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 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. Template:Dynamic list

Historical oboists

Baroque period 1600–1760

Oboist – etching and print by Johann Christoph Weigel (1661–1726)

• 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) (Template:C. 1711 – 1780), Italian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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 (Template:C. 1620 – 1679), French
• Template:Ill (1580–1651), French
• Template:Ill (1681–1731), French
• John Ernest Galliard (Template:C. 1675 – 1747), German *
• Johann Caspar Gleditsch (1684–1747), German ("Bach's oboist")<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Peter Glösch (Template:C. 1685 – 1754), German<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jean Hotteterre (Template: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 Template:C. 1738), Dutch ("Handel's oboist")
• François La Riche (1662 – after 1733), Flemish *<ref name="idrs.org">"The Trio Sonatas of Jan Dismas Zelenka" Template:Webarchive. www.idrs.org.</ref>
• Jacques Loeillet (1685–1748), Flemish *
• Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (1680–1730), Flemish *
• Jacques Paisible (Template:C. 1656 – 1721), French (oboist in Robert Cambert orchestra which moved to London in 1673)
• Joan Baptista Pla (Template:C. 1720 – 1773), Spanish *
• Josep Pla (1728–1762), Spanish *
• Manuel Pla (Template:C. 1725 – 1766), Spanish *
• Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697–1763), Italian *<ref>"Caro Mitis. Catalogue. The booklet of disk Giovanni Benedetto Platti. Antologia – CM 0052006". www.caro-mitis.com.</ref>
• Johann Christian Richter (1689–1744), German<ref name="idrs.org"/>
• Jacob Riehman (Template: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 – Template:C.), English * (composer)<ref>"HOASM: Roberto Valentini (Robert Valentine)". www.hoasm.org.</ref>

Classical period 1730–1820

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

• Sante Aguilar (Template:C. 1734 – 1808), Italian<ref name="auto">Bruce, Haynes, (1 February 1992). "Mozart and the oboe"Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore.</ref>
• 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 (Template:C. 1745 – 1788), Italian
• Friedrich Braun (1759–1824), German *
• Franz Joseph Czerwenka (1759–1835), Czech-Austrian ("Beethoven's oboist")<ref>Burgess, p. 91</ref>
• Georg Druschetzky (1745–1819), Czech *
• Giuseppe Ferlendis (1755–1810), Italian *<ref>"HOASM: Giuseppe Ferlendis". www.hoasm.org.</ref>
• Josef Fiala (1748–1816), Czech * ("Mozart's oboist 1")
• Johann Christian Fischer (1733–1800), German *<ref>"Web Gallery of Art, searchable fine arts image database". www.wga.hu.</ref>
• 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) *
• Template:Ill (Template:C. 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")<ref name="auto"/>
• François Alexandre Antoine Sallantin (1755 – Template:C.), French *
• Johann Friedrich Schröter (1724–1811), German *
• Charles J. Suck (Template:C. – Template:C.), English *
• Philipp Teimer (Filip Matyas Tajmar) (1767–1817), Bohemian (English horn)<ref>Burgess, p. 99</ref>
• Georg Triebensee (1746–1813), Bohemian *
• Josef Triebensee (1772–1846), Bohemian * (composer)
• Template:Ill (1745–1801), Bohemian *
• Thomas Vincent (1720–1783), English *

