List of oboists
An oboist 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.
Historical oboists
Baroque period 1600–1760
- Francesco Barsanti, Italian *
- Alessandro Besozzi, Italian
- Antonio Besozzi, Italian
- Cristoforo Besozzi, Italian
- Giuseppe Besozzi, Italian
- Paolo Girolamo Besozzi, Italian
- Mateo Bissoli , Italian
- Esprit Philippe Chédeville, French *
- Nicolas Chédeville, French *
- Pierre Chédeville, French *
- André Danican Philidor, French *
- Anne Danican Philidor, French
- Jean Danican Philidor, French
- , French
- , French
- John Ernest Galliard, German *
- Johann Caspar Gleditsch, German
- Peter Glösch, German
- Jean Hotteterre, French *
- Martin Hotteterre, French *
- Nicolas Hotteterre, French *
- Johann Christian Jacobi, German
- Jean Christian Kytch, Dutch
- François La Riche, Flemish *
- Jacques Loeillet, Flemish *
- Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, Flemish *
- Jacques Paisible, French
- Joan Baptista Pla, Spanish *
- Josep Pla, Spanish *
- Manuel Pla, Spanish *
- Giovanni Benedetto Platti, Italian *
- Johann Christian Richter, German
- Jacob Riehman, Dutch *
- Giuseppe Sammartini, Italian *
- Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer
- Roberto Valentine, English *
Classical period 1730–1820
- Sante Aguilar, Italian
- Christian Frederik Barth, Danish
- Christian Samuel Barth, German *
- Frederik Philip Carl August Barth, Danish *
- Georg Benda, Czech *
- Carlo Besozzi, Italian
- Francesco Besozzi, Italian
- Gaetano Besozzi, Italian
- Girolamo Besozzi, Italian
- Friedrich Braun, German *
- Franz Joseph Czerwenka, Czech-Austrian
- Georg Druschetzky, Czech *
- Giuseppe Ferlendis, Italian *
- Josef Fiala, Czech *
- Johann Christian Fischer, German *
- Joseph François Garnier, French *
- Michel Joseph Gebauer, French *
- Gottlieb Graupner, German-American
- William Herschel, German
- François Jadin, French *
- Carl Khym, Czech *
- Ludwig August Lebrun, German *
- Ignace Malzat, Austrian *
- , Italian *
- Carl Ludwig Matthes, German
- John Parke, English *
- William Thomas Parke, English *
- Giuseppe Prota, Italian *
- Friedrich Ramm, German
- François Alexandre Antoine Sallantin, French *
- Johann Friedrich Schröter, German *
- Charles J. Suck, English *
- Philipp Teimer , Bohemian
- Georg Triebensee, Bohemian *
- Josef Triebensee, Bohemian *
- , Bohemian *
- Thomas Vincent, English *
Romantic period 1815–1910
- Apollon Barret, French *
- Christian Frederik Barth, Danish *
- Richard Baumgärtel, German
- Félix-Charles Berthélemy, French
- Carl A.P. Braun, German *
- Wilhelm Braun, German *
- Henri Brod, French *
- Baldassare Centroni, Italian
- , French
- Franz Wilhelm Ferling, German
- , German
- Georges Gillet, French *
- Joseph Gungl, Hungarian *
- Johann Peter Heuschkel, German *
- Ernst Krähmer, German *
- Olivo Krause, Danish
- Desiré Alfred Lalande, French *
- Antoine Joseph Lavigne, French
- Johann Heinrich Luft, German
- William Malsch, English *
- Giovanni Paggi, Italian *
- Antonio Pasculli, Italian *
- Charles Reynolds, English
- Friedrich Ruthardt, German
- Adolf Rzepko, Polish *
- Joseph Sellner, Austrian
- Pedro Soler, Spanish
- Friedrich-Eugen Thurner, German
- Charles Triébert, French *
- Frédéric Triébert, French *
- Raoul Triébert, French *
- Stanislas Verroust, French
- Gustave Vogt, French *
- Friedrich Westenholz, German *
- Carlo Yvon, Italian
20th-century oboists
A–L
- Albert J. Andraud, French-American
- Rhadames Angelucci, American
- Alfred Barthel, French
- Evelyn Barbirolli,, English *
- Louis Bas, French
- Etienne Baudo, French
- , French
- Robert Bloom, American *
- Joy Boughton, English
- Maurice Bourgue, French
- Leonard Brain, English *
- Henri de Busscher, Belgian *
