Emanuel Abbühl

Emanuel Abbühl was principal oboe with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and moved to the same position with the London Symphony Orchestra – performing on many of world’s leading stages and festivals confirming an international career as soloist and sought-after artist. He has been invited to perform with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Mariinsky Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra as well as at the renowned Salzburg Festival Summer and the Festivals of Tanglewood, Istanbul, Saint Petersburg, Edinburgh and Mexico City, and has worked with such conductors as Valery Gergiev, Colin Davis, Seiji Ozawa, Heinz Holliger, Witold Lutosławski and Bernard Haitink.

As a teacher, he is sharing his large experience with students as at the Rotterdam Conservatory, the Royal Academy of Music in London and as a visiting professor worldwide. Currently he is working as professor for oboe at the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts and the Basel Academy of Music.

2011 he was appointed honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music London. His repertoire is wide spread, in a well founded and wide research from 17th to 21st century.

Picture: Susanne Drescher