Louis Baumann

3rd Prize ex aequo oboe 2021

Born in Alsace, Louis started playing the oboe with Christophe Le Divenah and then joined Sébastien Giot's class at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg. After a period in the Paris region in the class of Hélène Devilleneuve and Johannes Grosso, he was admitted in 2015 to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon in the class of Jean-Louis Capezzali and Jérôme Guichard. After obtaining his Diploma, he joined the Zürich Opera Academy in 2018 for two seasons under the mentorship of Bernhard Heinrichs and Clément Noël. At the end of 2019, he was appointed principal English horn with the Orchestre National de Metz, then principal oboe with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra.


COMPETITION PROGRAMME 2021

ONLINE RECITAL

  • R. Schumann: Adagio & Allegro, Op. 70
  • H. Dutilleux: Oboe sonata
  • G.P.Telemann: Fantasia N°3 in B minor, TWV 40: 2-13
  • L. Berio: Sequenza VII

SEMI-FINAL

  • W.A Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b
  • F. Couperin: Les Gouts Réunis: Concert N°11 in C minor
  • P. Sancan: Sonatine
  • ​T. Escaich: Cantus III for solo oboe

FINAL WITH ORCHESTRA

  • H. Takagi: L'Instant, for solo oboe and ensemble 
    R. Strauss: Oboe concerto in D Maj