Nicholas Daniel
oboe, (U.K.)
At his debut at the BBC Proms in 1992, when still only in his twenties, the Sunday Times described Nicholas Daniel as one of the greatest exponents of the oboe in the world. Today, one of the U.K.’s most distinguished and charismatic soloists, he is also noted for his championing of new repertoire for the instrument and has recently been appointed artistic director of the Osnabruck Festival, Germany and also the Isle of Wight International Oboe Competition.
Educated at Salisbury Cathedral School, the Purcell School and at the Royal Academy of Music, Nicholas Daniel studied with Janet Craxton, Celia Nicklin, and George Caird. At the age of 18, he was the winner of the BBC ’s prestigious Young Musician of the Year Competition. He went on to win numerous other competitions, including the International Double Reed Society competition in Graz, and the Munich International Oboe Competition, where he was the first British prizewinner.
Nicholas Daniel has been heard in recital on almost every continent, and has been a concerto soloist with orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Netherlands, and Bavarian Radio Orchestras, and the Budapest Strings, under such conductors as Sir Roger Norrington, Oliver Knussen, Richard Hickox, Tadaaki Otaka, and Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Additionally, he has been a guest artist with every BBC orchestra. Since his debut at the Promenade Concerts, he has appeared three subsequent times, performing Strauss Oboe Concerto, the world premier of John Woolrich’s Oboe Concerto, which was commissioned by the BBC, and Benjamin Britten’s Six Metamorphoses.
