers included the artist John C ...

(1929–1981), English * (Sister of the painter John Craxton) * William Criss (1921–1984), American * John de Lancie (1921–2002), American * *

Albert Debondue Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert C ...

(1895–1984), FrenchBurgess, p. 202 *

Antonio Estévez Antonio José Estévez Aponte (January 3, 1916 in Calabozo (Guárico) – November 26, 1988 in Caracas), was a Venezuelan musician, composer and conductor. He founded the Central University of Venezuela's Chorus. Compositions His best known ...

(1916–1988), Venezuelan * (composer) *

Alvin Etler Alvin Derald Etler (February 19, 1913 – June 13, 1973) was an American composer and oboist. Career A student of Paul Hindemith, Etler is noted for his highly rhythmic, harmonically and texturally complex compositional style, taking inspi ...

(1913–1973), American * (composer) * Svend Christian Felumb (1898–1972), Danish * Peter Fischer (1924–2004), German *

Fritz Flemming Fritz originated as a German nickname for Friedrich, or Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor) as well as for similar names including Fridoli ...

(born 1872 or 1873; died 1947), German * (1905–1984), Canadian *

Bert Gassman Bert or BERT may refer to: Persons, characters, or animals known as Bert *Bert (name), commonly an abbreviated forename and sometimes a surname *Bert, a character in the poem "Bert the Wombat" by The Wiggles; from their 1992 album Here Comes a Son ...

(1911–2004), American *

Fernand Gillet Fernand Gillet (15 October 1882 Paris, France – 8 March 1980 Boston) was a French and naturalized American oboist who is chiefly remembered for serving as the principal oboist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1925 to 1946. He is also known f ...

(1882–1980), French *

Ruth Gipps Ruth Dorothy Louisa ("Wid") Gipps (20 February 1921 – 23 February 1999) was an English composer, oboist, pianist, conductor, and educator. She composed music in a wide range of genres, including five symphonies, seven concertos, and num ...

(1921–1999), British (composer) * Albert Goltzer (1918–2007), American *

Harold Gomberg Harold Gomberg (November 30, 1916 – September 7, 1985) was the principal (first or solo) oboist of the New York Philharmonic from 1943 through 1977. Born in Malden, Massachusetts, Harold and his brother Ralph studied with Marcel Tabuteau, consid ...

(1916–1985), American * *

Ralph Gomberg Ralph Gomberg (June 18, 1921 – December 9, 2006) was the principal oboist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 37 years (1950-1987). His brother Harold held the same chair with the New York Philharmonic for much of the same period (1943-197 ...

(1921–2006), American * *

Leon Goossens Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again f ...

(1897–1988), English * *

Peter Graeme Graeme Peter Crump (1921 – 1 March 2012), known professionally as Peter Graeme and as 'Timmy' Crump to friends and family, was an English oboist and academic teacher. He was best known as the principal oboist of the Melos Ensemble. Career P ...

(1921–2012), English * Percy Grainger (1882–1961), Australian-American * (1910–1990), Czech * * Earnest Harrison (1918–2005), American * Hans Kamesch (1901–1975), Austrian * Rudolf Kempe (1910–1976), German * (conductor) * Bruno Labate (1883–1968), Italian * Roland Lamorlette (1894–1960), French * Alfred Läubin (1906–1976), American (instrument maker) *

Marc Lifschey Marc Lifschey (June 16, 1926 – November 8, 2000) was an American oboist who played principal oboe for the Cleveland Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra over the course o ...

(1926–2000), American *

Georges Longy Georges Longy (1868 – 1930) was a French-born oboist, conductor and composer. He is the founder of Longy School of Music. Personal life Longy was born in Abbeville, France on August 29, 1868.Jeskalian, Barbar"Georges Longy" retrieved on 24 Octobe ...

(1868–1930), French *

M-Z

* Terence MacDonagh (1908–1986), British *

Arno Mariotti The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber. Source and route The river originates on Monte Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennine Mountains, Apennines, and i ...

(1911–1993), German-born American *

Josef Marx Josef Marx (20 November 1934 – 24 August 2008) was a German international footballer who played as a midfielder for SV Sodingen and Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg th ...

(1913–1978), German-American * * Robert Mayer (1910–1994), American * Karl Mayrhofer (1927–1976), Austrian * Mitch Miller (1911–2010), American (choir conductor, recording director) * Myrtile Morel (1889–1979), French * (1904–1983), American * Pierre Pierlot (1921–2007), French *

Giuseppe Prestini Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it. The feminine form of the name is Giusep ...