Romantic period 1815–1910

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

The Oboe Player (Benjamin Sharp) by Thomas Eakins, 1903

• Apollon Barret (1804–1879), French *<ref>"Introduction to the New Barret Oboe Method" Template:Webarchive. www.idrs.org.</ref>
• Christian Frederik Barth (1787–1861), Danish *
• Richard Baumgärtel (1858–1941), German<ref>Burgess, p. 176-9</ref>
• Félix-Charles Berthélemy (1829–1868), French<ref>"BERTHELEMY Félix (1829–1868)" Template:Webarchive. www.appl-lachaise.net.</ref>
• Carl A.P. Braun (1788–1835), German *
• Wilhelm Braun (1796–1867), German *
• Henri Brod (1799–1839), French *<ref>"Introduction to the New Brod Oboe Method" Template:Webarchive. www.idrs.org.</ref>
• Baldassare Centroni (Template:C. 1784 – 1860), Italian ("Rossini's oboist")<ref>Burgess, p.153</ref>
• Template:Ill (1832–1881), French<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Franz Wilhelm Ferling (1796–1874), German
• Template:Ill (1909–1971), German<ref>Hans-Rainer Jung, Claudius Böhm: Das Gewandhaus-Orchester. Seine Mitglieder und seine Geschichte seit 1743. Faber and Faber, Leipzig 2006, Template:ISBN, S. 228.</ref>
• Georges Gillet (1854–1920), French *<ref>Storch, Laila. "Georges Gillet—Master Teacher and Performer." Journal of the International Double Reed Society 5 (June 1977): 1–19.</ref>
• 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<ref>Burgess, p. 162-165</ref>
• Johann Heinrich Luft (1813–1877), German<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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<ref>"Charles Reynolds: glimpses of a life". 4 March 2011.</ref>
• Friedrich Ruthardt (1800–1862), German
• Adolf Rzepko (1825–1892), Polish *
• Joseph Sellner (1787–1843), Austrian<ref>Willhalm, Gerhard. "Musiklexikon für Klassische Musik". www.musiklexikon.net.</ref>
• Pedro Soler (1810–1850), Spanish<ref>Philip Bale, The Oboe: An Outline of Its History, Development, and Construction, W.W. Norton, 1975, Template:ISBN, pp. 80, 201</ref>
• Friedrich-Eugen Thurner (1785–1827), German<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Charles Triébert (1810–1867), French *
• Frédéric Triébert (1813–1878), French * (instrument maker)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Raoul Triébert (1845 – Template:C.), French *
• Stanislas Verroust (1814–1863), French<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Gustave Vogt (1781–1870), French *
• Friedrich Westenholz (1778–1840), German *
• Carlo Yvon (1798–1854), Italian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

