Gonzalo X. Ruiz — well known to Bay Area audiences through his long-standing involvement with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra — is among the country’s great Baroque oboists, and this ...

He has become an in-demand oboe professor at his alma mater, Oberlin Conservatory, and he is working again as a soloist too, even if he only plays for brief periods to prevent strain in his hand.

Later in the hour, we hear a concerto for clarinet by Franz Krommer (1759-1831). It wasn't the only woodwind concerto he wrote. We hear Alex Klein play the closing movement from his Oboe Concerto ...

Performing on the oboe was Alexei Ogrintchouk, a Russian-born soloist with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra who, at 24, is roughly the same age as Beethoven when he scored the concerto.

The renowned composer has scored many of the most famous films of our time. But until this summer, he had never attempted a ...

Ella Xu, Grand Prize Winner of the Philadelphia International Music Festival Spring 2023 Virtual Concerto Competition, captivated audiences with her performance of Alessandro Marcello’s Oboe ...

Next month, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra marks the 100th anniversary of its first public concert. This season and last, music director Marin Alsop has given both her programming and her musicians ...