# List of oboists

An oboist (formerly hautboist) is a musician who plays the oboe or any oboe family instrument, including the oboe d'amore, cor anglais or English horn, bass oboe and piccolo oboe or oboe musette.
The following is a list of notable past and present professional oboists, with indications when they were/are known better for other professions in their own time. Oboists with an asterisk (*) have biographies in the online version of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

## Historical oboists
### Baroque period 1600–1760

* Francesco Barsanti (1690–1772), Italian * (composer)
* Alessandro Besozzi (1702–1773), Italian
* Antonio Besozzi (1714–1781), Italian
* Cristoforo Besozzi (1661–1725), Italian
* Giuseppe Besozzi (1686–1760), Italian
* Paolo Girolamo Besozzi (1713–1778), Italian
* Mateo Bissoli (Bisioli) (c. 1711 – 1780), Italian
* Esprit Philippe Chédeville (1696–1762), French *
* Nicolas Chédeville (1705–1782), French *
* Pierre Chédeville (1694–1725), French *
* André Danican Philidor (c. 1652–1730), French * (music librarian)
* Anne Danican Philidor (1681–1728), French
* Jean Danican Philidor (c. 1620 – 1679), French
* Michel Danican Philidor [ca; fr; it] (1580–1651), French
* Pierre Danican Philidor [ca; de; fr; it; no] (1681–1731), French
* John Ernest Galliard (c. 1675 – 1747), German *
* Johann Caspar Gleditsch (1684–1747), German ("Bach's oboist")
* Peter Glösch (c. 1685 – 1754), German
* Jean Hotteterre (c. 1610 – 1691), French * (instrument maker) (one of several oboists in the family)
* Martin Hotteterre (1635–1712), French * (instrument maker)
* Nicolas Hotteterre (1637–1694), French *
* Johann Christian Jacobi (1719–1784), German (oboist at Janitsch's "Freitags-Akademien")
* Jean Christian Kytch (died c. 1738), Dutch ("Handel's oboist")
* François La Riche (1662 – after 1733), Flemish *
* Jacques Loeillet (1685–1748), Flemish *
* Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (1680–1730), Flemish *
* Jacques Paisible (c. 1656 – 1721), French (oboist in Robert Cambert orchestra which moved to London in 1673)
* Joan Baptista Pla (c. 1720 – 1773), Spanish *
* Josep Pla (1728–1762), Spanish *
* Manuel Pla (c. 1725 – 1766), Spanish *
* Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697–1763), Italian *
* Johann Christian Richter (1689–1744), German
* Jacob Riehman (c. 1680 – 1729), Dutch *
* Giuseppe Sammartini (1695–1750), Italian * (son of French oboist Alexis Saint-Martin)
* Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767), German composer (Oboe was one of over 10 instruments he played)
* Roberto Valentine (1674 – c. 1740), English * (composer)

### Classical period 1730–1820

* Sante Aguilar (c. 1734 – 1808), Italian
* Christian Frederik Barth (1787–1861), Danish
* Christian Samuel Barth (1735–1809), German *
* Frederik Philip Carl August Barth (1774–1804), Danish *
* Georg Benda (1722–1795), Czech * (composer)
* Carlo Besozzi (1738–1791), Italian
* Francesco Besozzi (1766–1816), Italian
* Gaetano Besozzi (1725–1794), Italian
* Girolamo Besozzi (c. 1745 – 1788), Italian
* Friedrich Braun (1759–1824), German *
* Franz Joseph Czerwenka (1759–1835), Czech-Austrian ("Beethoven's oboist")
* Georg Druschetzky (1745–1819), Czech *
* Giuseppe Ferlendis (1755–1810), Italian *
* Josef Fiala (1748–1816), Czech * ("Mozart's oboist 1")
* Johann Christian Fischer (1733–1800), German *
* Joseph François Garnier (1755–1825), French *
* Michel Joseph Gebauer (1763–1812), French *
* Gottlieb Graupner (1767–1836), German-American
* William Herschel (1738–1822), German (astronomer) (before 1765 primarily oboist, only later an astronomer)
* François Jadin (1731–1790), French *
* Carl Khym (1770–after 1819), Czech *
* Ludwig August Lebrun (1746–1790), German *
* Ignace Malzat (1757–1804), Austrian (probably wrote the "Haydn" oboe concerto) *
* Domenico Mancinelli [it] (c. 1723 – 1804), Italian *
* Carl Ludwig Matthes (1751–?), German
* John Parke (1745–1829), English *
* William Thomas Parke (1762–1847), English *
* Giuseppe Prota (1737–1807), Italian *
* Friedrich Ramm (1744–1813), German ("Mozart's oboist 2")
* François Alexandre Antoine Sallantin (1755 – c. 1830), French *
* Johann Friedrich Schröter (1724–1811), German *
* Charles J. Suck (c. 1760 – c. 1808), English *
* Philipp Teimer (Filip Matyas Tajmar) (1767–1817), Bohemian (English horn)
* Georg Triebensee (1746–1813), Bohemian *
* Josef Triebensee (1772–1846), Bohemian * (composer)
* Jan Nepomuk Vent [cs; de; nl] (1745–1801), Bohemian *
* Thomas Vincent (1720–1783), English *