- Natalie Caine, English
- , French
- Janet Craxton, English *
- William Criss, American
- John de Lancie, American *
- Albert Debondue, French
- Antonio Estévez, Venezuelan *
- Alvin Etler, American *
- Svend Christian Felumb, Danish
- Peter Fischer, German
- Fritz Flemming, German
- , Canadian
- Bert Gassman, American
- Fernand Gillet, French
- Ruth Gipps, British
- Albert Goltzer, American
- Harold Gomberg, American *
- Ralph Gomberg, American *
- Leon Goossens, English *
- Peter Graeme, English
- Percy Grainger, Australian-American
- , Czech *
- Earnest Harrison, American
- Hans Kamesch, Austrian
- Rudolf Kempe, German *
- Bruno Labate, Italian
- Roland Lamorlette, French
- Alfred Läubin, American
- Marc Lifschey, American
- Georges Longy, French *
M–Z
- Terence MacDonagh, British
- Arno Mariotti, German-born American
- Josef Marx, German-American *
- Robert Mayer, American
- Karl Mayrhofer, Austrian
- Mitch Miller, American
- Myrtile Morel, French
- , American
- Pierre Pierlot, French
- Giuseppe Prestini, Italian
- David Reichenberg, American *
- A. Clyde Roller, American
- Marcel Saillet, Swiss
- Jürg Schaeftlein, Austrian *
- Riccardo Scozzi, Italian
- Edgar Shann, Swiss
- Harry Shulman, American
- Jerry Sirucek, American
- , Dutch
- Václav Smetáček, Czech *
- Robert Sprenkle, American
- Warren Stannard, American
- William Grant Still, American *
- , Dutch *
- Jaap Stotijn, Dutch *
- František Suchý, Czech *
- Sidney Sutcliffe, Scottish
- , Japanese
- Marcel Tabuteau, French/American *
- Jiří Tancibudek, Czech-Australian
- Giuseppe Tomassini, Italian
- Lois Wann, American
- Alexander Wunderer, Austrian
20th-century players of the English horn
- Engelbert Brenner, Austrian- born American
- Harry Freedman, Polish-born Canadian
- Hans Hadamowsky, Austrian
- Peter Henkelman, Dutch
- Leo van der Lek, Dutch
- John Minsker, American
- Louis Speyer, French-born American
Contemporary classical oboists
A–B
- Janice Applegate, American
- Max Artved, Danish
- Franck Avril, French-American
- Theodore Baskin, American
- Perry Bauman, American-Canadian
- William Bennett, American
- Melvin Berman, American-Canadian
- , Uruguayan *
- Neil Black, English
- Peter Bowman, American
- Douglas Boyd, Scottish
- Peter Bree, Dutch
- Riccardo Bricchi, Italian
C–E
- Evgeni Dimitrov, Bulgarian *
- German Cáceres, Salvadoran *
- George Caird, English
- Anthony Camden, English
- Roy Carter, English
- Joseph Celli, American *
- Nicholas Daniel, English
- Clara Dent, German
- , Australian
- Paolo Di Cioccio, Italian
- Jonathan Dlouhy, American
- Diana Doherty, Australian
- Elaine Douvas, American
- Stuart Edward Dunkel, American
- Niels Eje, Danish
- Majid Entezami, Iranian
F–H
- John Ferrillo, American
- Sarah Francis, English *
- Thomas Gallant, American
- Alfred Genovese, American
- Ariana Ghez, American
- Burkhard Glaetzner, German
- Wynne Godley, English
- Henrik Chaim Goldschmidt, Danish
- Ingo Goritzki, German
- Lido Guarnieri, Argentine
- Charles Hamann, American-Canadian
- Nicola Hands, British-French
- , German
- Jared Hauser, American
- , Dutch
- Brynjar Hoff, Norwegian
- Heinz Holliger, Swiss *
- Bernd Holz, German
- Christian Hommel, German
- Gordon Hunt, English
I–L
- , Swiss
- Eugene Izotov, Russian-American
- Florin Ionoaia, Romanian
- Jean-Claude Jaboulay, French
- Helen Jahren, Swedish
- Kamil Jalilov, Azerbaijani
- Arthur Jensen, American
- Giorgi Kalandarishvili Georgian-German. Muenster Symphony, University of Music in Muenster "Musikhochschule Münster"
- Michael Kamen, American
- Melvin Kaplan, American
- Jonathan Kelly, British
- Dimitris Kitsos, Greek
- Alex Klein, Brazilian
- Elizabeth Koch, American
- Lothar Koch, German *
- , Estonian
- Yeon-Hee Kwak, Korean
