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Chris Vettraino

Oboe

Previous Employment 

  • Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Ob.2 + CA, Temporary Contract, Aug 2024 - Aug 2025 

Trials 

  • Royal Northern Sinfonia, Section Leader Oboe, July 2025- current 
  • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Principal Oboe, June 2025- current 
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sub-Principal Oboe, February 2025- current 
  • BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Principal Cor Anglais, June 2024- October 2025 

Other Professional Orchestral Experience 

  • BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Guest Principal Oboe 
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra, Guest 2nd Oboe, BBC Proms 
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra, Guest 2nd Oboe 
  • London Sinfonietta, Guest Tutti Oboe 

Chamber Music 

  • Lumas Winds, Founding Member 2018 - present 
    • Royal Over-Seas League Mixed Ensembles Winner 2023 
    • Britten Pears Young Artists 2024 
    • Debut Album released with Champs Hill records 2024 
    • Kirckman Artists, Countess of Munster Artists, Tunnell Trust Award Winners 
  • Ironstone Chamber Festival, Mozart Oboe Quartet 
  • Corbridge Festival, Mozart Oboe Quartet, Farrenc Nonet, Coleridge-Taylor Nonet 

Orchestral Training 

  • London Philharmonic Foyle Future Firsts, 2022-2023 

Prizes and Awards 

  • BBC Radio Scotland Young Classical Musician 2024, Grand Finalist 
    • Martinu Oboe Concerto with the BBC SSO 
  • Croydon Performing Arts Festival, Concerto Competition Winner 2022 
    • Mozart Oboe Concerto with the London Mozart Players Jan 2023 
  • Royal Academy of Music Oboe Prize, Cor Anglais Prize, 2023 

Education 

  • Royal Academy of Music, 2018-2023, BMus, MMus 
  • Studied with Chris Cowie, Sue Bohling, Tom Blomfield, Ian Hardwick 
  • Hochschule Für Musik und Tanz Köln, 2023- 2025, Studied with Christian Wetzel

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Instruments
Oboe, Cor Anglais