### Romantic period 1815–1910

* Apollon Barret (1804–1879), French *
* Christian Frederik Barth (1787–1861), Danish *
* Richard Baumgärtel (1858–1941), German
* Félix-Charles Berthélemy (1829–1868), French
* Carl A.P. Braun (1788–1835), German *
* Wilhelm Braun (1796–1867), German *
* Henri Brod (1799–1839), French *
* Baldassare Centroni (c. 1784 – 1860), Italian ("Rossini's oboist")
* Charles Colin [de; es; fr; ru] (1832–1881), French
* Franz Wilhelm Ferling (1796–1874), German
* Willi Gerlach [de; ja] (1909–1971), German
* Georges Gillet (1854–1920), French *
* Joseph Gungl (1810–1889), Hungarian * (conductor)
* Johann Peter Heuschkel (1773–1853), German *
* Ernst Krähmer (1795–1857), German *
* Olivo Krause (1857–1927), Danish
* Desiré Alfred Lalande (1866–1904), French *
* Antoine Joseph Lavigne (1816–1886), French
* Johann Heinrich Luft (1813–1877), German
* William Malsch (1855–1924), English *
* Giovanni Paggi (1806–1887), Italian *
* Antonio Pasculli (1842–1924), Italian * (the "Paganini of the oboe")
* Charles Reynolds (1843–1916), English
* Friedrich Ruthardt (1800–1862), German
* Adolf Rzepko (1825–1892), Polish *
* Joseph Sellner (1787–1843), Austrian
* Pedro Soler (1810–1850), Spanish
* Friedrich-Eugen Thurner (1785–1827), German
* Charles Triébert (1810–1867), French *
* Frédéric Triébert (1813–1878), French * (instrument maker)
* Raoul Triébert (1845 – c. 1894), French *
* Stanislas Verroust (1814–1863), French
* Gustave Vogt (1781–1870), French *
* Friedrich Westenholz (1778–1840), German *
* Carlo Yvon (1798–1854), Italian

## 20th-century oboists
### A–L

* Albert J. Andraud (1884–1975), French-American
* Rhadames Angelucci (1915–1991), American
* Alfred Barthel (1871–1957), French
* Evelyn Barbirolli (born Evelyn Rothwell), (1911–2008), English *
* Louis Bas (1863–1944), French
* Etienne Baudo (1903–2001), French
* Louis Bleuzet [es; fr; ru] (1871–1941), French
* Robert Bloom (1908–1994), American *
* Joy Boughton (1913–1963), English
* Maurice Bourgue (1939–2023), French
* Leonard Brain (1915–1975), English *
* Henri de Busscher (1880–1975), Belgian *
* Natalie Caine (1909–2008), English
* Jacques Chambon [fr] (1932–1984), French
* Janet Craxton (1929–1981), English * (Sister of the painter John Craxton)
* William Criss (1921–1984), American
* John de Lancie (1921–2002), American *
* Albert Debondue (1895–1984), French
* Antonio Estévez (1916–1988), Venezuelan * (composer)
* Alvin Etler (1913–1973), American * (composer)
* Svend Christian Felumb (1898–1972), Danish
* Peter Fischer (1924–2004), German
* Fritz Flemming (born 1872 or 1873; died 1947), German
* Réal Gagnier [de; fr] (1905–1984), Canadian
* Bert Gassman (1911–2004), American
* Fernand Gillet (1882–1980), French
* Ruth Gipps (1921–1999), British (composer)
* Albert Goltzer (1918–2007), American
* Harold Gomberg (1916–1985), American *
* Ralph Gomberg (1921–2006), American *
* Leon Goossens (1897–1988), English *
* Peter Graeme (1921–2012), English
* Percy Grainger (1882–1961), Australian-American
* František Hanták [cs; ru] (1910–1990), Czech *
* Earnest Harrison (1918–2005), American
* Hans Kamesch (1901–1975), Austrian
* Rudolf Kempe (1910–1976), German * (conductor)
* Bruno Labate (1883–1968), Italian
* Roland Lamorlette (1894–1960), French
* Alfred Läubin (1906–1976), American (instrument maker)
* Marc Lifschey (1926–2000), American
* Georges Longy (1868–1930), French *

