Matthieu Petitjean.
MUSICONE OF the world’s leading oboe players is being flown over from Germany to perform a special concert in Ryde next Friday.
Matthieu Petitjean, this year’s winner of the prestigious Barbirolli International Oboe Competition, is to perform with The Sinfonietta at All Saints’ Church.
The competition began on the Island in 1991 and is now held bi-annually on the Isle of Man.
Because of the competition’s link with the Island, the 22 year old has been invited to perform a concert on it. Promoters, Island Concerts, is flying the artist from Hannover to play.
Matthieu will play Bach’s Oboe Concerto In F and Marcello’s Oboe Concerto.
He already has an array of international prizes to his credit, which include competitions held in Italy and France. He is currently studying in Germany having recently played with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France and the French national orchestra, under maestro Kurt Masur.
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