List of oboists explained

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 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.

Historical oboists

Baroque period 1600–1760

• Francesco Barsanti (1690–1772), Italian * (composer)
• Alessandro Besozzi (1702–1773), Italian
• Antonio Besozzi (1714–1781), Italian
• Cristoforo Besozzi (1661–1725), Italian
• Giuseppe Besozzi (1686–1760), Italian
• Paolo Girolamo Besozzi (1713–1778), Italian
• Mateo Bissoli (Bisioli) (1711 – 1780), Italian^[1]
• Esprit Philippe Chédeville (1696–1762), French *
• Nicolas Chédeville (1705–1782), French *
• Pierre Chédeville (1694–1725), French *
• André Danican Philidor (c. 1652–1730), French * (music librarian)
• Anne Danican Philidor (1681–1728), French
• Jean Danican Philidor (1620 – 1679), French
• (1580–1651), French
• (1681–1731), French
• John Ernest Galliard (1675 – 1747), German *
• Johann Caspar Gleditsch (1684–1747), German ("Bach's oboist")^[2]
• Peter Glösch (1685 – 1754), German^[3]
• Jean Hotteterre (1610 – 1691), French * (instrument maker) (one of several oboists in the family)
• Martin Hotteterre (1635–1712), French * (instrument maker)
• Nicolas Hotteterre (1637–1694), French *
• Johann Christian Jacobi (1719–1784), German (oboist at Janitsch's "Freitags-Akademien")
• Jean Christian Kytch (died 1738), Dutch ("Handel's oboist")
• François La Riche (1662 – after 1733), Flemish *^[4]
• Jacques Loeillet (1685–1748), Flemish *
• Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (1680–1730), Flemish *
• Jacques Paisible (1656 – 1721), French (oboist in Robert Cambert orchestra which moved to London in 1673)
• Joan Baptista Pla (1720 – 1773), Spanish *
• Josep Pla (1728–1762), Spanish *
• Manuel Pla (1725 – 1766), Spanish *
• Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697–1763), Italian *^[5]
• Johann Christian Richter (1689–1744), German^[4]
• Jacob Riehman (1680 – 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 (1674 –), English * (composer)^[6]

Classical period 1730–1820

• Sante Aguilar (1734 – 1808), Italian^[7]
• Christian Frederik Barth (1787–1861), Danish
• Christian Samuel Barth (1735–1809), German *
• Frederik Philip Carl August Barth (1774–1804), Danish *
• Georg Benda (1722–1795), Czech * (composer)
• Carlo Besozzi (1738–1791), Italian
• Francesco Besozzi (1766–1816), Italian
• Gaetano Besozzi (1725–1794), Italian
• Girolamo Besozzi (1745 – 1788), Italian
• Friedrich Braun (1759–1824), German *
• Franz Joseph Czerwenka (1759–1835), Czech-Austrian ("Beethoven's oboist")^[8]
• Georg Druschetzky (1745–1819), Czech *
• Giuseppe Ferlendis (1755–1810), Italian *^[9]
• Josef Fiala (1748–1816), Czech * ("Mozart's oboist 1")
• Johann Christian Fischer (1733–1800), German *^[10]
• Joseph François Garnier (1755–1825), French *
• Michel Joseph Gebauer (1763–1812), French *
• Gottlieb Graupner (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 (1770–after 1819), Czech *
• Ludwig August Lebrun (1746–1790), German *
• Ignace Malzat (1757–1804), Austrian (probably wrote the "Haydn" oboe concerto) *
• (1723 – 1804), Italian *
• Carl Ludwig Matthes (1751–?), German
• 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")^[7]
• François Alexandre Antoine Sallantin (1755 –), French *
• Johann Friedrich Schröter (1724–1811), German *
• Charles J. Suck (–), English *
• Philipp Teimer (Filip Matyas Tajmar) (1767–1817), Bohemian (English horn)^[11]
• Georg Triebensee (1746–1813), Bohemian *
• Josef Triebensee (1772–1846), Bohemian * (composer)
• (1745–1801), Bohemian *
• Thomas Vincent (1720–1783), English *

