The Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox International Competition (dedicated to the memory of the late master oboist and honorary member of the IDRS, Fernand Gillet, and to the memory of master bassoonist Hugo Fox, principal bassoonist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1922-1949) is for bassoonists and oboists who have not reached their 31st birthday by the date of the final round of the competition.
2025 Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox International Competition for Oboe Repertoire:
Repertoire for the Preliminary Round:
Heinz Holliger
Five Little Pieces (I. Lied, II. Georgischer Brief, IV. “con slancio”) (Schott)
Alyssa Morris
Collision Etudes (I, II, V, VI) (Trevco)
Repertoire for the Final Round:
Grażyna Bacewicz
Sonata (any edition)
Heinz Holliger
Five Little Pieces (I. Lied, II. Georgischer Brief, IV. “con slancio”) (Schott)
Giuseppe Sammartini
Oboe Concerto in D Major (Befoco suggested)
José Siqueira
Three Etudes (Breitkopf und Härtel)
2025 Fernand Gillet-Hugo Fox International Competition for Oboe Preliminary Round Judges:
- Nicholas Daniel, International Soloist and Professor at Staatliche Musikhochschule of Trossingen (UK)
- Clara Dent, Principal Oboist Budapest Festival Orchestra and Professor at Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg/Germany (Austria)
- Mingjia Liu, Principal Oboist San Francisco Opera and Professor at Tianjin Juilliard School (China/USA)
- Tamara Benitez Winston, Acting English Horn and Oboe of Nashville Symphony Orchestra (USA)
- Mizuho Yoshii, Former Principal Oboist Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Associate Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts (Japan)
2025 Gillet-Fox Oboe Contact:
Andreas Oeste, Chair
E-mail: oeste@idrs.org
To be considered, all application materials must be submitted on or before March 15, 2025.
All applicants and contestants shall perform from an edition of the published printed music. Performing from illegally printed copies of any form will immediately disqualify that contestant. Legal copyright for any composition shall be determined and enforced based on the copyright laws of the United States of America, regardless of place of purchase. The use of e-tablets will be allowed only when the contestant can show (by having the original music or a receipt of purchase thereof) that they have previously obtained the published printed music prior to scanning it into the tablet.