Neil Black, oboe

Black is a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and artistic director for the Kirckman Concert Society. He is the former principal oboist for the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London Philharmonic and English Chamber Orchestras and has appeared as a concert soloist in the United States, England, France and Japan. Black's numerous recordings include collaborations with the: English Chamber Orchestra (Barenboim), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields (Marriner) and Warsaw Sinfonia (Menuhin). He was appointed O.B.E. by the Queen in the New Year's Honours for his services to music. Black has served on the Sarasota Music Festival faculty since 1992.