### M–Z

* Terence MacDonagh (1908–1986), British
* Arno Mariotti (1911–1993), German-born American
* Josef Marx (1913–1978), German-American *
* Robert Mayer (1910–1994), American
* Karl Mayrhofer (1927–1976), Austrian
* Mitch Miller (1911–2010), American (choir conductor, recording director)
* Myrtile Morel (1889–1979), French
* Florian Mueller [de; nl] (1904–1983), American
* Pierre Pierlot (1921–2007), French
* Giuseppe Prestini (1877–1930), Italian
* David Reichenberg (1950–1987), American * (also listed under period instrumentalists below)
* A. Clyde Roller (1914–2005), American
* Marcel Saillet (1898–1983), Swiss
* Jürg Schaeftlein (1929–1986), Austrian *
* Riccardo Scozzi (1878–1955), Italian
* Edgar Shann (1919–1984), Swiss
* Harry Shulman (1916–1971), American
* Jerry Sirucek (1922–1996), American
* Koen van Slogteren [nl] (1922–1995), Dutch
* Václav Smetáček (1906–1986), Czech * (conductor)
* Robert Sprenkle (1914–1988), American
* Warren Stannard (1923–1995), American
* William Grant Still (1895–1978), American * (composer)
* Haakon Stotijn [nl] (1915–1964), Dutch *
* Jaap Stotijn (1891–1970), Dutch *
* František Suchý (1902–1977), Czech *
* Sidney Sutcliffe (1918–2001), Scottish
* Seizo Suzuki [ja] (1922–2008), Japanese
* Marcel Tabuteau (1887–1966), French/American *
* Jiří Tancibudek (1921–2004), Czech-Australian
* Giuseppe Tomassini (1915–1987), Italian
* Lois Wann (1912–1999), American
* Alexander Wunderer (1877–1955), Austrian

### 20th-century players of the English horn

* Engelbert Brenner (1904–1986), Austrian- born American
* Harry Freedman (1922–2005), Polish-born Canadian (composer)
* Hans Hadamowsky (1906–1986), Austrian
* Peter Henkelman (1882–1949), Dutch
* Leo van der Lek (1908–1999), Dutch
* John Minsker (1912–2007), American
* Louis Speyer (1890–1980), French-born American

## Contemporary classical oboists
### A–B

* Janice Applegate (born 1948), American
* Max Artved (born 1965), Danish
* Franck Avril (born 1953), French-American
* Theodore Baskin (born 1950), American
* Perry Bauman (1918–2004), American-Canadian
* William Bennett (1956–2013), American
* Melvin Berman (1929–2008), American-Canadian
* León Biriotti [es] (1929–2020), Uruguayan *
* Neil Black (1932–2016), English
* Peter Bowman, American
* Douglas Boyd (born 1960), Scottish
* Peter Bree (born 1949), Dutch
* Riccardo Bricchi (born 1959), Italian

### C–E

* Evgeni Dimitrov (born 1942), Bulgarian *
* German Cáceres (born 1954), Salvadoran * (composer)
* George Caird (born c. 1950), English
* Anthony Camden (1938–2006), English
* Roy Carter (born 1949), English
* Joseph Celli (born 1944), American *
* Nicholas Daniel (born 1962), English
* Clara Dent (born 1973), German (daughter of Simon Dent)
* Nick Deutsch [de] (born 1972), Australian
* Paolo Di Cioccio (born 1963), Italian
* Jonathan Dlouhy, American
* Diana Doherty (born 1966), Australian
* Elaine Douvas (born 1952), American
* Stuart Edward Dunkel, American
* Niels Eje (born 1954), Danish
* Majid Entezami (born 1947), Iranian

