Alex Klein
Alex Klein | |
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Born | 1964 (age 59–60) Porto Alegre, Brazil |
Genres | Classical |
Occupation(s) | Professor [citation needed] |
Instrument(s) | Oboe |
Alex Klein (born 1964, Porto Alegre) is an oboist.
Klein joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as principal oboe at age 30 in 1995.[1] He won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental soloist with Orchestra for his recording of Richard Strauss' Oboe Concerto with Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony.[2] He left the Chicago Symphony in July 2004 due to musician's focal dystonia which had begun within two years of his assuming the first chair. During a tour of the Far East with the orchestra, he found his fingers would no longer allow him to play at his finest level throughout a symphony by Tchaikovsky, and asked to resign.[1] In June 2016, he was once again appointed principal oboe of the Chicago Symphony.[3] However, he was denied tenure in the CSO in April 2017 as a result of not passing the mandatory probation period.[4]
In October 2018, Klein was appointed principal oboe of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.[5] In May 2024 he was terminated from the orchestra, due to "deeply troubling comments posted online".[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Wakin, Daniel J (November 3, 2005). "Oboist Afflicted By Hand Trouble Enjoys Reunion With Chicagoans". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
- ^ "Alex Klein". Recording Academy. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ von Rhein, John (June 25, 2016). "Oboist Alex Klein to return as CSO principal". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 13, 2020.
- ^ von Rhein, John (May 25, 2017). "CSO principal oboe Alex Klein is denied tenure". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
- ^ Alex Klein (October 15, 2018). story_fbid=10161454185480355&id=545125354&_ft_=mf_story_key.10161454185480355%3Atop_level_post_id.10161454185480355%3Atl_objid.10161454185480355%3Acontent_owner_id_new.545125354%3Athrowback_story_fbid.10161454185480355%3Aphoto_id.10161454178360355%3Astory_location.4%3Astory_attachment_style.photo%3Athid.545125354%3A306061129499414%3A2%3A1514793600%3A1546329599%3A6356951865616572995&__tn__=*W-R "Facebook post". Facebook. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
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External links[edit]
- Alex Klein, bio, discography, reviews on Cedille Records site
- Recording of "Sonata for Oboe and Piano" by Eugène Bozza, with Alex Klein, oboe and Lisa Bergman, piano in MP3 format
- Interview with Alex Klein, June 11, 2002
- Brazilian classical musicians
- Brazilian oboists
- Classical oboists
- American classical oboists
- Male oboists
- Brazilian emigrants to the United States
- Grammy Award winners
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Brazilian people of German descent
- Cedille Records artists
- Musicians with dystonia
- American musicians with disabilities
- Brazilian people with disabilities