(1877–1930), Italian *

David Reichenberg David Reichenberg (13 July 1950 – 10 June 1987) was an American oboist and a highly respected specialist on the baroque oboe. He was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa and learnt the flute, violin, and piano as a child. He began his oboe studies with Dr. ...

(1950–1987), American * (also listed under period instrumentalists below) *

A. Clyde Roller Archibald Clyde Roller (October 13, 1914 – October 16, 2005) was an American music professor, conductor, and oboist. Roller, a native of Rogersville, Missouri, received his musical education at the Eastman School of Music, graduating in 1941. ...

(1914–2005), American *

Marcel Saillet Marcel may refer to: People * Marcel (given name), people with the given name Marcel * Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder * Marcel (footballer, born November 1981), Marcel Augusto Ortolan, Brazilian ...

(1898–1983), Swiss * Jürg Schaeftlein (1929–1986), Austrian * *

Riccardo Scozzi Riccardo is a male given name, Italian language, Italian version of Ricardo or Richard. It also may be a surname. It means "Powerful Leader". It may refer to: People A–L *Riccardo Antoniazzi (1853–1912), Italian violin maker *Riccardo Bacche ...

(1878–1955), Italian * Edgar Shann (1919–1984), Swiss * Harry Shulman (1916–1971), American *

Jerry Sirucek Jerry may refer to: Animals * Jerry (Grand National winner), racehorse, winner of the 1840 Grand National * Jerry (St Leger winner), racehorse, winner of 1824 St Leger Stakes Arts, entertainment, and media * Jerry (film), ''Jerry'' (film), a 200 ...

(1922–1996), American * (1922–1995), Dutch *

Václav Smetáček Václav Smetáček (30 September 1906 in Brno – 18 February 1986 in Prague) was a Czech conductor, composer, and oboist. He studied in Prague among others with Jaroslav Křička, conducting with Metod Doležil and Pavel Dědeček, musicolog ...

(1906–1986), Czech * (conductor) * Robert Sprenkle (1914–1988), American *

Warren Stannard A warren is a network of wild rodent or lagomorph, typically rabbit burrows. Domestic warrens are artificial, enclosed establishment of animal husbandry dedicated to the raising of rabbits for meat and fur. The term evolved from the medieval An ...

(1923–1995), American *

William Grant Still William Grant Still Jr. (May 11, 1895 – December 3, 1978) was an American composer of nearly two hundred works, including five symphonies, four ballets, nine operas, over thirty choral works, plus art songs, chamber music and works fo ...

(1895–1978), American * (composer) * (1915–1964), Dutch * *

Jaap Stotijn Jacob Hendrik "Jaap" Stotijn (The Hague, 22 September 1891 – The Hague, 5 April 1970) was a Dutch oboist. He was also active as a pianist and Conducting, conductor. Jaap Stotijn has been credited as the founder of the Dutch school of oboe playi ...

(1891–1970), Dutch * *

František Suchý František () is a masculine given name of Czech origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include: *Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter *F ...

(1902–1977), Czech * *

Sidney Sutcliffe Sidney Clement Sutcliffe (6 October 1918 – 1 July 2001) was a British oboist. He played in the London Philharmonic, Philharmonia and BBC Symphony orchestras, and was professor of oboe at the Royal College of Music in London. Life and career Sut ...

(1918–2001), Scottish * (1922–2008), Japanese *

Marcel Tabuteau Marcel Tabuteau (2 July 18874 January 1966) was a French-American oboist who is considered the founder of the American school of oboe playing. Life Tabuteau was born in Compiègne, Oise, France, and given a post in the city's municipal wind band ...

(1887–1966), French/American * *

Jiří Tancibudek Jiří Tancibudek AM (5 March 19211 May 2004) was a Czech-born Australian oboist, conductor and teacher of great renown in his adopted country and elsewhere. His obituary in the ''Adelaide Review'', titled "Prince of the oboe", said of his play ...

(1921–2004), Czech-Australian * Giuseppe Tomassini (1915–1987), Italian * Lois Wann (1912–1999), American *

Alexander Wunderer Alexander Wunderer (11 April 1877 – 29 December 1955) was an Austrian oboist, orchestra leader and composer. He served as a professor at the State Music Academy in Vienna, where he taught students including Frida Kern, Ľudovít Rajter and Herb ...

