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 Preliminary Round Judges:
- Hassan Anderson (USA), Assistant Professor of Oboe, University of South Carolina
- Jung Choi (USA/South Korea), Assistant Professor of Oboe, University of North Texas
- Ramón Ortega (Spain), Principal Oboe, Bavarian Radio Symphony
- Alison Teale (England), Co-Principal Oboe, BBC Orchestra and Oboe Professor at Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- Daniella Tessman (German), Oboe Professor, Hochschule für Musik – Mainz
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
To be considered, all application materials must be submitted on or before March 15, 2023.
All applicants and contestants shall perform from an edition of the published printed music. Performing from illegally printed copies of any form will immediately disqualify that contestant. Legal copyright for any composition shall be determined and enforced based on the copyright laws of the United States of America, regardless of place of purchase. The use of e-tablets will be allowed only when the contestant can show (by having the original music or a receipt of purchase thereof) that they have previously obtained the published printed music prior to scanning it into the tablet.