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Eugene Izotov is a Russia

Russia

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n-born oboist and recording artist. He is currently the Principal Oboist

Oboist

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of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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http://www.cso.org/ appointed by Daniel Barenboim

Daniel Barenboim

Daniel Barenboim, KBE is an Argentinian-Israeli pianist and conductor. He has served as music director of several major symphonic and operatic orchestras and made numerous recordings....

in 2005. First Russian-born

Russia

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oboist in any major U.S. symphony orchestra. Faculty member of DePaul University

DePaul University

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, Roosevelt University

Roosevelt University

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, Verbier

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Festival (Switzerland) and Pacific Music Festival (Japan). Prior to these posts, he served as the Principal Oboist of the Metropolitan Opera

Metropolitan Opera

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http://www.metopera.org/, Associate Principal Oboe of the San Francisco Symphony

San Francisco Symphony

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http://www.sfsymphony.org, Principal Oboist of the Kansas City Symphony and has taught at the Juilliard School

Juilliard School

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and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

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. He studied with American oboist Ralph Gomberg

Ralph Gomberg

Ralph Gomberg was the principal oboist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 37 years . His brother Harold held the same chair with the New York Philharmonic for much of the same period ....

at Boston University

Boston University

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, from which he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award. In addition to being recognized as one of the world's premiere orchestral oboists, Izotov has been awarded top prizes at international competitions for solo oboists in Moscow (1990), Saint Petersburg (1991), New York (1995) and the First Prize at the 2001 Fernand Gillet International Oboe competition. Eugene Izotov's chamber music collaborations include regular partnerships with Pinchas Zukerman

Pinchas Zukerman

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, James Levine

James Levine

James Lawrence Levine is an American conductor and pianist. He is currently the music director of the Metropolitan Opera and former music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Levine's first performance conducting the Metropolitan Opera was on June 5, 1971, and as of May 2011 he has...

, Jaime Laredo

Jaime Laredo

Jaime Laredo is a violinist and conductor. Currently the conductor and Music Director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, he began his musical career when he was five years old. In 1948 he came to North America and took lessons from Antonio DeGrass...

, André Watts

André Watts

André Watts is a classical pianist and professor at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University.-Life and early performances:...

, Emanuel Ax

Emanuel Ax

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, Yo Yo Ma, Michael Tilson Thomas

Michael Tilson Thomas

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, and Yefim Bronfman

Yefim Bronfman

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. He is a frequent soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

http://www.cso.org/ and has recorded for Boston Records, Lisem Records, BMG

BMG

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, Elektra

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, and CSOResound.

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