The Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox International Competition (dedicated to the memory of the late master oboist and honorary member of the IDRS, Fernand Gillet, and to the memory of master bassoonist Hugo Fox, principal bassoonist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1922-1949) is for bassoonists and oboists who have not reached their 31st birthday by the date of the final round of the competition.
2023 Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox International Competition for Oboe Repertoire:
Repertoire for the Preliminary Round:
J.S. Bach
Partita in G minor, BWV 1013 (Any Edition in G Minor. Movements 1 and 2 NO repeats, Movements 3 and 4 ALL repeats)
Toshio Hosokawa
Spell Song for solo oboe (Schott)
Repertoire for the Final Round:
Toshio Hosokawa
Spell Song for solo oboe (Schott)
Ruth Gipps
Oboe Concerto in D minor (Emerson Editions)
Brian Nabors
Oboe Sonata (JWPepper/Subito Music)
Clara Schumann
Three Romances, Op. 22 (Breitkopf & Haertel)
2023 Gillet-Fox Oboe Contact:
Andreas Oeste, Chair
E-mail: oeste@idrs.org
The Winners of the 2022 Fernand Gillet- Hugo Fox International Competition for Bassoon (in alphabetical order) are:
- 1st Prize: Marie Boichard (France), Solo Bassoon with the Orchestre National de France
- 2nd Prize: Clara Manaud (France), Solo Bassoon with the Copenhagen Philharmonic
Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order):
- Daniel Handsworth (Sweden/Australia), studies at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik and Darstellende Kunst Mannheim with Ole Kristian Dahl
- Elena Mateo Saez (Spain), studies at the Colburn School with Richard Beene
Unfortunately, finalist Hana Hasegawa (Hungary/Japan) was unable to attend the competition because of unforeseen circumstances.
The finalists of the 2022 Fernand Gillet- Hugo Fox International Competition for Bassoon (in alphabetical order) are:
- Marie Boichard (France), Solo Bassoon with the Orchestre National de France.
- Daniel Handsworth (Sweden/Australia), studies at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik and Darstellende Kunst Mannheim with Ole Kristian Dahl.
- Hana Hasegawa (Hungary/Japan), studies at the Hanover University of Music, Drama, and Media with Bence Bogányi.
- Clara Manaud (France), Solo Bassoon with the Copenhagen Phil.
- Elena Mateo Saez (Spain), studies at the Colburn School with Richard Beene.
The alternate is: Enrico Bassi (Italy), Solo Bassoon with Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, studies with Matthias Rácz at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste and with Luca Reverberi.