Nicholas Daniel, Artistic Director (oboe & cor anglais)

Nicholas Daniel is  one of the UK's most distinguished soloists as well as an increasingly successful conductor. He has been heard in recital on every continent, and has been a concerto soloist with the world’s greatest orchestras. He has appeared regularly at the BBC Promenade Concerts, where his concerts have included the world première of John Woolrich's oboe concerto and Thea Musgrave's Helios, a work written especially for him. In the 2008 Proms he performed the Mozart Oboe Concerto on the opening night and the Elliott Carter Oboe Concerto later in the series. He made his conducting debut at the Proms in 2004 in the chamber series with the Britten Sinfonia. In 2002, he was appointed Associate Artistic Director of the Britten Sinfonia and, in 2004, Artistic Director of the Leicester International Music Festival. He teaches in the UK and in Germany, where is he Professor of Oboe at the Musikhochschule, Trossingen.

Recent engagements include appearances as soloist with the National Orchestra of Spain,  the St Louis Symphony Orchestra and Camerata Pacifica, as well as appearances at the BBC Promenade concerts and in chamber music engagements at  the Wigmore Hall and in the Delft Chamber Music Festival.  Future engagements include his return to the Wigmore Hall  in recital, appearances at the Delft and Aldeburgh Festivals, concerts with the Haffner Wind Ensemble and  engagements in Poland and Finland as oboist and conductor. He appears regularly at many festivals including Kuhmo International Festival of Chamber Music and the Oxford Chamber Music Festival.