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Russell Coates

Oboe

Professional Orchestral Experience
BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Principal Cor Anglais and Oboe 3 Trial
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland - third Oboe
Wild Arts - Principal Oboe
Lapland Chamber Orchestra - Contract Principal Oboe and Cor Anglais
Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra - Oboe 2 Doubling Cor Anglais, Cor Anglais
Royal Ballet Sinfonia - Principal Cor Anglais
Chineke! Orchestra - Guest Principal Cor Anglais, Principal Oboe
English Touring Opera - Second Oboe and Cor Anglais, Principal Oboe 
London Symphony Orchestra - Second Oboe and Cor Anglais
London Philharmonic Orchestra - Second Oboe and Cor Anglais, Doubling Principal
National Symphony Orchestra - Principal Cor Anglais - doubling Second Oboe
Philharmonia - Principal Cor Anglais trial (2022 - 2023) Second Oboe and Cor Anglais
Joensuu Kaupunginorkesteri - Co Principal Oboe with Cor Anglais Trial
English National Opera - 2nd and Cor Anglais 
Welsh National Opera


Education and Outreach Work
London Philharmonic Orchestra BrightSparks GCSE concert - second oboe
Lapland Military Band chamber coach
Royal College of Music Junior ‘Double Reed Day’ chamber coach 
LSO Discovery - Cor Anglais
Richmond Music Trust – Oboe teacher
London Russian School of Music – Oboe teacher
Immanuel Presbyterian Christian Endeavour society, Belfast – Musical Director
Inchmarlo Preparatory School, Belfast - Musical and choral assistant

Orchestral Training
Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra - Principal and Second Oboe 
Royal College of Music Philharmonic Orchestra - Principal and soloist 
Royal College of Music Opera Orchestra
Philharmonia sit in scheme RCM 
Royal Scottish National Orchestra sit in scheme


Chamber
Phaedra Ensemble recording of Meredith Monk’s ‘Backlight’
Lapland Chamber Orchestra Quintet CD recordings 
Bach Brandenburg Cycle with Chamber Domaine at the Deal Music Festival 
La Folia Ensemble - Mozart Oboe Quartet
Voreios Trio - Founder
Luna Collective - Founding member 
Royal College of Music’s Participant in the Wigmore Hall ‘Oboe Fest’ 

Solo
Dutilleux’s Oboe Sonata with the Laganside Sinfonia 
Grimaldi Cor Anglais Competition - Winner
Luna Collective - Holliger’s Studie II and new commissioned solo piece for series of online concerts 
5th Barbirolli International Oboe Competition and festival before the Covid pandemic

Education
Royal College of Music - MPerf
Scholarships: RCM Scholarship Funs, Henry Wood Accommodation Trust and The Douglas and Hilda Simmonds Fund
Royal College of Music - BMus (hons) First Class
Scholarships: Ivan Evans Lombe Trust and RCM Scholarship Fun
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - BMus (hons)
Professors Juliana Koch, Olivier Stankiewicz, Christine Pendrill and Gail Hennessy, Fabien Thouand, Jane Marshall, Rosie Staniforth, Stephane Rancourt and Stephen West

References
Christine Pendrill
Olivier Stankiewicz
Juliana Koch

2025
2025
2025
2024 (Sept - Oct)
2025
2025
2024
2024 - Present
2022 - Present
2022 - Present
2023 - Present
2024 - Present
2022-2023
2021-2022
2022



2024
2024
2024
2022
2022-2023
2018-2020
2015-2016
2015-2016


2018
2018
2018
2018
2017
                                                



2022
2018
2020
2019

                       
2022
2022
2021
2019


2020-2023


2018-2020

2016-2018




 
  
  

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Instruments
Oboe, Cor Anglais, Oboe d'Amore