Alexei Ogrintchouk
Oboe Jury Chair 2021
Biography
A graduate of the prestigious Gnessin School of Music and the Paris Conservatoire, where he studied with Maurice Bourgue, Alexei Ogrintchouk is originally from Moscow. His career was launched in 1998 upon winning 1st Prize at the Geneva International Music Competition. Since then, he has led an intense international career as soloist and chamber musician, performing across Europe, the United States and Japan with some of the world’s most prestigious orchestras and most renowned artists. He was appointed first solo oboist at the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 20 and has held this same position at the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra since 2005.
Ogrintchouk now combines his solo and orchestral commitments with conducting engagements, leading prestigious ensembles such as the Verbier Chamber Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Kremarata Baltica, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne and Brussels Philharmonic.
Alexei Ogrintchouk is Professor at the Haute École de Musique de Genève and the Royal Conservatoire The Hague. His wide-ranging discography includes recordings as a soloist, chamber musician and conductor.
Photo © Marco Borggreve
Events
OBOE COMPETITION 2021 : FINAL ROUND WITH ORCHESTRA
Friday 29 October | 7:00 PM, Victoria Hall, Geneva
Louis Baumann, 26 years old, France
Hinako Takagi
L’Instant, for solo oboe and ensemble
Zhiyu Sandy Xu, 28 years old, Australia
Daniel Arango Prada
Dune, for solo oboe and ensemble
Natalie Auli, 26 years old, Venezuela
D. Arango Prada
Dune, for solo oboe and ensemble
---- intermission -----
Louis Baumann, 26 years old, France
Richard Strauss
Concerto Op. 144 for oboe & orchestra
1. Allegro Moderato
2. Andante
3. Vivace
Zhiyu Sandy Xu, 28 years old, Australia
Richard Strauss
Concerto Op. 144 for oboe & orchestra
1. Allegro Moderato
2. Andante
3. Vivace
Natalie Auli, 26 ans, Venezuela
Richard Strauss
Concerto Op. 144 for oboe & orchestra
1. Allegro Moderato
2. Andante
3. Vivace
With the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Douglas Boyd
OBOE COMPETITION 2021: SEMI-FINAL ROUND (SESSIONS 3 & 4)
Tuesday 26 October | 4 PM / 7 PM, Salle Franz Liszt, Geneva Conservatoire
SESSION 3, 4PM
Mr. Christopher KOPPITZ, Portugal
, 28 years old
Piano : Sylvie BARBERI
Clavecin : Daniela NUMICO
- W.A. Mozart : Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b
- CPE Bach : Oboe sonata in G minor, Wq. 135
- P. Haas: Suite Op. 27
- A. Jolivet : Serenade for oboe and piano
Mr. Alexander KRIMER, Germany
, 25 years old
Piano : Véronique GOUDIN-LEGER
Clavecin : Daniela NUMICO
- CPE Bach : Oboe sonata in G minor, Wq. 135
- T. Hosokawa : Spell Song
- A. Pasculli: Concerto sopra motivi dell'opera "La Favorita" di Donizetti
- W.A. Mozart : Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b
SESSION 4, 7pm
Ms Natalia AULI, Venezuela , 26 years old
Piano : Aya ISHIHARA
Clavecin : Daniela NUMICO
- F. Couperin : Les Goûts Réunis: Concert N°14 in D minor
- W.A. Mozart : Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b
- M. Dranishnikova: Poeme
- Pierre Sancan : Sonatine
- B. Maderna : Solo per Oboe
Ms Yijea HAN, South Korea
, 25 years old
Piano : Imani KIMIKO
Clavecin : Daniela NUMICO
Électronique : David Poissonnier
- A. Vivaldi : Oboe sonata in C minor, RV 53
- S. Nemtsov : Interludium for oboe and electronics
- K. Slavicky: Suite for oboe and piano
- W.A. Mozart : Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b
OBOE COMPETITION 2021: SEMI-FINAL ROUND (SESSIONS 1 & 2)
Monday 25 October | 4 PM / 7 PM, Salle Franz Liszt, Geneva Conservatoire
SESSION 1, 4PM
Piano : Sylvie BARBERI
Clavecin : Daniela NUMICO
- CPE Bach : Oboe sonata in G minor, Wq. 135
- J. Agrell : Blues for DD for solo oboe
- A. Jolivet: Serenade for oboe and piano
- W.A. Mozart : Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b
Mr. Gabriel PIDOUX, France, 25 years old
Piano : Véronique GOUDIN-LEGER
Clavecin : Daniela NUMICO
- F. Couperin : Les Concerts Royaux: Concert N°7 in G minor
- H. Holliger :Studie II for solo oboe
- W.A. Mozart : Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b
- A. Pasculli: Concerto sopra motivi dell'opera "La Favorita" di Donizetti
SESSION 2, 7pm
Mr. Louis BAUMANN, France, 26 years old
Piano : Sylvie BARBERI
Clavecin : Daniela NUMICO
- F. Couperin : Les Gouts Réunis: Concert N°11 in C minor
- T. Escaich :Cantus III for solo oboe
- W.A. Mozart : Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b
- P. Sancan: Sonatine
Mr. Zhiyu Sandy XU, Australia , 28 years old
Piano : Madoka ITO
Clavecin : Daniela NUMICO
- F. Couperin : Les Gouts Réunis: Concert N°11 in C minor
- W.A. Mozart : Oboe Quartet in F major, K.370/368b
- K. Slavicky:Suite for oboe and piano
- J. Agrell :Blues for D.D
OBOE COMPETITION 2021
ONLINE RECITAL: 13-19 SEPTEMBER 2021
32 oboists aged 19 to 39 from 19 nationalities have been selected to participate in the 75th Geneva International Music Competition, section Oboe. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the first part of the 2021 Competition is held online. Selected candidates had until August 15th to submit their video recordings of the Online Recital, which will be streamed virtually from 13-19 September 2021 on www.concoursgenve.ch, YouTube and Facebook. Results will be announced on Sunday 19 September, 1:00 PM (GMT+2).
> See online recital broaecasting schedule
PROGRAMME ONLINE RECITAL
- One piece with piano by Robert or Clara Schumann:
- R. Schumann: 3 Romances, Op. 94
- R. Schumann: Adagio & Allegro, Op. 70
- R. Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 for oboe d’amore and piano
- C. Schumann: 3 Romances, Op. 22
- One modern piece with piano from the following list:
- B. Britten: Temporal Variations
- F. Poulenc: Sonata
- A. Dorati: Duo Concertante
- N. Skalkottas: Concertino
- P. Haas: Suite
- H. Dutilleux: Sonata
- R. Casadesus: Sonata, Op. 23
- P. Hindemith: Sonata for English horn
- One contemporary work for solo oboe from the following list:
- I. Yun Piri
- N. Castiglioni: Aleph
- L. Berio: Sequenza VII
- E. Carter: Inner Song
- B. Maderna: Solo
- D. Wen: Traces III
- H. Holliger: Studie über Mehrklänge
- One piece at free choice (with or without piano)