Omar Zoboli
Omar Zoboli(born 1953,Modena) is an Italianoboist,since 1998 till 2018 professor at theMusikhochschule Basel[1]-Switzerland
Studies and competitions
[edit]He studied Oboe underSergio Possidoni,Heinz HolligerandPaul Dombrecht.Experience and inspiration was gained by working withNikolaus HarnoncourtandFrans Brüggen.
He gained first prize at theInternational Competition of Anconaand at theItalian Television (RAI)Competition for Young Performers 1978.
Activities, performances
[edit]He owes his international reputation largely to his first recordings (among others a CD dedicated toAntonio Pasculli,the “Paganini of the Oboe” ) which were received with great acclaim, and brought engagements at various festivals and with major orchestras in Berlin, Rotterdam, Paris, Warsaw, Lugano, Geneva, Zurich, Basel, Milan, London, Japan and the United States.
Besides being a soloist, he is an enthusiastic performer varying from duo to baroque ensemble, playing on period instruments, and from wind octet (Ottetto Classico Italiano) to larger string-wind groups andcontemporary musicincluded improvisation.
Composers likeSylvano Bussotti,[2]Niccolò Castiglioni,[2]Paul Glass,[2]Éric Gaudibert,[2]Francesco Hoch,[2]Alessandro Lucchetti,[2]Luca Mosca,[2]Albert Möschinger,[2]Mario Pagliarani,[2]Gianni Possioand many others have written for and dedicated works to him.
He has recorded a DVD (Lebrun Concerto, Frans Brüggen conducting) and about 30 LPs and CDs forAccord,Claves,Divox,Ex Libris,Harmonia Mundi,Jecklin,Koch-Schwann,Stradivarius,Teldecand others[3]with works that represent theoboerepertoire of the last three centuries at its very best.
Omar Zoboli has been oboe soloist of theRadio Orchestras of Lugano (RSI)andNaples (RAI),theSt. Gallen Symphony Orchestraand theKammerorchester Basel.
He has played baroque and classical oboes withConcentus Musicus Wien(Nikolaus Harnoncourt),Il Giardino Armonico(Giovanni Antonini),Scintilla Orchester Zürich,I Barocchisti(Diego Fasolis).
Since 1991, he has also been conducting with great success his own projects with large wind ensembles and orchestras.
Teaching, master classes
[edit]He has been invited to give master classes inEnglandat theRoyal College of Music in Kensingtonand at theRoyal Academy of Music,Spain, Portugal, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland, South America, China, Israel.
Since 1988 till 2018 he has been teaching oboe andchamber musicat theBasel Music Academy.Actually professor for chamber music at Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano.
References
[edit]- ^"Hochschule für Musik Basel (Omar Zoboli)".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-09-06.
- ^abcdefghi"Orchestra Repertory (complete list)".
- ^"Discography (complete list)".