(1877–1955), Austrian

20th-century players of the English horn

* Engelbert Brenner (1904–1986), Austrian- born American * Harry Freedman (1922–2005), Polish-born Canadian (composer) *

Hans Hadamowsky Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi a ...

(1906–1986), Austrian * Peter Henkelman (1882–1949), Dutch * Leo van der Lek (1908–1999), Dutch * John Minsker (1912–2007), American *

Louis Speyer Louis-Marius Speyer (2 May 1890, Paris - 8 January 1980, Boston) was a French-born American oboist best known for playing solo English horn in the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1918 to 1964. Speyer studied oboe at the Paris Conservatoire under Geo ...

(1890–1980), French-born American

Contemporary classical oboists

A-B

Janice Applegate Janice may refer to: * Janice (given name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) * ''Janice & Abbey'', a reality TV series * Processor codename of the Samsung Galaxy S Advance Android smartphone * Janice, Łódź Voivodes ...

(born 1948), American * Aurel Marc, Romanian *

Max Artved Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) ( ...

(born 1965), Danish *

Theodore Baskin Theodore Baskin (born June 14, 1950) has been Principal Oboe of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal since 1980. Born in Detroit, MI, he studied oboe with Arno Mariotti while at Cass Technical High School and John de Lancie while at the Curtis In ...

(born 1950), American *

Perry Bauman Perry Wayne Bauman (22 July 1918 – 16 August 2004) was an oboist, born and educated in the United States and active in Canada. He served as the principal oboe of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the CBC Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra of the ...

(1918–2004), American-Canadian *

William Bennett William John Bennett (born July 31, 1943) is an American conservative politician and political commentator who served as secretary of education from 1985 to 1988 under President Ronald Reagan. He also held the post of director of the Office of ...

(1956–2013), American * Melvin Berman (1929–2008), American-Canadian * (1929–2020), Uruguayan * *

Neil Black Neil Cathcart Black OBE (28 May 1932 – 14 August 2016) was an English oboist. He held the post of principal oboe in four London orchestras, and taught at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Early life a ...

(1932–2016), English *

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 ...

(born 1939), French * Peter Bowman, American * Douglas Boyd (born 1960), Scottish * Peter Bree (born 1949), Dutch * Riccardo Bricchi (born 1959), Italian

C-E

German Cáceres German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

(born 1954), Salvadoran * (composer) * George Caird (born c. 1950), English *

Sandro Caldini Sandro is an Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, Georgian and Croatian given name, often a diminutive of Alessandro or Alexander. It is also a surname. Sandro may refer to: Given name or nickname Sports * Sandro (footballer, born 1973), Brazi ...

(born 1958), Italian *

Anthony Camden Anthony Camden (26 April 1938 – 7 March 2006) was the Principal Oboe and Chairman of the Board at the London Symphony Orchestra. He was also a founding member of the ensemble London Virtuosi and went on to become the Provost and Director of th ...

(1938–2006), English *

Roy Carter Roy Carter is an English oboist. Early career Carter began playing the oboe at the age of 10. He won scholarships to study with Margaret Eliot at the Royal Academy of Music (at 12) and later under Terence MacDonagh at the Royal College of ...

(born 1949), English * Joseph Celli (born 1944), American * * Nicholas Daniel (born 1962), English *

Clara Dent Clara Dent-Bogányi is an Austria, Austrian oboist and teacher. She has been a soloist with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and a teacher at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg, in addition to winning international competitions. Biography C ...

(born 1973), German (daughter of Simon Dent) * (born 1972), Australian *

Paolo Di Cioccio Paolo Di Cioccio (born 1963 in Rome) is an oboist and composer. He is a professor at the Conservatorium "F. Torrefranca" and the "International Polytechnic Scientia et Ars" in Vibo Valentia, Italy. He was the first oboist who recorded "Oboe Sconcer ...

(born 1963), Italian * Jonathan Dlouhy, American *

Diana Doherty Diana Doherty is an Australian oboist, currently Principal Oboe with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Biography Diana Doherty was born in Brisbane, where she began her education. She attended Brisbane State High School. She studied both piano an ...

(born 1966), Australian * Elaine Douvas (born 1952), American *

Stuart Edward Dunkel Stuart Dunkel is an oboist and painter based in Massachusetts. He has performed in a number of orchestras listed below. He has been painting since age five and playing music since age 7. He has written a book ''The Audition Process: Anxiety Ma ...