### F–H

* John Ferrillo, American
* Sarah Francis (born 1938), English *
* Thomas Gallant, American
* Alfred Genovese (1931–2011), American
* Ariana Ghez (born 1979), American
* Burkhard Glaetzner (born 1943), German
* Wynne Godley (1926–2010), English (economist)
* Henrik Chaim Goldschmidt (born 1959), Danish
* Ingo Goritzki (born 1939), German
* Charles Hamann (born 1971), American-Canadian
* Nicola Hands (born 1987), British-French
* Christoph Hartmann [de] (born 1965), German
* Jared Hauser (born 1971), American
* Werner Herbers [de; nl] (1940–2023), Dutch
* Brynjar Hoff (born 1940), Norwegian
* Heinz Holliger (born 1939), Swiss *
* Bernd Holz (born 1955), German
* Christian Hommel (born 1963), German
* Gordon Hunt (born 1950), English

### I–L

* Thomas Indermühle [de; es; ru] (born 1951), Swiss
* Eugene Izotov (born 1973), Russian-American
* Florin Ionoaia (born 1956), Romanian
* Jean-Claude Jaboulay, French
* Helen Jahren (born 1959), Swedish
* Kamil Jalilov (1938–2022), Azerbaijani
* Arthur Jensen (1925–2018), American
* Giorgi Kalandarishvili (born 1983) Georgian-German. Muenster Symphony, University of Music in Muenster "Musikhochschule Münster"
* Michael Kamen (1948–2003), American (film score composer)
* Melvin Kaplan (born 1929), American
* Jonathan Kelly (born 1969), British
* Dimitris Kitsos (born 1971), Greek
* Alex Klein (born 1964), Brazilian
* Elizabeth Koch (born 1986), American
* Lothar Koch (1935–2003), German *
* Kalev Kuljus [de] (born c. 1975), Estonian
* Yeon-Hee Kwak (born c. 1969), Korean
* François Leleux (born 1971), French
* Lajos Lencsés [ca; fr; ru] (born 1943), Hungarian
* Jay Light (born 1940s), American
* Michael Lisicky (born 1964), American

### M–Q

* John Mack (1927–2006), American
* Charles Mackerras (1925–2010), Australian (conductor) *
* Jean-Claude Malgoire (1940–2018), French
* Joel Marangella (born 1940s), American
* Eldevina Materula (born 1982), Mozambican
* Albrecht Mayer (born 1965), German
* Malcolm Messiter, English
* Fumiaki Miyamoto (born 1949) 宮本文昭, Japanese
* Lucas Macías Navarro (born 1978), Spanish
* Katherine Needleman (born 1978), American
* Alexei Ogrintchouk [de; nl; ru] (born 1978), Russian
* Christopher O'Neal (born 1953), British
* Pauline Oostenrijk [nl] (born 1967), Dutch
* Ivan Podyomov, (born 1986), Russian
* Ivan Pushetchnikov [ru] (1918–2010), Russian

### R–S

* Wayne Rapier (1930–2005), American
* Elizabeth Raum (born 1945), Canadian *
* Sally Sarah Johnston Reid (born 1948), American *
* Juozas Rimas (born 1942), Lithuanian
* Roger Roe (born 1968), American, assistant principal oboist/English horn player of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
* Carlo Romano (born 1954), Italian
* Joseph Robinson (born 1940), American *
* Pierre Rolland (1931–2011), Canadian
* Ronald Roseman (1933–2000), American
* Edwin Roxburgh (born 1937), English *
* Telena Ruth (born 1957), Australian
* Graham Salter, English
* Hansjorg Schellenberger (born 1948), German
* Bernard Schenkel (born 1941), Swiss
* Bart Schneemann (born 1954), Dutch
* Stefan Schilli [ca; de; es; ja] (born 1970), German
* Martin Schuring (American)
* Jonathan Small (born 1956), English
* Peter Smith, American
* Toyin Spellman-Diaz, American
* Jan Spronk (born c. 1940), Dutch
* Eva Steinaa (born 1993), Danish
* Ray Still (1920–2014), American
* Cynthia Steljes (1960–2006), Canadian
* Daniel Stolper (1935–2020), American
* Laila Storch (1921–2022), American
* Linda Strommen (born 1957), American