Romantic period 1815–1910

• Apollon Barret (1804–1879), French *^[12]
• Christian Frederik Barth (1787–1861), Danish *
• Richard Baumgärtel (1858–1941), German^[13]
• Félix-Charles Berthélemy (1829–1868), French^[14]
• Carl A.P. Braun (1788–1835), German *
• Wilhelm Braun (1796–1867), German *
• Henri Brod (1799–1839), French *^[15]
• Baldassare Centroni (1784 – 1860), Italian ("Rossini's oboist")^[16]
• (1832–1881), French^[17]
• Franz Wilhelm Ferling (1796–1874), German
• (1909–1971), German^[18]
• Georges Gillet (1854–1920), French *^[19]
• Joseph Gungl (1810–1889), Hungarian * (conductor)
• Johann Peter Heuschkel (1773–1853), German *
• Ernst Krähmer (1795–1857), German *
• Olivo Krause (1857–1927), Danish
• Desiré Alfred Lalande (1866–1904), French *
• Antoine Joseph Lavigne (1816–1886), French^[20]
• Johann Heinrich Luft (1813–1877), German^[21]
• William Malsch (1855–1924), English *
• Giovanni Paggi (1806–1887), Italian *
• Antonio Pasculli (1842–1924), Italian * (the "Paganini of the oboe")
• Charles Reynolds (1843–1916), English^[22]
• Friedrich Ruthardt (1800–1862), German
• Adolf Rzepko (1825–1892), Polish *
• Joseph Sellner (1787–1843), Austrian^[23]
• Pedro Soler (1810–1850), Spanish^[24]
• Friedrich-Eugen Thurner (1785–1827), German^[25]
• Charles Triébert (1810–1867), French *
• Frédéric Triébert (1813–1878), French * (instrument maker)^[26]
• Raoul Triébert (1845 –), French *
• Stanislas Verroust (1814–1863), French^[27]
• Gustave Vogt (1781–1870), French *
• Friedrich Westenholz (1778–1840), German *
• Carlo Yvon (1798–1854), Italian^[28]

20th-century oboists

A–L

• Albert J. Andraud (1884–1975), French-American^[29]
• Rhadames Angelucci (1915–1991), American^[30]
• Alfred Barthel (1871–1957), French^[31]
• Evelyn Barbirolli (born Evelyn Rothwell), (1911–2008), English *^[32]
• Louis Bas (1863–1944), French ^[33]
• Etienne Baudo (1903–2001), French^[34]
• (1871–1941), French
• Robert Bloom (1908–1994), American *^[35]
• Joy Boughton (1913–1963), English^[36]
• Maurice Bourgue (1939–2023), French
• Leonard Brain (1915–1975), English *
• Henri de Busscher (1880–1975), Belgian *^[37]
• Natalie Caine (1909–2008), English
• (1932–1984), French
• Janet Craxton (1929–1981), English *^[38] (Sister of the painter John Craxton)
• William Criss (1921–1984), American^[39]
• John de Lancie (1921–2002), American *
• Albert Debondue (1895–1984), French^[40]
• Antonio Estévez (1916–1988), Venezuelan * (composer)
• Alvin Etler (1913–1973), American * (composer)
• Svend Christian Felumb (1898–1972), Danish^[41]
• Peter Fischer (1924–2004), German^[42]
• Fritz Flemming (born 1872 or 1873; died 1947), German^[43]
• (1905–1984), Canadian
• Bert Gassman (1911–2004), American^[44]
• Fernand Gillet (1882–1980), French^[45]
• Ruth Gipps (1921–1999), British (composer)
• Albert Goltzer (1918–2007), American^{[46] [47]}
• Harold Gomberg (1916–1985), American *
• Ralph Gomberg (1921–2006), American *
• Leon Goossens (1897–1988), English *
• Peter Graeme (1921–2012), English
• Percy Grainger (1882–1961), Australian-American
• (1910–1990), Czech *
• Earnest Harrison (1918–2005), American^[48]
• Hans Kamesch (1901–1975), Austrian^[49]
• Rudolf Kempe (1910–1976), German * (conductor)
• Bruno Labate (1883–1968), Italian^[50]
• Roland Lamorlette (1894–1960), French^[40]
• Alfred Läubin (1906–1976), American (instrument maker)
• Marc Lifschey (1926–2000), American^[51]
• Georges Longy (1868–1930), French *^[52]

M–Z

• Terence MacDonagh (1908–1986), British^[53]
• Arno Mariotti (1911–1993), German-born American^[54]
• Josef Marx (1913–1978), German-American *^[55]
• Robert Mayer (1910–1994), American^[56]
• Karl Mayrhofer (1927–1976), Austrian^[57]
• Mitch Miller (1911–2010), American (choir conductor, recording director)
• Myrtile Morel (1889–1979), French^[58]
• (1904–1983), American^[59]
• Pierre Pierlot (1921–2007), French^[60]
• Giuseppe Prestini (1877–1930), Italian^[61]
• David Reichenberg (1950–1987), American * (also listed under period instrumentalists below)
• A. Clyde Roller (1914–2005), American
• Marcel Saillet (1898–1983), Swiss ^[62]
• Jürg Schaeftlein (1929–1986), Austrian *^[63]
• Riccardo Scozzi (1878–1955), Italian^[61]
• Edgar Shann (1919–1984), Swiss^[64]
• Harry Shulman (1916–1971), American^[65]
• Jerry Sirucek (1922–1996), American^[66]
• (1922–1995), Dutch^[67]
• Václav Smetáček (1906–1986), Czech * (conductor)
• Robert Sprenkle (1914–1988), American^[68]
• Warren Stannard (1923–1995), American^{[69] [70]}
• William Grant Still (1895–1978), American * (composer)
• (1915–1964), Dutch *
• Jaap Stotijn (1891–1970), Dutch *
• František Suchý (1902–1977), Czech *
• Sidney Sutcliffe (1918–2001), Scottish^[34]
• (1922–2008), Japanese ^[71]
• Marcel Tabuteau (1887–1966), French/American *
• Jiří Tancibudek (1921–2004), Czech-Australian ^[72]
• Giuseppe Tomassini (1915–1987), Italian^[73]
• Lois Wann (1912–1999), American^[74]
• Alexander Wunderer (1877–1955), Austrian^[75]

