Oboe playing, like bird watching and taffy pulling, is a passion that seems to run in families. The earliest famous oboe clan was that of Frenchman Jean Philidor, who played at the court of Louis XIV; ...

After playing principal oboe in the Classical Musical Festival since 2003, the organizers invited her to solo. It takes place every summer in Schloss (“castle” in German) Esterházy, this being the ...

Here's how Mitchell Kuhn is going to spend his summer vacation. He'll travel to New York, then to Washington, D.C., Moscow and St. Petersburg, and finally London. He'll go as one of five oboe players ...

Kathleen McGuire has worked for organisations that have received funding from Creative Victoria (State Government of Victoria), the City of Boroondara and the City of Melbourne. She has received ...

“‘The caged bird sings / with a fearful trill / of things unknown / but longed for still / and his tune is heard / on the distant hill / for the caged bird / sings of freedom,’” says Maya Angelou in ...

They say the cello can pull at the heartstrings because it's the instrument closest to the human voice, but you should hear what Heinz Holliger can do with an oboe. On his new album (released today on ...

Usually seated behind the strings among the other woodwinds in The Syracuse Orchestra, principal oboe Eduardo Sepúlveda will move to the front of the Crouse Hinds Theater stage Jan. 25 to perform ...