20th-century oboists

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Ralph Gomberg

Leon Goosens

Haakon Stotijn, 1961

Alexander Wunderer

Attilio Bianco, English horn, 1917

A–L

• Albert J. Andraud (1884–1975), French-American<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Rhadames Angelucci (1915–1991), American<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Alfred Barthel (1871–1957), French<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Evelyn Barbirolli (born Evelyn Rothwell), (1911–2008), English *<ref>"News". 15 March 2016 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.</ref>
• Louis Bas (1863–1944), French <ref>Burgess, p. 188,194,202,348</ref>
• Etienne Baudo (1903–2001), French<ref name="idrs.org1">Template:Cite web</ref>
• Template:Ill (1871–1941), French
• Robert Bloom (1908–1994), American *<ref>"Robert & Sara Bloom" Template:Webarchive. www.cranberryisles.com.</ref>
• Joy Boughton (1913–1963), English<ref>[1]Template:Dead link</ref>
• Maurice Bourgue (1939–2023), French
• Leonard Brain (1915–1975), English *
• Henri de Busscher (1880–1975), Belgian *<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Natalie Caine (1909–2008), English
• Template:Ill (1932–1984), French
• Janet Craxton (1929–1981), English *<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (Sister of the painter John Craxton)
• William Criss (1921–1984), American<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• John de Lancie (1921–2002), American *
• Albert Debondue (1895–1984), French<ref name="auto1">Burgess, p. 202</ref>
• Antonio Estévez (1916–1988), Venezuelan * (composer)
• Alvin Etler (1913–1973), American * (composer)
• Svend Christian Felumb (1898–1972), Danish<ref>Shaman, William; Smith, Edward Joseph; Collins, William J.; Goodwin, Calvin M. (21 September 1999). "More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings : "Unique Opera Records Corporation" (1972–1977), "A.N.N.A. Record Company" (1978–1982), "special-label" Issues (circa 1954–1981), and Addendum to "The Golden Age of Opera" Series". Greenwood Publishing Group – via Google Books.</ref>
• Peter Fischer (1924–2004), German<ref>Hans-Rainer Jung, Claudius Böhm: Das Gewandhaus-Orchester. Seine Mitglieder und seine Geschichte seit 1743. Faber & Faber, Leipzig 2006, Template:ISBN, pg. 244.</ref>
• Fritz Flemming (born 1872 or 1873; died 1947), German<ref>Burgess, p. 175-6</ref>
• Template:Illm (1905–1984), Canadian
• Bert Gassman (1911–2004), American<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Fernand Gillet (1882–1980), French<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ruth Gipps (1921–1999), British (composer)
• Albert Goltzer (1918–2007), American<ref>[2]Template:Dead link</ref><ref>"Paid Notice: Deaths GOLTZER, ALBERT". 12 November 2007 – via query.nytimes.com.</ref>
• 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
• Template:Ill (1910–1990), Czech *
• Earnest Harrison (1918–2005), American<ref>[3]Template:Dead link</ref>
• Hans Kamesch (1901–1975), Austrian<ref>David Ledet, Oboe reed styles: theory and practice, Indiana University Press, 1981, pp.63–4</ref>
• Rudolf Kempe (1910–1976), German * (conductor)
• Bruno Labate (1883–1968), Italian<ref>"Bruno Labate Tribute by Jeffrey Sward". www.jeffreysward.com.</ref>
• Roland Lamorlette (1894–1960), French<ref name="auto1"/>
• Alfred Läubin (1906–1976), American (instrument maker)
• Marc Lifschey (1926–2000), American<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Georges Longy (1868–1930), French *<ref>[4]Template:Dead link</ref>

M–Z

• Terence MacDonagh (1908–1986), British<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Arno Mariotti (1911–1993), German-born American<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Josef Marx (1913–1978), German-American *<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Robert Mayer (1910–1994), American<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Karl Mayrhofer (1927–1976), Austrian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mitch Miller (1911–2010), American (choir conductor, recording director)
• Myrtile Morel (1889–1979), French<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Template:Ill (1904–1983), American<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Pierre Pierlot (1921–2007), French<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Giuseppe Prestini (1877–1930), Italian<ref name="idrs.org2">Template:Cite web</ref>
• David Reichenberg (1950–1987), American * (also listed under period instrumentalists below)
• A. Clyde Roller (1914–2005), American
• Marcel Saillet (1898–1983), Swiss <ref>Wakin, Daniel J.. "How Strauss Came to Write His Oboe Concerto".</ref>
• Jürg Schaeftlein (1929–1986), Austrian *<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Riccardo Scozzi (1878–1955), Italian<ref name="idrs.org2"/>
• Edgar Shann (1919–1984), Swiss<ref>"Edgar Shann – concerts-bach" Template:Webarchive. concerts-bach.lutry.ch.</ref>
• Harry Shulman (1916–1971), American<ref>"Oboe Cane and Reeds" Template:Webarchive. www.stuart-dunkel.com.</ref>
• Jerry Sirucek (1922–1996), American<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Template:Ill (1922–1995), Dutch<ref>[5]Template:Dead link</ref>
• Václav Smetáček (1906–1986), Czech * (conductor)
• Robert Sprenkle (1914–1988), American<ref>"Robert Sprenkle – Eastman School of Music". www.esm.rochester.edu.</ref>
• Warren Stannard (1923–1995), American<ref>"Ladysmith-Chemainus Chronicle – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.</ref><ref>"MusicSack / Music Sack". musicsack.com.</ref>
• William Grant Still (1895–1978), American * (composer)
• Template:Ill (1915–1964), Dutch *
• Jaap Stotijn (1891–1970), Dutch *
• František Suchý (1902–1977), Czech *
• Sidney Sutcliffe (1918–2001), Scottish<ref name="idrs.org1"/>
• Template:Ill (1922–2008), Japanese <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Marcel Tabuteau (1887–1966), French/American *
• Jiří Tancibudek (1921–2004), Czech-Australian <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Giuseppe Tomassini (1915–1987), Italian<ref>Petritoli, Comune di. "Comune di Petritoli". www.comune.petritoli.fm.it.</ref>
• Lois Wann (1912–1999), American<ref>"Lois Wann, 87, an Oboist and Teacher". 8 March 1999 – via www.nytimes.com.</ref>
• Alexander Wunderer (1877–1955), Austrian<ref>Scholz-Michelitsch, Dr. Helga. "Alexander Wunderer". www.1133.at.</ref>