20th-century players of the English horn

• Engelbert Brenner (1904–1986), Austrian- born American^[76]
• Harry Freedman (1922–2005), Polish-born Canadian (composer)
• Hans Hadamowsky (1906–1986), Austrian^[77]
• Peter Henkelman (1882–1949), Dutch^[78]
• Leo van der Lek (1908–1999), Dutch^[79]
• John Minsker (1912–2007), American^[80]
• Louis Speyer (1890–1980), French-born American

Contemporary classical oboists

A–B

• Janice Applegate (born 1948), American
• Max Artved (born 1965), Danish^[81]
• Franck Avril (born 1953), French-American
• Theodore Baskin (born 1950), American
• Perry Bauman (1918–2004), American-Canadian^[82]
• William Bennett (1956–2013), American^[83]
• Melvin Berman (1929–2008), American-Canadian
• (1929–2020), Uruguayan *
• Neil Black (1932–2016), English
• Peter Bowman, American^[84]
• Douglas Boyd (born 1960), Scottish^[85]
• Peter Bree (born 1949), Dutch^[86]
• Riccardo Bricchi (born 1959), Italian^{[87] [88] [89]}

C–E

• Evgeni Dimitrov (born 1942), Bulgarian *
• German Cáceres (born 1954), Salvadoran * (composer)
• George Caird (born c. 1950), English^[90]
• Anthony Camden (1938–2006), English^[91]
• Roy Carter (born 1949), English
• Joseph Celli (born 1944), American *
• Nicholas Daniel (born 1962), English
• Clara Dent (born 1973), German (daughter of Simon Dent)^[92]
• (born 1972), Australian^[93]
• Paolo Di Cioccio (born 1963), Italian
• Jonathan Dlouhy, American^[94]
• Diana Doherty (born 1966), Australian
• Elaine Douvas (born 1952), American
• Stuart Edward Dunkel, American
• Niels Eje (born 1954), Danish^[95]
• Majid Entezami (born 1947), Iranian

F–H

• John Ferrillo, American^[96]
• (born 1938), English *
• Thomas Gallant, American
• Alfred Genovese (1931–2011), American
• Ariana Ghez (born 1979), American^[97]
• Burkhard Glaetzner (born 1943), German
• Wynne Godley (1926–2010), English (economist)
• Henrik Chaim Goldschmidt (born 1959), Danish^[98]
• Ingo Goritzki (born 1939), German^[99]
• Charles Hamann (born 1971), American-Canadian^[100]
• Nicola Hands (born 1987), British-French^[101]
• (born 1965), German^[102]
• Jared Hauser (born 1971), American
• (1940–2023), Dutch^{[103] [104]}
• Brynjar Hoff (born 1940), Norwegian
• Heinz Holliger (born 1939), Swiss *
• Bernd Holz (born 1955), German^{[105] [106] [107]}
• Christian Hommel (born 1963), German^[108]
• Gordon Hunt (born 1950), English^[109]

I–L

• (born 1951), Swiss^{[110] [111]}
• Eugene Izotov (born 1973), Russian-American
• Florin Ionoaia (born 1956), Romanian
• Jean-Claude Jaboulay, French^[112]
• Helen Jahren (born 1959), Swedish^[113]
• Kamil Jalilov (1938–2022), Azerbaijani
• Arthur Jensen (1925–2018), American^[114]
• Giorgi Kalandarishvili (born 1983) Georgian-German. Muenster Symphony, University of Music in Muenster "Musikhochschule Münster"
• Michael Kamen (1948–2003), American (film score composer)
• Melvin Kaplan (born 1929), American
• Jonathan Kelly (born 1969), British
• Dimitris Kitsos (born 1971), Greek^[115]
• Alex Klein (born 1964), Brazilian
• Elizabeth Koch (born 1986), American
• Lothar Koch (1935–2003), German *
• (born 1975), Estonian^[116]
• Yeon-Hee Kwak (born c. 1969), Korean^[117]
• François Leleux (born 1971), French
• (born 1943), Hungarian^[118]
• Jay Light (born 1940s), American
• Michael Lisicky (born 1964), American

