Alex Klein
Brazilian oboist (born 1964) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alex Klein (born 1964, Porto Alegre) is an oboist.
Alex Klein | |
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Born | 1964 (age 59ā60) Porto Alegre, Brazil |
Genres | Classical |
Occupation(s) | Professor [citation needed] |
Instrument(s) | Oboe |
Composed by Thomas Attwood Walmisley, performed by Alex Klein, oboe and Lisa Bergman, piano Gran Concerto on themes from Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani, composed by Antonio Pasculli, performed by Alex Klein, oboe and Lisa Bergman, piano |
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]