Neil Black
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Neil Black OBE is an internationally known oboist
and a professor at London
's Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Starting on the oboe
at age 11, Black did not initially consider music as a career. He attended Oxford University and earned a degree in History. Three years after finishing at Oxford, he became principal oboist for the London Philharmonic Orchestra
. Later in his career, he was the principal oboist for the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
and the English Chamber Orchestra
, with which he toured the world. Black has also seen success as a soloist
. Along with his professorship, he is currently the musical director of the Kirckman Concert Society. He is a recipient of the O.B.E..
Oboist
An oboist is a musician who plays the oboe or any oboe family instrument, including the cor anglais, oboe d'amore, shawm and oboe musette....
and a professor at London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
's Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Starting on the oboe
Oboe
The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
at age 11, Black did not initially consider music as a career. He attended Oxford University and earned a degree in History. Three years after finishing at Oxford, he became principal oboist for the London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
The London Philharmonic Orchestra , based in London, is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom, and is based in the Royal Festival Hall. In addition, the LPO is the main resident orchestra of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera...
. Later in his career, he was the principal oboist for the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields is an English chamber orchestra, based in London.Sir Neville Marriner founded the ensemble as The Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields in London as a small, conductorless string group. The ensemble's name comes from Trafalgar Square's St Martin-in-the-Fields...
and the English Chamber Orchestra
English Chamber Orchestra
The English Chamber Orchestra is a British chamber orchestra based in London. The full orchestra regularly plays concerts at Cadogan Hall, and the ECO Ensemble performs at Wigmore Hall...
, with which he toured the world. Black has also seen success as a soloist
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
. Along with his professorship, he is currently the musical director of the Kirckman Concert Society. He is a recipient of the O.B.E..
Discography
- For a Girls' Night In. Decca (028947610427). (Features Black on Vivaldi's Oboe Concerto in F.)
- Mozart and Beethoven: Quintets for Piano and Winds. Sony Classics (074644209921).
- Mozart: Clarinet Quintet, Horn Quintet, Oboe Quartet. (ASIN B00000411T) (Features Black on Mozart's Oboe Quartet in FOboe Quartet (Mozart)The Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in early 1781. The quartet is scored for oboe, violin, viola and cello. In 1780, Mozart was invited to Munich to visit Elector Karl Theodor, who had commissioned the opera Idomeneo for a carnival celebration...
.) - Mozart, Strauss, Weber: Wind Concertos. Sony. (ASIN B0000029S9) (Features Black on Richard Strauss's Oboe Concerto in D majorOboe Concerto (Richard Strauss)The Concerto in D major for Oboe and Small Orchestra, AV 144, TrV 292, was written by Richard Strauss in 1945. It was one of the last works he composed near the end of his life, during what is often described by biographers, journalists and music critics as his "Indian summer."-Instrumentation and...
.)