Oboe playing, like bird watching and taffy pulling, is a passion that seems to run in families. The earliest famous oboe clan was that of Frenchman Jean Philidor, who played at the court of Louis XIV; ...

Every musician remembers their first note — for Eliana Fittante, it was on an instrument most fifth-graders can barely coax a sound from.

The oboe, revered for its intimate and affecting sound, challenges musicians who create its beauty in ways concealed from most who love its sonorities. It’s an instrument with a history that goes back ...

Eugene Izotov has been the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s principal oboist since 2005. In the midst of While on the orchestra’s recent European tour, he spoke about his instrument as well as the perils ...

Nov. 16, 2000 - When Colorado Symphony music director Marin Alsop asked principal oboist Peter Cooper which concerto he would like to perform for his next solo stint with the orchestra, he did not ...

Alex Klein was at the top of his game in 2001 when the mysterious malady struck. As the principal oboist of the stellar Chicago Symphony and the winner of five Grammy Awards, he was considered one of ...

And there’s a museum in the Old West End dedicated to helping preserve and celebrate a specific genre of music. It’s called the Sacred Steel Music and History Museum. Music is in Del Ray Grace’s DNA.

Washington State University graduate student Calby Van Hollebeke performed several chamber music concerts for harvesting farm families in the greater Palouse area. Van Hollebeke is in the second year ...