John Stringer

Oboe/Conductor

Born in Newcastle, John Stringer first studied oboe, conducting and composition at Huddersfield Polytechnic, before studying at the University of York with Roger Marsh.

His work has been performed by the Philharmonia and BBC Symphony Orchestras, Basel Soloists, Corrente Ensemble, Black Hair, New Music Players, de ereprijs, Apollo Saxophone Quartet and the 4Mality Percussion Quartet. As a conductor he directed the second British production of Ezra Pound's opera Le Testament de Villon (part of which was issued in 2003 on the American label "Other Minds"), the UK premiere of Hanna Kulenty's Perpetuus and many works from standard and contemporary repertoire. John Stringer plays oboe and conducts for the contemporary music group Black Hair. He has worked with Jonathan Harvey, James Wood, Hanna Kulenty, Richard Ayres, Hans Abrahamsen, Stephen Montague, Robert Saxton and Karlheinz Stockhausen amongst others. He has recently finished his piano work The Book of Disquiet and is completing a work for New Noise, a percussion and oboe duo in London, a cello piece and a work for a UYMP education project.