M–Q

• John Mack (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^{[119] [120]}
• Christopher O'Neal (born 1953), British^[121]
• (born 1967), Dutch^[122]
• Ivan Podyomov, (born 1986), Russian
• (1918–2010), Russian^[123]

R–S

• Wayne Rapier (1930–2005), American^[124]
• Elizabeth Raum (born 1945), Canadian *^[125]
• 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 (born 1954), Italian^[126]
• Joseph Robinson (born 1940), American *
• Pierre Rolland (1931–2011), Canadian
• Ronald Roseman (1933–2000), American^[127]
• Edwin Roxburgh (born 1937), English *
• Telena Ruth (born 1957), Australian^[128]
• Graham Salter, English^[129]
• Hansjorg Schellenberger (born 1948), German^[130]
• Bernard Schenkel (born 1941), Swiss^[131]
• Bart Schneemann (born 1954), Dutch
• (born 1970), German^[132]
• Martin Schuring (American)^[133]
• Jonathan Small (born 1956), English^[134]
• Peter Smith, American
• Toyin Spellman-Diaz, American
• Jan Spronk (born 1940), Dutch ^[135]
• Eva Steinaa (born 1993), Danish^[136]
• Ray Still (1920–2014), American
• Cynthia Steljes (1960–2006), Canadian^[137]
• Daniel Stolper (1935–2020), American
• Laila Storch (1921–2022), American^{[138] [139]}
• Linda Strommen (born 1957), American

T–Z

• Blair Tindall (born 1960), American (author)
• Jacques Tys, French^[140]
• Alexei Utkin (born 1957), Russian^[141]
• (born 1963), Belgian^[142]
• Allan Vogel (born 1944), American
• Han de Vries (born 1941), Dutch *^[143]
• Edo de Waart (born 1941), Dutch * (conductor)
• (born 1958), French^[144]
• Liang Wang (born 1980) 王亮, Chinese

• Mark Weiger (1959–2008), American^[145]
• Judith Weir (born 1954), Scottish (composer) *
• Helmut Winschermann (1920–2021), German (conductor)^[146]
• Richard Woodhams (born 1949), American
• Renato Zanfini, Italian^[61]
• Omar Zoboli (born 1953), Italian^[147]

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

• Russ deLuna (born 1969), American^[148]
• Jennifer Paull (born 1944), English (oboe d'amore)^[149]
• Christine Pendrill, English^[150]
• Louis Rosenblatt (1928–2009), American^{[151] [152]}
• Grover Schiltz (1931–2012), American^[153]
• Thomas Stacy (born 1938), American *

Contemporary oboists best known for playing period instruments

• Katharina Arfken, German^[154]
• Paul Dombrecht (born 1948), Belgian^[155]
• Ku Ebbinge (born 1948), Dutch *
• Paul Goodwin (born 1956), English *^[156]
• Bruce Haynes (1942–2011), American-Canadian *
• (born 1943), Japanese (conductor)^[157]
• Christopher Palameta (born 1979), Canadian
• Michel Piguet (1932–2004), Swiss *
• Marcel Ponseele (born 1957), Belgian^[158]
• Susanne Regel (born 1974), German
• David Reichenberg (1950–1987), American *^[159]
• Hugo Reyne (born 1961), French^[160]
• Anthony Robson (born 1955), English^[161]
• Marc Schachman, American^{[162] [163]}

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 (1935–2002), Irish – folk (harpist)
• Amanda Brown (born 1965), Australian – indie rock (violinist, guitarist)
• Garvin Bushell (1902–1991), American – jazz (all reeds)
• 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

Further reading

• 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
• Book: Burgess . Geoffrey . Haynes . Bruce . Bruce Haynes. The Oboe . 2004. New Haven . Yale University Press . 978-0-300-10053-2 . Yale Musical Instrument Series.
• Ryoichi Narusawa (ed. Marc Fink) "A History of Oboe Playing in Japan" (The Double Reed, Vol.27 No.4, International Double Reed Society) 2004

External links

• The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
• International Double Reed Society website
• The repertory of the oboe soloist in the 19th century
• Exhaustive list of active double-reed musicians at oboeinsight.com
• Important people in oboe history

Notes and References

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15. http://www.idrs.org/scores/brod/Commentary/Introduction.html "Introduction to the New Brod Oboe Method"
16. Burgess, p.153
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24. Philip Bale, The Oboe: An Outline of Its History, Development, and Construction, W.W. Norton, 1975,, pp. 80, 201
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