20th-century players of the English horn

• Engelbert Brenner (1904–1986), Austrian- born American<ref>"Engelbert Brenner (1904–1986); My Mentor". 4 July 2006.</ref>
• Harry Freedman (1922–2005), Polish-born Canadian (composer)
• Hans Hadamowsky (1906–1986), Austrian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Peter Henkelman (1882–1949), Dutch<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Leo van der Lek (1908–1999), Dutch<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• John Minsker (1912–2007), American<ref>[6]Template:Dead link</ref>
• Louis Speyer (1890–1980), French-born American

Contemporary classical oboists

A–B

• Janice Applegate (born 1948), American
• Max Artved (born 1965), Danish<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Franck Avril (born 1953), French-American
• Theodore Baskin (born 1950), American
• Perry Bauman (1918–2004), American-Canadian<ref>"Perry Bauman".</ref>
• William Bennett (1956–2013), American<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Melvin Berman (1929–2008), American-Canadian
• Template:Ill (1929–2020), Uruguayan *
• Neil Black (1932–2016), English
• Peter Bowman, American<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Douglas Boyd (born 1960), Scottish<ref>"Douglas Boyd". www.sanctuaryclassics.com.</ref>
• Peter Bree (born 1949), Dutch<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Riccardo Bricchi (born 1959), Italian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

C–E

Niels Eje, 2009

• Evgeni Dimitrov (born 1942), Bulgarian *
• German Cáceres (born 1954), Salvadoran * (composer)
• George Caird (born c. 1950), English<ref>"Birmingham Conservatoire" Template:Webarchive. www.conservatoire.bcu.ac.uk.</ref>
• Anthony Camden (1938–2006), English<ref>Hyde-Smith, Christopher (10 April 2006). "Obituary: Anthony Camden" – via www.theguardian.com.</ref>
• Roy Carter (born 1949), English
• Joseph Celli (born 1944), American *
• Nicholas Daniel (born 1962), English
• Clara Dent (born 1973), German (daughter of Simon Dent)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Template:Ill (born 1972), Australian<ref>Bio at the Australian National Academy of Music</ref>
• Paolo Di Cioccio (born 1963), Italian
• Jonathan Dlouhy, American<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Diana Doherty (born 1966), Australian
• Elaine Douvas (born 1952), American
• Stuart Edward Dunkel, American
• Niels Eje (born 1954), Danish<ref>"MUSICURE MUSIC AS MEDICINE" Template:Webarchive. www.musicure.com.</ref>
• Majid Entezami (born 1947), Iranian

