Person Open DS/UK/11587 Anderson; John (fl 1980s); Welsh oboist Anderson John fl 1980s Welsh oboist Male (cisgender) Cardiff, Wales (born)

Welsh Musician; Oboe White No known disability No known religious affiliation Unknown John Anderson took up the oboe while at school in South Wales. He went on to study with Derek Wickens and, at the Royal College of Music, with Terence MacDonagh. By the age of twenty he had taken up his first orchestral post with the Suisse Romande Orchestra in Geneva. John Anderson's career has included positions with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia and the English Chamber Orchestra. He has been a regular guest with all of the major London orchestras and has taught and given masterclasses at all the conservatoires in the UK as well as in Japan, China and Canada. He combines his work as Principal of the ECO with a professorship at the Royal College of Music. He is also a freelance player both as a solo artist and as a studio player recording music for film and television. His film projects include The World is Not Enough, Mansfield Park and The Beach. Notable performances have included the Bach double concerto with Maxim Vengerov in Germany and Spain and with Kennedy at London's Royal Festival Hall. He performed the Strauss concerto with the ECO for the first time in the Bermuda Festival and was guest artist at the Guelph Spring Festival in Ontario. https://www.rcm.ac.uk/woodwind/professors/details/?id=01762 (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 1/27/2014 RAHAKirkbride 5/26/2023 ccfd9870-45e0-4448-883e-6326fbe0d1cf