, American *

Niels Eje Niels Eje (born Copenhagen 1954) is a Danish composer and oboist. Niels Eje was educated at the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in Denmark 1974 to 1979. Thereafter he studied with Lothar Koch of the Berlin Philharmonic. His career included a positio ...

(born 1954), Danish *

Majid Entezami Majid Entezami ( fa, مجید انتظامی) (born 9 March 1948) is an Iranian composer, conductor, musician and oboist. He composed music for 9 television series, 10 suite symphonies and over 80 movies. His works include The Cyclist, The Fate ...

(born 1947), Iranian

F-H

John Ferrillo John Ferrillo is an American oboist. He has been the Principal Oboe of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 2001. He is also member at the Tanglewood Music Center. Prior to these posts, he was Co-Principal Oboe of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra i ...

, American * (born 1938), English * *

Thomas Gallant Thomas Gallant is an American oboist who performs with the Adaskin String Trio as well as other chamber music groups. Gallant is managing director of General Arts Touring, Inc., a classical and contemporary musicians agency. Biography Early li ...

, American *

Alfred Genovese Alfred Genovese (April 25, 1931 – March 11, 2011) was principal oboe of both the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Genovese was born on April 25, 1931, in Philadelphia. He began his study of the oboe at age 16 with J ...

(1931–2011), American *

Ariana Ghez Ariana Ghez (born 1979) is an American classical oboist. From 2006 to 2017, Ghez was the principal oboist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Prior to Los Angeles, she was principal oboist of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and the Santa Fe O ...

(born 1979), American *

Burkhard Glaetzner Burkhard Glaetzner (born 29 May 1943) is a German oboe virtuoso und conductor. He is one of the leading oboe players in Germany. Life Glaetzner was born in Poznań. His grandfather was the Goethe researcher , who last taught in Leipzig. In ...

(born 1943), German * Wynne Godley (1926–2010), English (economist) * Henrik Chaim Goldschmidt (born 1959), Danish *

Ingo Goritzki Ingo Goritzki (born 22 February 1939 in Berlin, Germany) is a German oboist, pianist, and flautist.Charles Hamann (born 1971), American-Canadian * (born 1965), German *

Jared Hauser Jared Hauser (born 1971), is an American oboist, recording artist, and educator. He is associate professor of oboe at Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music in Nashville, Tennessee, and also teaches at the National Music Festival in Chestert ...

(born 1971), American * (born 1940), Dutch *

Brynjar Hoff Brynjar Hoff (born 1 October 1940) is a Norwegian oboist. Hoff was born in Orkdal to organists Erling Hoff and Magnhild Bergljot Bakken. He was associated with the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra 1955–1958, the Norwegian National Opera and Bal ...

(born 1940), Norwegian *

Heinz Holliger Heinz Robert Holliger (born 21 May 1939) is a Swiss virtuoso oboist, composer and conductor. Celebrated for his versatility and technique, Holliger is among the most prominent oboists of his generation. His repertoire includes Baroque and Classic ...

(born 1939), Swiss * * Bernd Holz (born 1955), German *

Christian Hommel Christian Hommel (born January 23, 1981) is a German former professional ice hockey defenseman. He most notably played for Iserlohn Roosters The Iserlohn Roosters are a professional ice hockey team based in Iserlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia. They ...

(born 1963), German * Gordon Hunt (born 1950), English

I-L

* (born 1951), Swiss * Eugene Izotov (born 1973), Russian-American * Florin Ionoaia (born 1956), Romanian * Jean-Claude Jaboulay, French *

Helen Jahren Mai Åse Helen Jahren (born 2 May 1959) is a Sweden, Swedish List of oboists, oboist. Jahren has performed many works by contemporary Swedish composers, such as Sven-David Sandström, André Chini and Mårten Josjö. Biography Jahren studied wit ...

(born 1959), Swedish *

Kamil Jalilov Kamil Jalil oğlu Jalilov ( az, Kamil Cəlil oglu Cəlilov; 29 January 1938 – 22 February 2022) was an Azerbaijani musician known for his master expertise playing wind instruments and national folk instruments.Kamil Jalilovun Hekayetleri, Baku ...

(1938–2022), Azerbaijani * Arthur Jensen (1925–2018), American * Giorgi Kalandarishvili (born 1983) Georgian-German. Muenster Symphony, University of Music in Muenster "Musikhochschule Münster" *

Michael Kamen Michael Arnold Kamen (April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was an American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, songwriter, and session musician. Biography Early life Michael Arnold Kamen was born in ...