- François Leleux, French
- , Hungarian
- Jay Light, American
- Michael Lisicky, American
M–Q
- John Mack, American
- Charles Mackerras, Australian *
- Jean-Claude Malgoire, French
- Joel Marangella, American
- Eldevina Materula, Mozambican
- Albrecht Mayer, German
- Malcolm Messiter, English
- Fumiaki Miyamoto 宮本文昭, Japanese
- Lucas Macías Navarro, Spanish
- Katherine Needleman, American
- , Russian
- Christopher O'Neal, British
- , Dutch
- Ivan Podyomov,, Russian
- , Russian
R–S
- Wayne Rapier, American
- Elizabeth Raum, Canadian *
- Sally Sarah Johnston Reid, American *
- Juozas Rimas, Lithuanian
- Roger Roe, American, assistant principal oboist/English horn player of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
- Carlo Romano, Italian
- Joseph Robinson, American *
- Pierre Rolland, Canadian
- Ronald Roseman, American
- Edwin Roxburgh, English *
- Telena Ruth, Australian
- Graham Salter, English
- Hansjorg Schellenberger, German
- Bernard Schenkel, Swiss
- Bart Schneemann, Dutch
- , German
- Martin Schuring
- Jonathan Small, English
- Peter Smith, American
- Toyin Spellman-Diaz, American
- Jan Spronk, Dutch
- Eva Steinaa, Danish
- Ray Still, American
- Cynthia Steljes, Canadian
- Daniel Stolper, American
- Laila Storch, American
- Linda Strommen, American
T–Z
- Blair Tindall, American
- Jacques Tys, French
- Alexei Utkin, Russian
- , Belgian
- Allan Vogel, American
- Han de Vries, Dutch *
- Edo de Waart, Dutch *
- , French
- Liang Wang 王亮, Chinese
- Mark Weiger, American
- Judith Weir, Scottish *
- Helmut Winschermann, German
- Richard Woodhams, American
- Renato Zanfini, Italian
- Omar Zoboli, Italian
Contemporary oboists best known for playing English horn (cor anglais) or oboe d'amore
- Russ deLuna, American
- Jennifer Paull, English
- Christine Pendrill, English
- Louis Rosenblatt, American
- Grover Schiltz, American
- Thomas Stacy, American *
Contemporary oboists best known for playing period instruments
- Katharina Arfken, German
- Paul Dombrecht, Belgian
- Ku Ebbinge, Dutch *
- Paul Goodwin, English *
- Bruce Haynes, American-Canadian *
- , Japanese
- Christopher Palameta, Canadian
- Michel Piguet, Swiss *
- Marcel Ponseele, Belgian
- Susanne Regel, German
- David Reichenberg, American *
- Hugo Reyne, French
- Anthony Robson, English
- Marc Schachman, American
Oboists performing primarily outside classical genres
As primary instrument
- Kyle Bruckmann, American – free improvisation
- Lindsay Cooper, English – art rock
- Jean-Luc Fillon, French – jazz
- Karl Jenkins, Welsh * – jazz
- Colin Maier, Canadian – new classical, celtic
- Paul McCandless, American * – jazz
- Nancy Rumbel, American – new age
- Sonny Simmons, American – jazz
- Frank Socolow, American – jazz
- Kate St John, English – art rock, pop
- Libby Van Cleve, American – avant garde
- Russel Walder, American – new age
As secondary instrument
- Ahmad Alaadeen, American – jazz
- Marshall Allen, American – jazz
- Derek Bell, Irish – folk
- Amanda Brown, Australian – indie rock
- Garvin Bushell, American – jazz
- Bob Cooper, American – jazz
- Julie Fowlis, Scottish – Celtic
- Vinny Golia, American – jazz
- Joseph Jarman, American – jazz
- Mick Karn, British – rock
- Rahsaan Roland Kirk, American – jazz
- Yusef Lateef, American – jazz
- Giuseppi Logan, American – jazz
- Andy Mackay, English – art rock
- Charlie Mariano, American – jazz
- Makanda Ken McIntyre, American – jazz
- Roscoe Mitchell, American – jazz
- Dewey Redman, American – jazz
- Don Redman, American – jazz
- Sufjan Stevens, American – indie rock
- Kjartan Sveinsson, Icelandic – post-rock
Shehnai players
- Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan, Indian
- Bismillah Khan, Indian
- S. Ballesh, Indian