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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Brazilian oboist (born 1964)}}<br />
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'''Alex Klein''' (born 1964, [[Porto Alegre]], Brazil) is an [[oboist]].<br />
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Klein joined the [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]] as principal oboe at age 30 in 1995.<ref name="nytimes2005"/> He won the 2002 [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra)|Grammy Award for Best Instrumental soloist with Orchestra]] for his recording of [[Oboe Concerto (Strauss)|Richard Strauss' Oboe Concerto]] with [[Daniel Barenboim]] and the Chicago Symphony.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/alex-klein/3791|title=Alex Klein|publisher=Recording Academy|access-date=March 10, 2024}}</ref> He left the Chicago Symphony in July 2004 due to musician's [[focal dystonia]] which had begun within two years of his assuming the first chair. During a tour of the Far East with the orchestra, he found his fingers would no longer allow him to play at his finest level throughout a symphony by [[Tchaikovsky]], and asked to resign.<ref name="nytimes2005">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/03/arts/music/03klein.html|title=Oboist Afflicted by Hand Trouble Enjoys Reunion with Chicagoans|first=Daniel J.|last=Wakin|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 3, 2005|access-date=2008-03-21}}</ref><br />
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In June 2016, he was once again appointed principal oboe of the Chicago Symphony.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-oboist-alex-klein-to-return-as-cso-principal-20160625-column.html|title=Oboist Alex Klein to return as CSO principal|first=John|last=von Rhein|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=June 25, 2016|access-date=June 13, 2020}}</ref> However, he was denied tenure in the CSO in April 2017 as a result of not passing the mandatory probation period.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-cso-oboe-alex-klein-denied-tenure-20170524-column.html|title=CSO principal oboe Alex Klein is denied tenure|first=John|last=von Rhein|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=May 25, 2017|access-date=May 26, 2017}}</ref><br />
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In October 2018, Klein was appointed principal oboe of the [[Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10161454185480355&id=545125354|author=Alex Klein|title=Facebook post|website=[[Facebook]]|date=October 15, 2018|access-date=June 19, 2024}}</ref> In May 2024, he was terminated from the orchestra, due to "deeply troubling comments posted online".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240522173958/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/article-calgary-philharmonic-removes-two-musicians-after-month-long/ "Calgary Philharmonic removes two musicians after month-long investigation over 'troubling comments{{'"}}] by Josh O'Kane, May 23, 2024, ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' {{subscription}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.cedillerecords.org/artists/alex-klein/ "Alex Klein"], biography, discography, reviews, [[Cedille Records]]<br />
*Recording of [http://music.ibiblio.org/pub/multimedia/pandora/mp3/uw_archive/chamber/Soni_Ventorum/91/1Bozza.mp3 "Sonata for Oboe and Piano"] by [[Eugène Bozza]], with Alex Klein, oboe and Lisa Bergman, piano in [[MP3]] format<br />
*[http://www.bruceduffie.com/klein.html "Interview with Alex Klein"], June 11, 2002<br />
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[[Category:Brazilian classical musicians]]<br />
[[Category:Brazilian oboists]]<br />
[[Category:Classical oboists]]<br />
[[Category:American classical oboists]]<br />
[[Category:American male classical musicians]]<br />
[[Category:Male oboists]]<br />
[[Category:Brazilian emigrants to the United States]]<br />
[[Category:Grammy Award winners]]<br />
[[Category:1964 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Brazilian people of German descent]]<br />
[[Category:Cedille Records artists]]<br />
[[Category:Musicians with dystonia]]<br />
[[Category:American musicians with disabilities]]<br />
[[Category:Brazilian people with disabilities]]<br />
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