Category: Cor Anglais

Alexandre Oguey holding instrument

Alexandre Oguey

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Australian Hometown(s): Sydney
Education: Zurich Conservatorium

PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY
Originally from Switzerland, Alexandre Oguey has been Principal Cor Anglais in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra since 1997. Since living in Australia, he often gets called “Mr Doherty”, and is not too bothered by this; Diana Doherty and he have been happily married for 32 years . . . they also are the proud parents of two beautiful adult children and a cheeky Sheepadoodle puppy!

When he’s not washing the dishes, he likes playing chamber music, was a founding member of the New Sydney Wind Quintet for 9 years and loves his “Cor Plus Four” ensemble (Cor anglais, violin, viola, cello and double bass). He has also performed regularly in Australia with the Australia Ensemble and throughout Europe with the prize-winning Wildwind quintet and other Swiss-based chamber Ensembles.

Before moving to Australia, he was Associate Principal Oboe in the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra from 1990 to 1997. Alexandre was lecturer in oboe at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music for 17 years, and is now dedicating more time to his passion of arranging. His arrangements are published by Trevco Music and Hofmeister. His album “Pastoral Fables” with pianist Neal Peres Da Costa of romantic repertoire that he arranged for the cor anglais is available on ABC Classics. Alexandre is a Marigaux artist.

Last updated 2022

Leanne Glover

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Australian Hometown: Perth
Education: University of Western Australia

PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY
Leanne Glover completed a Bachelor of Music with first class honours at the University of Western Australia, where she studied with Joel Marangella. During her studies she won the Dr V.H. Cooper Prize for Most Outstanding First Year Student and twice claimed the Margaret Bellos Chamber Music Performance Prize.

Ms Glover earned three scholarships to continue her studies in Amsterdam with Han de Vries and then in Zurich with Emmanuel Abbuel and Thomas Indermuhle for three years, where she gained a postgraduate degree in Performance. During this time, she was also awarded a grant from the City of Zurich.

Upon her return to Perth, Leanne obtained a permanent position with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. She has held the positions of Second Oboe, Associate Principal Oboe, Acting Principal Oboe and currently Principal Cor Anglais.

In 2019 she was honoured to have a concerto composed by Iain Graindage commissioned for her to perform with WASO.

Leanne teaches oboe at The West Australian Academy of Performing Arts and at The University of Western Australia. 

She has also performed with the Australian World Orchestra under the baton of Zubin Mehta. Leanne is a busy performing musician and can be found in many smaller ensembles around Perth. 

Last updated 2023

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Lisa Outred

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Australian Hometown: Perth
Education: University of Western Australia

PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY

Lisa Outred was born in 1969 in Perth, Australia. At the early age of 12 she received a scholarship from Perth Modern High School. She concluded her studies with Joel Marangella and Anne Gilby at the University of West Australia with honors. She then did additional work with Ingo Gorlitzki in Stuttgart. Lisa Outred was an oboist in the Bruckner Quartet in Linz, Austria, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra as well as the Essen Philharmonic between 1998 and 2002. Since the autumn of 2002 she has served as second oboist and English horn player with the Munich Philharmonic. Concert tours have taken her regularly to Australia, several European countries as well as to Israel.

Last updated 2022

Rixon Thomas

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Australian Hometown: Sydney
Education: Sydney Conservatorium of Music

PROFESSIONAL BIOGRAPHY
Rixon Thomas is today one of the world’s leading Cor Anglais players. A graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, he has had tenure positions in Sydney Symphony, New Zealand Symphony, Copenhagen Phil, The Opera Australia Orchestra and is currently solo English Horn in the worlds’ oldest orchestra – Det Kongelige Kapel (The Royal Danish Orchestra). Rixon also performs with the Australian World Orchestra and Budapest Festival Orchestra. 

As a teacher he gives classes to students around the world, and in 2017 Rixon joined the faculty of the Orchestra of the Americas. 

In 2018 Rixon became an Artist sponsored by the German instrument maker – Mönnig. 

In 2022 Rixon was invited to play in the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra in Germany, performing the famed solo in Wagner’s “Tristan and Isolde” on stage and in costume. As this is the largest solo for Cor Anglais he is now considered one of the world’s top interpreters of this solo. The following year he was re-invited to Bayreuth to play the Tannhäuser solo as well as Tristan and Isolde. 

He lives in Copenhagen with his wife and 3 children with close contact to Australia. 

Last updated 2023