(1948–2003), American (film score composer) *

Melvin Kaplan Melvin Kaplan (August 29, 1929 – September 25, 2022) was an American oboist, concert manager, and formerly a teacher at the Juilliard School for 25 years. He was for many years a featured performer and lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ...

(born 1929), American *

Jonathan Kelly Jonathan Kelly (born Jonathan Ledingham, 8 July 1947 – 2 May 2020) was an Irish folk rock singer-songwriter, who enjoyed a varied career in music, playing with many musicians and groups, including Eric Clapton and Tim Staffell. He formed Jon ...

(born 1969), British * Dimitris Kitsos (born 1971), Greek *

Alex Klein Alex Klein (born 1964, Porto Alegre) is an oboist who began his musical studies in his native Brazil at the age of nine, and made his solo orchestral debut the following year. At the age of eleven he was invited to join the Camerata Antigua, one o ...

(born 1964), Brazilian *

Elizabeth Koch Elizabeth Koch Tiscione (born 1986) is an oboist and principal oboe of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. She joined the ASO in the fall of 2007, and was granted tenure January 2009. She is a native of Buffalo, New York. Her teachers were Richard Woo ...

(born 1986), American *

Lothar Koch 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 ...

(1935–2003), German * * (born ), Estonian * Yeon-Hee Kwak (born ), Korean *

François Leleux François Leleux (born July 1971 in Croix, Nord) is a French oboist, conductor, and professor. His professional career began at 18 when he became principal oboe at the Paris Opera. He went on to win a solo position at the Bavarian Radio Symphony Or ...

(born 1971), French * (born 1943), Hungarian * Jay Light (born 1940s), American *

Michael Lisicky Michael Lisicky (born 1964) is an American non-fiction writer, journalist, and oboist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. As a department store historian, Lisicky has given lectures at the New York Public Library, Boston Public Library, Free Lib ...

(born 1964), American

M-Q

John Mack John Mack may refer to: * John Martin Mack (1715–1784), Moravian bishop * John Mack (Medal of Honor recipient) (1843–1881), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient * John J. Mack (coach) (1870–1923), Yale University track coac ...

(1927–2006), American * Charles Mackerras (1925–2010), Australian (conductor) * * Jean-Claude Malgoire (1940–2018), French * Joel Marangella (born 1940s), American * Eldevina Materula (born 1982), Mozambican * Albrecht Mayer (born 1965), German * Malcolm Messiter, English * Fumiaki Miyamoto (born 1949) 宮本文昭, Japanese * Lucas Macías Navarro (born 1978), Spanish * Katherine Needleman (born 1978), American * (born 1978), Russian * Christopher O'Neal (oboist), Christopher O'Neal (born 1953), British * (born 1967), Dutch * Ivan Podyomov, (born 1986), Russian * (1918–2010), Russian

R-S

* Wayne Rapier (1930–2005), American * Elizabeth Raum (born 1945), Canadian * * Sally Sarah Johnston Reid (born 1948), American * * Juozas Rimas (born 1942), Lithuanian * Roger Roe (born 1968), American, assistant principal oboist/English horn player of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra * Carlo Romano (oboist), Carlo Romano (born 1954), Italian * Joseph Robinson (oboist), Joseph Robinson (born 1940), American * * Pierre Rolland (musician), Pierre Rolland (1931–2011), Canadian * Ronald Roseman (1933–2000), American * Edwin Roxburgh (born 1937), English * * Telena Ruth (born 1957), Australian * Graham Salter, English * Hansjorg Schellenberger (born 1948), German * Bernard Schenkel (born 1941), Swiss * Bart Schneemann (born 1954), Dutch * (born 1970), German * Martin Schuring (American) * Jonathan Small (oboist), Jonathan Small (born 1956), English * Peter Smith (oboist), Peter Smith, American * Jan Spronk (born ), Dutch * Eva Steinaa (born 1993), Danish * Ray Still (1920–2014), American * Quartetto Gelato, Cynthia Steljes (1960–2006), Canadian * Daniel Stolper (1935–2020), American * Laila Storch (1921–2022), American * Linda Strommen (born 1957), American

