Among music professionals, there is not much disagreement over who stands as the reigning oboist of the day. He is the Swiss virtuoso Heinz Holliger, a gifted and deeply committed performer who has… ...

These factors made the oboe the practical choice as the tuning instrument in the Baroque era. By the 1800s, the size and ...

SOUTH BEND — Justus Zimmerman, the South Bend Symphony Orchestra’s executive director, opened Saturday’s SBSO concert by calling for an extended moment of silence to remember those who have ...

In the modern world, nothing in music is more tragicomic than the subject of double-reed instruments like the oboe and bassoon. If you’re an oboist or bassoonist in a high-school band, you buy ...

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Complete Information About Xian Conducts Carmina Burana in New Jersey at New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Xian Zhang conductor Andrew Adelson oboe d’amore Jana McIntyre soprano Andrew Morstein ...

Ruzicka’s fascinating oboe concerto Aulodie (premiered in 2011) derives its name from the Aulos, a double-reeded ancient Greek instrument not unlike the modern oboe. The work consists of seven ...

The oboe is commonly used in concert bands, orchestras, chamber music, film music, in some genres of folk music, and as a solo instrument, ... The word 'oboe' comes from the word 'hautbois' meaning ...