4 oboes, 3 flutes left at Tchaikovsky Competition
mainHere’s the last 12:
1. Juri Florian Alexander Vallentin (Germany, oboe)
2. Aron Chiesa (Italy, clarinet)
3. August Lange Finkas Jensen (Denmark, clarinet)
4. Sofiya Viland (Russia, flute)
5. Ivan Kobylskiy (Russia, oboe)
6. Nikita Vaganov(Russia, clarinet)
7. Joidy Scarlet Blanco Lewis (Venezuela, flute)
8. Matvey Demin (Russia, flute)
9. Alessandro Beverari (Italy, clarinet)
10. Michaela Špačková(Czech Republic, bassoon)
11. Raffaele Giannotti (Italy, bassoon)
12. Melanie Jessica Rothman (UK, oboe)
13. Sergio Alberto Sanchez Colmenares (Venezuela, oboe)
14. Szymon Tadeusz Michalik (Poland, bassoon)
15. Lívia Duleba (Hungary, flute)
16. Lola Descours (France, bassoon)
17. Sergei Eletskiy(Russia, clarinet)
Actually it is
4 flutes
5 clarinets
4 oboes
4 bassoons
TOTAL: 17 for the semifinal.
How often do American oboists make it far in these kinds of competitions, if they’re ever even there?