### T–Z

* Blair Tindall (born 1960), American (author)
* Jacques Tys, French
* Alexei Utkin (born 1957), Russian
* Piet Van Bockstal [fr; nl] (born 1963), Belgian
* Allan Vogel (born 1944), American
* Han de Vries (born 1941), Dutch *
* Edo de Waart (born 1941), Dutch * (conductor)
* David Walter [ca; de; fr] (born 1958), French
* Liang Wang (born 1980) 王亮, Chinese
* Mark Weiger (1959–2008), American
* Judith Weir (born 1954), Scottish (composer) *
* Helmut Winschermann (1920–2021), German (conductor)
* Richard Woodhams (born 1949), American
* Renato Zanfini, Italian
* Omar Zoboli (born 1953), Italian

### Contemporary oboists best known for playing English horn (cor anglais) or oboe d'amore

* Russ deLuna (born 1969), American
* Jennifer Paull (born 1944), English (oboe d'amore)
* Christine Pendrill, English
* Louis Rosenblatt (1928–2009), American
* Grover Schiltz (1931–2012), American
* Thomas Stacy (born 1938), American *

### Contemporary oboists best known for playing period instruments

* Katharina Arfken, German
* Paul Dombrecht (born 1948), Belgian
* Ku Ebbinge (born 1948), Dutch *
* Paul Goodwin (born 1956), English *
* Bruce Haynes (1942–2011), American-Canadian *
* Takeharu Nobuhara [ja] (born 1943), Japanese (conductor)
* Christopher Palameta (born 1979), Canadian
* Michel Piguet (1932–2004), Swiss *
* Marcel Ponseele (born 1957), Belgian
* Susanne Regel (born 1974), German
* David Reichenberg (1950–1987), American *
* Hugo Reyne (born 1961), French
* Anthony Robson (born 1955), English
* Marc Schachman, American

## Oboists performing primarily outside classical genres
### As primary instrument

* Kyle Bruckmann (born 1971), American – free improvisation
* Lindsay Cooper (1951–2013), English – art rock
* Jean-Luc Fillon (born 1960s), French – jazz
* Karl Jenkins (born 1944), Welsh * – jazz
* Colin Maier (born 1976), Canadian – new classical, celtic
* Paul McCandless (born 1947), American * – jazz
* Nancy Rumbel (born 1951), American – new age
* Sonny Simmons (1933–2021), American – jazz
* Frank Socolow (1923–1981), American – jazz
* Kate St John (born 1957), English – art rock, pop
* Libby Van Cleve (born 1958), American – avant garde
* Russel Walder (born 1959), American – new age

### As secondary instrument

* Ahmad Alaadeen (1934–2010), American – jazz (saxophonist)
* Marshall Allen (born 1924), American – jazz (saxophonist)
* Derek Bell (1935–2002), Irish – folk (harpist)
* Amanda Brown (born 1965), Australian – indie rock (violinist, guitarist)
* Garvin Bushell (1902–1991), American – jazz (all reeds)
* Bob Cooper (1925–1993), American – jazz (saxophone)
* Julie Fowlis (born 1979), Scottish – Celtic (vocalist)
* Vinny Golia (born 1946), American – jazz (all woodwinds)
* Joseph Jarman (1937–2019), American – jazz (clarinetist, saxophonist)
* Mick Karn (1958–2011), British – rock (multi-instrumentalist)
* Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1936–1977), American – jazz (multi-instrumentalist)
* Yusef Lateef (1920–2013), American – jazz (saxophonist, flutist)
* Giuseppi Logan (1935–2020), American – jazz (multi-instrumentalist)
* Andy Mackay (born 1946), English – art rock (saxophonist)
* Charlie Mariano (1923–2009), American – jazz (saxophonist)
* Makanda Ken McIntyre (1931–2001), American – jazz (saxophonist)
* Roscoe Mitchell (born 1940), American – jazz (saxophonist)
* Dewey Redman (1931–2006), American – jazz (saxophonist, suona)
* Don Redman (1900–1964), American – jazz (clarinetist, saxophonist)
* Sufjan Stevens (born 1975), American – indie rock (multi-instrumentalist)
* Kjartan Sveinsson (born 1978), Icelandic – post-rock (keyboardist)

## Shehnai players

* Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan (1939–2016), Indian
* Bismillah Khan (1916–2006), Indian
* S. Ballesh (born 1958), Indian