Author: RobinDesHautbois
Date: 2012-04-21 00:29
I don't know about that. But I do know (through Facebook) the teacher at the Oslo Conservatory, who is also principal in the Oslo Philharmonic, Erik Niord Larsen. His former students play principal in Stavanger and others. What I have heard of the Scandinavian oboe-solo hero Marten Laarsson is hugely dynamic and outspoken, and yet fully dark and warm sound.
http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/album/marten-larsson/the-swedish-oboe/12266734
Their preference, over there, is for Dupin or Marigaux oboes and they definitely do short scrape. There are also pictures, on Facebook, of a masterclass on reed making with Christoph Hartmann (co-principal at Berlin Phil.).
What I've heard of the American style so far (as echoed in many posts here), is a preference for "blending", and producing a "whole-orchestra" sound. What I've heard of orchestras over there (in CDs, internet and on the radio, unfortunately I have not yet traveled off this continent), sounds more like "united teams of individual instruments".... if that makes sense. Whereas my recording of Woodhams playing the Strauss concerto leaves the impression of a humble oboe, others offer a more energetic face (e.g. Ivan Podymov, Russian). Naturally, Strauss wrote it for John de Lancie (American), but he himself was Viennese, and they have very lively styles!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Md9W8fBdM
Americans traveling over there certainly leave a mark, but as a rule, people study in Europe to gain deeper musical understanding, feeling and experience. Remember: Tabuteau was a Frenchman...
There are several schools of performance (not just American vs. Europe) and taking all of them seriously in their own right amplifies my appreciation for music. My preference is for Berlin, Oslo, Gothemburg, Estonia and so on, but despite the very different sound, I still appreciate American style quite a lot.
Robin Tropper
M.A.Sc., B.Mus., B.Ed.
http://RobinDesHautbois.blogspot.ca/music
Post Edited (2012-04-21 01:06)
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