As the number of string players grew in the orchestra, the flute replaced the quiet recorder. The oboe brought complex, ...

If you’ve ever watched the film Amadeus, you’ve heard Celia Nicklin playing the oboe with the Academy of St Martin in the ...

Although youth performing arts groups are grappling with a decline in charitable giving, that doesn’t stop them from pursuing their mission of enriching lives.

The oboe player is sometimes asked to play the cor anglais (literally: "English Horn"). This instruments is very similar to the oboe but lower and mellower.

It was a gripping, uniquely beautiful performance. (And, whomever you are sir, not a bad introduction to the oboe!) Noseda opened Tchaikovsky’s “Symphony No. 6” with glacial grace ...

Choa, a former chair of the school of music at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts coaxed some of the finest playing seen in recent times from the CCOHK’s players. This was apparent right ...

A musician from Lancashire is celebrating 70 years playing with orchestras in two towns. Oboe player Patricia Chippendale, who started playing the instrument aged nine and plays for orchestras in ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A specialized woodwind with a wistful yet powerful tone, the oboe is one of the most expensive instruments you can buy. Professional-grade oboes can sell for almost ...

And then I landed the sub-principal oboe job in the BBC Phil job sitting between Marios Argiros and Gill Callow, which was a total dream come true- I learned so much about orchestral playing and ...

Music from the 18th century. This programme is dedicated to quartets for oboe and string trios from the decades around 1800.

Have you ever wondered why does the oboe begin? How is the starting note decided? With electronic tuning, is the ritual still needed?