F–H

• John Ferrillo, American<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Sarah Francis (born 1938), English *
• Thomas Gallant, American
• Alfred Genovese (1931–2011), American
• Ariana Ghez (born 1979), American<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Burkhard Glaetzner (born 1943), German<ref>Template:AllMusic</ref>
• Wynne Godley (1926–2010), English (economist)
• Henrik Chaim Goldschmidt (born 1959), Danish<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Ingo Goritzki (born 1939), German<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Lido Guarnieri (1934-2021), Argentine
• Charles Hamann (born 1971), American-Canadian<ref>"Charles Hamann | Biographies".</ref>
• Nicola Hands (born 1987), British-French<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Template:Ill (born 1965), German<ref>Berliner Philharmoniker: Variationen mit Orchester – 125 Jahre Berliner Philharmoniker, Band 2, Biografien und Konzerte, Verlag Henschel, Mai 2007, Template:ISBN</ref>
• Jared Hauser (born 1971), American
• Template:Ill (1940–2023), Dutch<ref>Bio at Ebony Band</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Brynjar Hoff (born 1940), Norwegian
• Heinz Holliger (born 1939), Swiss *
• Bernd Holz (born 1955), German<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Chor, Orchester und (18 September 2017). "Orchester, Chor und Big Band". www.wdr.de.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Christian Hommel (born 1963), German<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Gordon Hunt (born 1950), English<ref>"Gordon Hunt (Conductor, Oboe) – Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com.</ref>

I–L

File:Izotov oboist.jpg

Eugene Izotov

• Template:Ill (born 1951), Swiss<ref>"Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe – University of Music" Template:Webarchive. www.hfm-karlsruhe.de.</ref><ref>Maclean, Don (3 November 1992). "ENSEMBLE COUPERIN" – via www.washingtonpost.com.</ref>
• Eugene Izotov (born 1973), Russian-American
• Florin Ionoaia (born 1956), Romanian
• Jean-Claude Jaboulay, French<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Helen Jahren (born 1959), Swedish<ref>"Biography | Helen Jahren – MusicalWorld.com" Template:Webarchive. musicalworld.com.</ref>
• Kamil Jalilov (1938–2022), Azerbaijani
• Arthur Jensen (1925–2018), American<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Alex Klein (born 1964), Brazilian
• Elizabeth Koch (born 1986), American
• Lothar Koch (1935–2003), German *
• Template:Ill (born Template:C. 1975), Estonian<ref>http://www.artmedia.ee, Art Media Agency OÜ,. "Estonian Music Information Centre". www.emic.ee.</ref>
• Yeon-Hee Kwak (born c. 1969), Korean<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• François Leleux (born 1971), French
• Template:Ill (born 1943), Hungarian<ref>"Les grands concertos pour hautbois". Agora Vox, 3 May 2012</ref>
• Jay Light (born 1940s), American
• Michael Lisicky (born 1964), American

M–Q

Albrecht Mayer making a reed

• 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
• Template:Ill (born 1978), Russian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Christopher O'Neal (born 1953), British<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Template:Ill (born 1967), Dutch<ref>"Pauline Oostenrijk (Oboe, Oboe d'amore, English Horn) – Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com.</ref>
• Ivan Podyomov, (born 1986), Russian
• Template:Ill (1918–2010), Russian<ref>IDRS,. "International Double Reed Society" Template:Webarchive. idrs.org.</ref>

R–S

Bart Schneemann

Ray Still, 1980s

• Wayne Rapier (1930–2005), American<ref>Dyer, Richard (15 October 2005). "Wayne Rapier; BSO oboist founded record company; 75" – via The Boston Globe.</ref>
• Elizabeth Raum (born 1945), Canadian *<ref>"Elizabeth Raum". The Canadian Encyclopedia.</ref>
• 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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Joseph Robinson (born 1940), American *
• Pierre Rolland (1931–2011), Canadian
• Ronald Roseman (1933–2000), American<ref>[7]Template:Dead link</ref>
• Edwin Roxburgh (born 1937), English *
• Telena Ruth (born 1957), Australian<ref>"The Amabile Players (Sydney, Australia)". 26 October 2009.</ref>
• Graham Salter, English<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Hansjorg Schellenberger (born 1948), German<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Bernard Schenkel (born 1941), Swiss<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Bart Schneemann (born 1954), Dutch
• Template:Ill (born 1970), German<ref>"Stefan Schilli- Biography". www.musicmasters.ch.</ref>
• Martin Schuring (American)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jonathan Small (born 1956), English<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Peter Smith, American
• Toyin Spellman-Diaz, American
• Jan Spronk (born Template:C. 1940), Dutch <ref>Large, Niels le. "Vereniging Gepensioneerden Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest". vgkco.nl.</ref>
• Eva Steinaa (born 1993), Danish<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ray Still (1920–2014), American
• Cynthia Steljes (1960–2006), Canadian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Daniel Stolper (1935–2020), American
• Laila Storch (1921–2022), American<ref>[8]Template:Dead link</ref><ref>[9]Template:Dead link</ref>
• Linda Strommen (born 1957), American

