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List of oboists

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.

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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.

Baroque period 1600–1760

  • 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
  • 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")
  • Peter Glösch (c. 1685–1754), German
  • 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")
  • François La Riche (1662-after 1733), Flemish *
  • 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 *
  • Johann Christian Richter (1689–1744), German
  • 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)

    • Classical period 1730–1820

  • Sante Aguilar (c. 1734–1808), Italian
  • 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")
  • Georg Druschetzky (1745–1819), Czech *
  • Giuseppe Ferlendis (1755–1810), Italian *
  • Josef Fiala (1748–1816), Czech * ("Mozart's oboist 1")
  • Johann Christian Fischer (1733–1800), German *
  • 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")
  • 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)
  • 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

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

    • A-L

  • Rhadames Angelucci (1915–1991), American
  • Alfred Barthel (1871–1957), French
  • Evelyn Barbirolli (born Evelyn Rothwell), (1911–2008), English *
  • Louis Bas (1863–1944), French
  • Etienne Baudo (1903–2001), French
  • Louis Bleuzet (1871–1941), French fr:Louis Bleuzet
  • Robert Bloom (1908–1994), American *
  • Joy Boughton (1913–1963), English
  • Leonard Brain (1915–1975), English *
  • Henri de Busscher (1880–1975), Belgian *
  • Natalie Caine (1909–2008), English
  • Jacques Chambon (1932–1984), French fr:Jacques Chambon (musicien)
  • Janet Craxton (1929–1981), English * (Sister of the painter John Craxton)
  • William Criss (1921–1984), American
  • John de Lancie (1921–2002), American *
  • Albert Debondue (1895–1984), French
  • Antonio Estévez (1916–1988), Venezuelan * (composer)
  • Alvin Etler (1913–1973), American * (composer)
  • Svend Christian Felumb (1898–1972), Danish
  • Peter Fischer (1924–2004), German
  • Fritz Flemming (born 1872 or 1873; died 1947), German
  • Bert Gassman (1911–2004), American
  • Fernand Gillet (1882–1980), French
  • Ruth Gipps (1921–1999), British (composer)
  • Albert Goltzer (1918–2007), American
  • 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
  • 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 (1926–2000), American
  • Georges Longy (1868–1930), French *

    • M-Z

  • Terence MacDonagh (1908–1986), British
  • Arno Mariotti (1911–1993), German-born American
  • Josef Marx (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
  • Florian Mueller (1904–1983), American
  • Pierre Pierlot (1921–2007), French
  • Giuseppe Prestini (1877–1930), Italian
  • David Reichenberg (1950–1987), American * (also listed under period instrumentalists below)
  • Marcel Saillet (1898–1983), Swiss
  • Jürg Schaeftlein (1929–1986), Austrian *
  • Riccardo Scozzi (1878–1955), Italian
  • Edgar Shann (1919–1984), Swiss
  • Harry Shulman (1916–1971), American
  • Jerry Sirucek (1922–1996), American
  • Koen van Slogteren (1922–1995), Dutch nl:Koen van Slogteren
  • Václav Smetáček (1906–1986), Czech * (conductor)
  • Robert Sprenkle (1914–1988), American
  • Warren Stannard (1923–1995), American
  • William Grant Still (1895–1978), American * (composer)
  • Haakon Stotijn (1915–1964), Dutch * nl:Haakon Stotijn
  • Jaap Stotijn (1891–1970), Dutch * nl:Jaap Stotijn
  • František Suchý (1902–1977), Czech *
  • Sidney Sutcliffe (1918–2001), Scottish
  • Seizo Suzuki (1922–2008), Japanese ja:鈴木清三
  • Marcel Tabuteau (1887–1966), French/American *
  • Jiří Tancibudek (1921–2004), Czech-Australian
  • Giuseppe Tomassini (1915–1987), Italian
  • Waldemar Wolsing (1910-1993), Danish da:Waldemar Wolsing
  • Lois Wann (1912–1999), American
  • Alexander Wunderer (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 (1906–1986), Austrian
  • Peter Henkelman (1882–1949), Dutch
  • Leo van der Lek (1908–1999), Dutch
  • John Minsker (1912–2007), American
  • Louis Speyer (1890–1980), French-born American

    • A-B

  • Alessandro Baccini (born 1964), Italian oboist and recorder player, professor at Teramo and Udine *
  • Theodore Baskin (born 1950), American
  • Perry Bauman (1918-2004), American-Canadian
  • William Bennett (1956–2013), American
  • Melvin Berman (1929–2008), American-Canadian
  • León Biriotti (born 1929), Uruguayan *
  • Neil Black (born 1932), English
  • Maurice Bourgue (born 1939), French * fr:Maurice Bourgue
  • Peter Bowman, American
  • Douglas Boyd (born 1960), Scottish
  • Peter Bree (born 1949), Dutch

    • C-E

  • Germán Cáceres (born 1954), Salvadoran *
  • George Caird, English
  • Sandro Caldini (born 1958), Italian
  • Anthony Camden (1938–2006), English
  • Roy Carter (born 1949), English
  • Joseph Celli (born 1944), American *
  • Nicholas Daniel (born 1962), English
  • Han de Vries (born 1941), Dutch *
  • Edo de Waart (born 1941), Dutch * (conductor)
  • Clara Dent (born 1973), German (daughter of Simon Dent) ru:Дент-Боганьи, Клара
  • Paolo Di Cioccio (born 1963), Italian
  • Jonathan Dlouhy, American
  • Diana Doherty (born 1966), Australian
  • Elaine Douvas (born 1952), American
  • Stuart Edward Dunkel, American
  • Niels Eje (born 1954), Danish
  • Majid Entezami (born 1947), Iranian

    • F-H

  • John Ferrillo, American
  • Sarah Francis (born 1938), English *
  • Thomas Gallant, American
  • Alfred Genovese (1931–2011), American
  • Ariana Ghez (born 1979), American
  • Burkhard Glaetzner (born 1943), German de:Burkhard Glaetzner
  • Wynne Godley (1926–2010), English (economist)
  • Ingo Goritzki (born 1939), German
  • Charles Hamann (born 1971), American-Canadian
  • 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
  • Christian Hommel (born 1963), German
  • Gordon Hunt (born 1950), English

    • I-L

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

    • 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
  • Colin Maier (1976), Canadian - new classical, celtic
  • 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

    List of oboists Wikipedia
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