Omar Zoboli
Omar Zoboli (* 1953 in Modena ) is an Italian oboist and professor at the Basel School of Music .
education
He studied oboe with Sergio Possidoni and Heinz Holliger and baroque oboe with Paul Dombrecht . In 1978 he won first prize at the Ancona International Music Competition and the Italian Radio Competition for Young Performers. He received decisive impulses from Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Frans Brüggen .
Act
Omar Zoboli attracted attention primarily through his recordings - especially through the recordings of works by Antonio Pasculli , the " Paganini of the oboe". Since then, his reputation as an exceptional musician has been consolidated through worldwide concert activity with top orchestras (such as Suisse Romande Geneva, Tonhalle Zurich, Chamber Orchestra Basel, Radio Lugano, Italian Radio RAI, Pomeriggi Musicali and Verdi Milan, Radio Krakow on Warsaw Autumn, Rotterdam Philharmonic) and performances at major festivals.
In addition to his solo activities, Omar Zoboli is enthusiastic about chamber music, from the baroque ensemble with historical instruments to the large modern wind and string ensemble. In 1982 he founded the Ottetto Classico Italiano (wind octet), with which he performed throughout Europe.
He has recorded solo and chamber music literature from three centuries in numerous LPs and CDs (see homepage for directory).
He has premiered works by composers such as Sylvano Bussotti , Niccolò Castiglioni , Paul Glass , Eric Gaudibert , Francesco Hoch , Alessandro Lucchetti , Luca Mosca , Albert Möschinger , Mario Pagliarani , Gianni Possio and many others.
Omar Zoboli has worked as principal oboist in the Naples Radio Orchestra, the Orchestra della Radio Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, the St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra and the Basel Chamber Orchestra ; with baroque and classical oboes a. a. in the Concentus Musicus Vienna (Harnoncourt), in the Giardino Armonico (Antonini), in the Scintilla Orchestra Zurich and with the Barocchisti ( Diego Fasolis ).
Since 1991 he has performed his own projects as a conductor of orchestras and larger wind ensembles, with great success with orchestral musicians, audiences and critics.
Teaching
He regularly gives advanced training courses in England at the Royal College of Music in Kensington and the Royal Academy of Music , in Spain, Germany, Sweden, Italy, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, China and South America.
Since 1988 he has been a professor (concert training class oboe and chamber music) at the Basel University of Music.
Web links
- Omar Zoboli (official homepage)
- International Double Reed Society
- University of Music Basel
- Chamber soloists Zug
- Chamber Music Academy Blonay
- Agency Annette Voigt
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zoboli, Omar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian oboist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Modena |