Emily Pailthorpe first gained public attention in 1989 when, as the youngest artist ever to win the Gillet International Oboe Competition prize, she was hailed by the judges as the 'Jacqueline du Pre of the oboe'. Emily went on to study English at Yale university and oboe at the Juilliard School of Music winning prizes for both concerto and orchestral playing. She appeared as Principal Oboe with many orchestras, including the Baltimore Symphony and the Dallas Opera Orchestra.Resident in the UK since 2000, Emily has been much in demand as a guest principal oboist, with the Hallé Orchestra and London Philharmonic among others. She is a founder member of the mixed chamber ensemble Conchord, with whom she has recorded and toured Europe and America.
Emily made her solo Wigmore Hall debut in June 2004. Other solo appearances have included the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, the Spoleto Festival, Italy, and the Strauss Oboe Concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Her debut CD, Though Lovers be Lost, is on the Oboe Classics label.
Read an interview with Emily on the Oboe Classics website
Hear Emily on BBC Radio 4's "Woman's Hour"
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