List of oboists

Two musette players from the Cantigas de Santa Maria, 13th century

An oboist (formerly hautboist) is a musician who plays the oboe or any oboe family instrument, including the cor anglais, oboe d'amore, shawm and 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

"Danse des Nymphes" tapestry detail - Gobelins manufactory, 1687

• Johann Jacob Bach (1682–1722), German (Bach’s brother)
• 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) (c. 1711–1780), Italian^[1]
• Esprit Philippe Chédeville (1696–1762), French *
• Nicolas Chédeville (1705–1782), French *
• Pierre Chédeville (1694–1725), French *
• Michel Danican dit Philidor (1580–1651), French fr:Michel I Danican Philidor
• André Danican Philidor (c. 1652–1730), French * (music librarian) fr:André I Danican Philidor
• Anne Danican Philidor (1681–1728), French
• Jean Danican Philidor (c. 1620–1679), French
• Pierre Danican Philidor (1681–1731), French fr:Pierre Danican Philidor
• John Ernest Galliard (c. 1675–1747), German *
• Johann Caspar Gleditsch (1684–1747), German ("Bach's oboist")^[2]
• Peter Glösch (c. 1685–1754), German^[3]
• Jean Hotteterre (c. 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 c. 1738), Dutch ("Handel's oboist")
• Johann François La Riche (1662-after 1733), Flemish *^[4]
• Jacques Loeillet (1685–1748), Flemish *
• Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (1680–1730), Flemish *
• Jacques Paisible (c. 1656–1721), French (oboist in Robert Cambert orchestra which moved to London in 1673)
• Joan Baptista Pla (c. 1720–1773), Spanish *
• Josep Pla (1728–1762), Spanish *
• Manuel Pla (c. 1725–1766), Spanish *
• Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697–1763), Italian *^[5]
• Johann Christian Richter (1689–1744), German^[6]
• Jacob Riehman (c. 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–c. 1740), English * (composer)^[7]

Classical period 1730–1820

Portrait of an unknown oboist by anonymous painter, 1st half 18th century

• Sante Aguilar (c. 1734–1808), Italian^[8]
• 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 (c. 1745–1788), Italian
• Friedrich Braun (1759–1824), German *
• Franz Joseph Czerwenka (1759–1835), Czech-Austrian ("Beethoven's oboist")^[9]
• Georg Druschetzky (1745–1819), Czech *
• Giuseppe Ferlendis (1755–1810), Italian *^[10]
• Josef Fiala (1748–1816), Czech * ("Mozart's oboist 1")
• Johann Christian Fischer (1733–1800), German *^[11]
• 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) *
• Domenico Mancinelli (c. 1723–1804), Italian * it:Domenico Mancinelli
• 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")^[12]
• François Alexandre Antoine Sallantin (1755 – c. 1830), French *
• Johann Friedrich Schröter (1724–1811), German *
• Charles J. Suck (c. 1760–c. 1808), English *
• Philipp Teimer (Filip Matyas Tajmar) (1767–1817), Bohemian (English horn)^[13]
• Georg Triebensee (1746–1813), Bohemian *
• Josef Triebensee (1772–1846), Bohemian * (composer)
• Thomas Vincent (musician) (1720–1783), English *
• Johann Nepomuk Went (1745–1801), Bohemian * nl:Jan Nepomuk Vent

Romantic period 1815–1910

Johann Friedrich Diethe (1810–1891), oboist of the Gewandhausorchester by C. Reimers

• Apollon Barret (1804–1879), French *^[14]
• Christian Frederik Barth (1787–1861), Danish *
• Richard Baumgärtel (1858–1941), German^[15]
• Félix-Charles Berthélemy (1829–1868), French^[16]
• Carl A.P. Braun (1788–1835), German *
• Wilhelm Braun (1796–1867), German *
• Henri Brod (1799–1839), French *^[17] fr:Henri Brod
• Baldassare Centroni (c. 1784–1860), Italian ("Rossini's oboist")^[18]
• Charles Colin (1832–1881), French^[19] de:Charles Colin
• Franz Wilhelm Ferling (1796–1874), German
• Georges Gillet (1854–1920), French *^[20]
• 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^[21]
• Johann Heinrich Luft (1813–1877), German^[22]
• 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^[23]
• Friedrich Ruthardt (1800–1862), German
• Adolf Rzepko (1825–1892), Polish *
• Joseph Sellner (1787–1843), Austrian^[24]
• Pedro Soler (1810–1850), Spanish^[25]
• Friedrich-Eugen Thurner (1785–1827), German^[26]
• Charles Triébert (1810–1867), French *
• Frédéric Triébert (1813–1878), French * (instrument maker)^[27]
• Raoul Triébert (1845–c. 1894), French *
• Stanislas Verroust (1814–1863), French^[28] fr:Stanislas Verroust
• Gustave Vogt (1781–1870), French * fr:Gustave Vogt
• Friedrich Westenholz (1778–1840), German *
• Carlo Yvon (1798–1854), Italian^[29]

