Contemporary Thai classical music will be reimagined through unique voices of oboe and English horn during "Thai Mai" concert ...

By the 1800s, the size and instrumentation were much like the modern orchestra. An order was added to the tuning ritual, with each “family” of instruments taking its turn to tune with the oboe.

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… ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. In the 20th century, the period-instrument movement took on such power that the music of Bach appeared less frequently in modern-instrument programming.

Grammy-winner Alex Klein, former principal oboe of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, plays works that he says 'define the modern oboe,' plus some other personal favorites, on Twentieth Century Oboe ...

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 ...

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 ...