T-Z

* Blair Tindall (born 1960), American (author) * Jacques Tys, French * Alexei Utkin (born 1957), Russian * (born 1963), Belgian * Allan Vogel (born 1944), American * Han de Vries (born 1941), Dutch * * Edo de Waart (born 1941), Dutch * (conductor) * (born 1958), French * Liang Wang (oboist), Liang Wang (born 1980) 王亮, Chinese

* Mark Weiger (1959–2008), American * Judith Weir (born 1954), Scottish (composer) * * Helmut Winschermann (1920–2021), German (conductor) * Richard Woodhams (born 1949), American * Renato Zanfini, Italian * Omar Zoboli (born 1953), Italian

Contemporary oboists best known for playing English horn (cor anglais) or oboe d'amore

* Russ deLuna (born 1969), American * Jennifer Paull (born 1944), English (

) * Christine Pendrill, English * Louis Rosenblatt (1928–2009), American * Grover Schiltz (1931–2012), American * Thomas Stacy (born 1938), American *

Contemporary oboists best known for playing period instruments

* Katharina Arfken, German * Paul Dombrecht (born 1948), Belgian * Ku Ebbinge (born 1948), Dutch * * Paul Goodwin (born 1956), English * * Bruce Haynes (1942–2011), American-Canadian * * (born 1943), Japanese (conductor) * Christopher Palameta (born 1979), Canadian * Michel Piguet (1932–2004), Swiss * * Marcel Ponseele (born 1957), Belgian * Susanne Regel (born 1974), German *

(1950–1987), American * * Hugo Reyne (born 1961), French * Anthony Robson (born 1955), English * Marc Schachman, American David Wright
"Philharmonia Baroque’s “Teseo” teeters between broad comedy, deeper emotions"
''Boston Classical Review'', August 15, 2014

Oboists performing primarily outside classical genres

As primary instrument

* Kyle Bruckmann (born 1971), American – free improvisation * Lindsay Cooper (1951–2013), English – art rock * Jean-Luc Fillon (born 1960s), French – jazz * Karl Jenkins (born 1944), Welsh * – jazz * Colin Maier (born 1976), Canadian – new classical, celtic * Paul McCandless (born 1947), American * – jazz * Nancy Rumbel (born 1951), American – new age * Sonny Simmons (1933–2021), American – jazz * Frank Socolow (1923–1981), American – jazz * Kate St John (born 1957), English – art rock, pop * Libby Van Cleve (born 1958), American – avant garde * Russel Walder (born 1959), American – new age

As secondary instrument

* Ahmad Alaadeen (1934–2010), American – jazz (saxophonist) * Marshall Allen (born 1924), American – jazz (saxophonist) * Derek Bell (musician), Derek Bell (1935–2002), Irish – folk (harpist) * Amanda Brown (musician), Amanda Brown (born 1965), Australian – indie rock (violinist, guitarist) * Garvin Bushell (1902–1991), American – jazz (all reeds) * Bob Cooper (musician), Bob Cooper (1925–1993), American – jazz (saxophone) * Julie Fowlis (born 1979), Scottish – Celtic (vocalist) * Vinny Golia (born 1946), American – jazz (all woodwinds) * Joseph Jarman (1937–2019), American – jazz (clarinetist, saxophonist) * Mick Karn (1958–2011), British – rock (multi-instrumentalist) * Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1936–1977), American – jazz (multi-instrumentalist) * Yusef Lateef (1920–2013), American – jazz (saxophonist, flutist) * Giuseppi Logan (1935–2020), American – jazz (multi-instrumentalist) * Andy Mackay (born 1946), English – art rock (saxophonist) * Charlie Mariano (1923–2009), American – jazz (saxophonist) * Makanda Ken McIntyre (1931–2001), American – jazz (saxophonist) * Roscoe Mitchell (born 1940), American – jazz (saxophonist) * Dewey Redman (1931–2006), American – jazz (saxophonist, suona) * Don Redman (1900–1964), American – jazz (clarinetist, saxophonist) * Sufjan Stevens (born 1975), American – indie rock (multi-instrumentalist) * Kjartan Sveinsson (born 1978), Icelandic – post-rock (keyboardist)

Shehnai players

* Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan (1939–2016), Indian * Bismillah Khan (1916–2006), Indian * S. Ballesh (born 1958), Indian

References

External links

The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
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International Double Reed Society website

Exhaustive list of active double-reed musicians
at oboeinsight.com
Important people in oboe history
Lists of musicians by instrument, Oboists Oboists, Classical oboists, Cor anglais players,