20th-century oboists

Marcel Tabuteau in 1915

A-L

• 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]
• Louis Bleuzet (1871–1941), French fr:Louis Bleuzet
• Robert Bloom (1908–1994), American *^[35]
• Joy Boughton (1913–1963), English^[36]
• Leonard Brain (1915–1975), English *
• Henri de Busscher (1880–1975), Belgian *^[37]
• Natalie Caine (1909–2008), English
• Jacques Chambon (1932–1984), French fr:Jacques Chambon (musicien)
• Janet Craxton (1929–1981), English *^[38] (Sister of the painter John Craxton)
• William Criss (1921–1984), American^[39]
• 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]
• 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
• František Hanták (1910–1990), Czech * cs:František Hanták
• 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^[51]
• John de Lancie (1921–2002), American *
• Alfred Läubin (1906–1976), American (instrument maker)
• Marc Lifschey (1926–2000), American^[52]
• Georges Longy (1868–1930), French *^[53]

M-Z

• Terence MacDonagh (1908–1986), British^[54]
• Arno Mariotti (1911–1993), German-born American^[55]
• Josef Marx (1913–1978), German-American *^[56]
• Robert Mayer (1910–1994), American^[57]
• Karl Mayrhofer (1927–1976), Austrian^[58]
• Mitch Miller (1911–2010), American (choir conductor, recording director)
• Myrtile Morel (1889–1979), French^[59]
• Florian Mueller (1904–1983), American^[60]
• Pierre Pierlot (1921–2007), French^[61]
• Giuseppe Prestini (1877–1930), Italian^[62]
• David Reichenberg (1950–1987), American * (also listed under period instrumentalists below)
• Marcel Saillet (1898–1983), Swiss ^[63]
• Jürg Schaeftlein (1929–1986), Austrian *^[64]
• Riccardo Scozzi (1878–1955), Italian^[65]
• Edgar Shann (1919–1984), Swiss^[66]
• Harry Shulman (1916–1971), American^[67]
• Jerry Sirucek (1922–1996), American^[68]
• Koen van Slogteren (1922–1995), Dutch^[69] nl:Koen van Slogteren
• Václav Smetáček (1906–1986), Czech * (conductor)
• Robert Sprenkle (1914–1988), American^[70]
• Warren Stannard (1923–1995), American ^[71][72]
• William Grant Still (1895–1978), American * (composer)
• Haakon Stotijn (1915–1964), Dutch * nl:Haakon Stotijn
• Jaap Stotijn (1891–1970), Dutch *^[73] nl:Jaap Stotijn
• František Suchý (1902–1977), Czech *
• Sidney Sutcliffe (1918–2001), Scottish^[74]
• Seizo Suzuki (1922–2008), Japanese ja:鈴木清三^[75]
• Marcel Tabuteau (1887–1966), French/American *
• Jiří Tancibudek (1921–2004), Czech-Australian ^[76]
• Giuseppe Tomassini (1915–1987), Italian^[77]
• Lois Wann (1912–1999), American^[78]
• Alexander Wunderer (1877–1955), Austrian^[79]

20th-century players of the English horn

• Engelbert Brenner (1904–1986), Austrian- born American^[80]
• Harry Freedman (1922–2005), Polish-born Canadian (composer)
• Hans Hadamowsky (1906–1986), Austrian^[81]
• Peter Henkelman (1882–1949), Dutch^[82]
• Leo van der Lek (1908–1999), Dutch^[83]
• John Minsker (1912–2007), American^[84]
• Louis Speyer (1890–1980), French-born American

Contemporary classical oboists

A-B

• Alessandro Baccini (born 1964), Italian oboist and recorder player, professor at Teramo and Udine *
• Theodore Baskin (born 1950), American
• Perry Bauman (born 1918), American-Canadian^[85]
• William Bennett (1956–2013), American^[86]
• Melvin Berman (1929–2008), Canadian
• León Biriotti (born 1929), Uruguayan *
• Neil Black (born 1932), English
• Maurice Bourgue (born 1939), French * fr:Maurice Bourgue
• Peter Bowman, American^[87]
• Douglas Boyd (born 1960), Scottish^[88]
• Peter Bree (born 1949), Dutch^[89] nl:Peter Bree

C-E

• Germán Cáceres (born 1954), Salvadoran *
• George Caird, English^[90]
• Sandro Caldini (born 1958), Italian
• 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) ru:Дент-Боганьи, Клара^[92]
• Paolo Di Cioccio (born 1963), Italian
• Jonathan Dlouhy, American^[93]
• Diana Doherty (born 1966), Australian
• Elaine Douvas (born 1952), American
• Stuart Edward Dunkel, American
• Niels Eje (born 1954), Danish^[94]
• Majid Entezami (born 1947), Iranian

F-H

• John Ferrillo, American^[95]
• Sarah Francis (born 1938), English *
• Thomas Gallant, American
• Alfred Genovese (1931–2011), American
• Ariana Ghez (born 1979), American^[96]
• Burkhard Glaetzner (born 1943), German^[97] de:Burkhard Glaetzner
• Wynne Godley (1926–2010), English (economist)
• Ingo Goritzki (born 1939), German^[98]
• Charles Hamann (born 1971), American^[99]
• Erin Hannigan, American
• Christoph Hartmann (born 1965), German de: Christoph Hartmann (Oboist)
• Jared Hauser (born 1971), American
• Heinz Holliger (born 1939), Swiss *
• Bernd Holz (born 1955), German^{[100][101][102]}
• Christian Hommel (born 1963), German^[103]
• Gordon Hunt (born 1950), English^[104]