T–Z

• Blair Tindall (1960–2023), American (author)
• Jacques Tys, French<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Alexei Utkin (born 1957), Russian<ref>LLC, Classical Archives. "Classical Archives: Artists". www.classicalarchives.com.</ref>
• Template:Ill (born 1963), Belgian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Allan Vogel (born 1944), American
• Han de Vries (born 1941), Dutch *<ref>"Oboe Classics – Han de Vries Interview". www.oboeclassics.com.</ref>
• Edo de Waart (born 1941), Dutch * (conductor)
• Template:Ill (born 1958), French<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Liang Wang (born 1980) 王亮, Chinese

Jennifer Paull with three Oboe d'amores

• Mark Weiger (1959–2008), American<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Judith Weir (born 1954), Scottish (composer) *
• Helmut Winschermann (1920–2021), German (conductor)<ref>"Helmut Winschermann (Conductor, Oboe) – Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com.</ref>
• Richard Woodhams (born 1949), American
• Renato Zanfini, Italian<ref name="idrs.org2"/>
• Omar Zoboli (born 1953), Italian<ref>IDRS,. "International Double Reed Society" Template:Webarchive. www.idrs.org.</ref>

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

• Russ deLuna (born 1969), American<ref>Haruriunyan, Ruzan (25 December 2006). "San Francisco Symphony Selects The Atlanta Opera's Russ deLuna As New Solo English Horn".</ref>
• Jennifer Paull (born 1944), English (oboe d'amore)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Christine Pendrill, English<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Louis Rosenblatt (1928–2009), American<ref>"Louis Rosenblatt, 1928–2009".</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Grover Schiltz (1931–2012), American<ref>"obituary of Grover Schiltz".</ref>
• Thomas Stacy (born 1938), American *

Contemporary oboists best known for playing period instruments

Marcel Ponseele

• Katharina Arfken, German<ref>Biography at AMUZ.be</ref>
• Paul Dombrecht (born 1948), Belgian<ref>"Paul Dombrecht (Conductor, Oboe) – Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com.</ref>
• Ku Ebbinge (born 1948), Dutch *
• Paul Goodwin (born 1956), English *<ref>"Paul Goodwin". AllMusic, Biography by Joseph Stevenson</ref>
• Bruce Haynes (1942–2011), American-Canadian *
• Template:Ill (born 1943), Japanese (conductor)<ref>"Takeharu Nobuhara (Conductor, Oboe) – Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com.</ref>
• Christopher Palameta (born 1979), Canadian
• Michel Piguet (1932–2004), Swiss *
• Marcel Ponseele (born 1957), Belgian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Susanne Regel (born 1974), German
• David Reichenberg (1950–1987), American *<ref>[10]Template:Dead link</ref>
• Hugo Reyne (born 1961), French<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Anthony Robson (born 1955), English<ref>"Anthony Robson (Conductor, Oboe) – Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com.</ref>
• Marc Schachman, American<ref>"Boston Baroque ushers in the new year with a Pergolesi rarity". Boston Classical Review, January 1, 2013</ref><ref>David Wright. "Philharmonia Baroque’s “Teseo” teeters between broad comedy, deeper emotions". Boston Classical Review, August 15, 2014</ref>

Jason Hicks (born 2013) Primary ensemble: Blackburg Middle School Band

Oboists performing primarily outside classical genres

Nancy Rumbel

Andy Mackay of Roxy Music, 1974

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

Bismillah Khan

• 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
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• 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 Template:Webarchive
• 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