Oboe
The oboe class at the Haute école de musique de Genève (HEM) is led by Alexei Ogrintchouk. Our professor is not only a renowned solo artist and chamber musician, but also an educator par excellence.
Very active on the international stage, Alexei Ogrintchouk currently holds the post of 1st solo oboist at the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. To complement his teaching, renowned oboists are regularly invited to give Masterclasses, and so too are oboe repairers, who come to pass on their expertise.
The students taking the HEM’s oboe classes benefit from a particularly stimulating learning environment, which gets the best out of their cultural diversity. The atmosphere is one that favours human contact and new friendships. Besides the individual classes, there is a large number and variety of opportunities to play in a group: orchestra sessions, chamber music, multi-disciplinary projects. Simulations of orchestra contests are also regularly held.
Our students are encouraged to broaden their horizons by taking lessons in a second instrument, such as baroque oboe or English horn, in the HEM’s department of music of the past. Thanks to the resources at our ‘Centre de musique électroacoustique’ (Centre for electro-acoustic music, CME), they can also experiment with avant-garde styles of music.
Thanks to the close ties that the HEM maintains with the region’s professional ensembles, our students have numerous opportunities to play in renowned ensembles such as the Orchestre de la Suisse romande (OSR), the Orchestre de Chambre de Genève (OCG) or the Ensemble de musique contemporaine Contrechamps. The richness of the music scene in French-speaking Switzerland, the music-loving public and the numerous patrons mean that there are ample opportunities for engagement, to enrich their practice and develop their network of contacts.
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