I-L

• Thomas Indermühle (born 1951), Swiss^[105] de:Thomas Indermühle
• Eugene Izotov (born 1973), Russian-American
• Jean-Claude Jaboulay, French^[106]
• Helen Jahren (born 1959), Swedish^[107] sv:Helen Jahren
• Kamil Jalilov (born 1938), Azerbaijani
• Arthur Jensen (born 1925), American^[108]
• Michael Kamen (1948–2003), American (film score composer)
• Richard Kanter (born 1934), American
• Melvin Kaplan (born 1929), American
• Dom Kelly (born 1980), British
• Jonathan Kelly (born 1969), British
• Dimitris Kitsos (born 1971), Greek^[109]
• Alex Klein (born 1964), Brazilian
• Elizabeth Koch (born 1986), American
• Lothar Koch (1935–2003), German *
• Kalev Kuljus (born c. 1975), Estonian^[110]
• Yeon-Hee Kwak (born c. 1969), Korean^[111]
• François Leleux (born 1971), French
• Lajos Lencsés (born 1943), Hungarian^[112] fr:Lajos Lencsés
• Jay Light, American
• Michael Lisicky (born 1964), American

M-Q

• John Mack (1927–2006), American
• Charles Mackerras (1925–2010), Australian (conductor) *
• Jean-Claude Malgoire (born 1940), French
• Joel Marangella (born 1940s), American
• 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
• Christopher O'Neal (born 1953), British
• Pauline Oostenrijk (born 1967), Dutch nl:Pauline Oostenrijk
• Ivan Podyomov, (born 1986), Russian
• Ivan Pushetchnikov (born 1918), Russian

R-S

• Wayne Rapier (1930–2005), American
• Elizabeth Raum (born 1945), Canadian *
• Susanne Regel, German
• Sally Sarah Johnston Reid (born 1948), American *
• Juozas Rimas (born 1942), Lithuanian
• Carlo Romano (born 1954), Italian *
• Joseph Robinson (born 1940), American *
• 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
• Stefan Schilli (born 1970), German ca:Stefan Schilli
• Lawrence Singer (born 1940), American nl:Lawrence Singer
• Jonathan Small (born 1956), English
• Peter Smith, American
• Jan Spronk (born c. 1940), Dutch
• Ray Still (1920–2014), American
• Cynthia Steljes (1960–2006), Canadian
• Daniel Stolper (born 1937), American
• Laila Storch (born 1921), American
• Linda Strommen (born 1957), American

T-Z

• Blair Tindall (born 1960), American (author)
• Jacques Tys, French
• Alexei Utkin (born 1957), Russian
• Piet Van Bockstal (born 1963), Belgian nl:Piet Van Bockstal
• Allan Vogel (born 1944), American
• Han de Vries (born 1941), Dutch *
• Edo de Waart (born 1941), Dutch * (conductor)
• David Walter (born 1958), French fr:David Walter
• Liang Wang (born 1980) 王亮, Chinese
• Mark Weiger (1959–2008), American
• Judith Weir (born 1954), Scottish (composer) *
• Helmut Winschermann (born 1920), German (conductor)
• Richard Woodhams (born 1949), American
• Renato Zanfini, Italian
• Omar Zoboli (born c. 1951), 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 (oboe d'amore)
• 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

• Paul Dombrecht (born 1948), Belgian
• Ku Ebbinge (born 1948), Dutch *
• Paul Goodwin (born 1956), English *
• Bruce Haynes (1942–2011), American *
• Takeharu Nobuhara (born 1943) 延原武春, Japanese (conductor) ja:延原武春
• Michel Piguet (1932–2004), Swiss *
• Marcel Ponseele (born 1957), Belgian nl:Marcel Ponseele
• Susanne Regel, German
• David Reichenberg (1950–1987), American *
• Hugo Reyne (born 1961), French fr:Hugo Reyne
• Anthony Robson (born 1955), English
• Marc Schachman, American

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, French - jazz
• Karl Jenkins (born 1944), Welsh * - jazz
• Paul McCandless (born 1947), American * - jazz
• Nancy Rumbel, American - new age
• Sonny Simmons (born 1933), 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 (born 1937), American - jazz (clarinetist, saxophonist)
• Mick Karn (1958–2011), British - rock (multi-instrumentalist)
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1936–1977), American - jazz (multi-instrumentalist)
• Yusef Lateef (born 1920), American - jazz (saxophonist, flutist)
• Giuseppi Logan (born 1935), 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 (born 1939), Indian
• Bismillah Khan (1916–2006), Indian
• Pandit S. Ballesh (born 1958), Indian

References

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
• Geoffrey Burgess and Bruce Haynes (2004) The oboe (The 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

Look up oboist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• 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