Artists / Faculties
Oboe: Olivier Stankiewicz
25-year-old French oboist Olivier Stankiewicz won the 2015 Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York as well as the 2015 Young Concert Artists European Auditions in Leipzig. In May 2015, he was appointed to the position of Principal Oboe with the London Symphony Orchestra. He has performed at Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw and served as Principal Oboe with Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse (ONCT) from 2011 to 2015. He recently performed the world premiere of Benjamin Attahir’s oboe concerto Nur with the ONCT under Tugan Sokhiev. He has also appeared as soloist with the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie in Belgium, the Gunma Symphony in Japan, the Tokyo Sinfonietta in Japan, the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Furians in France, and Ensemble des Possibles in France.
Mr. Stankiewicz was named the 2013 Classical Revelation by the French association ADAMI, and won First Prize at the 2012 International Oboe Competition of Japan. An avid chamber musician, he has performed in numerous French festivals, including Toulouse les Orgues Festival, Estivales de Musique en Médoc, Festival Jeunes Talents, and Le Classique c’est pour les vieux Festival. As a member of Duo Widmung, which he co-founded with pianist Alvise Siniva as an ensemble which focuses on adaptations of vocal repertoire, he performed at Tokyo’s Toppan Hall. A fervent advocate of new music, he frequently commissions new works, experiments with sound painting, improvisation, and helped to found the WARN!NG Collective, a collaborative new music ensemble.
Mr. Stankiewicz graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris, where he studied oboe with Jacques Tys, David Walter, and Jean-Claude Jaboulay, and conducting with Philippe Ferro. He has participated in master classes of Christian Schmitt, Alexei Ogintchouk, and Maurice Bourgue. He is currently Professor of Oboe at the Royal College of Music in London.