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Theodore Baskin

Theodore Baskin, born June 14, 1950, has been the Principal Oboe of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra since 1980 and is also an Associate Professor of Oboe at McGill University. He has performed as a soloist internationally and has recorded extensively, including over 70 recordings with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Baskin has premiered works by notable composers and has taught at various summer festivals.

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Theodore Baskin

Theodore Baskin, born June 14, 1950, has been the Principal Oboe of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra since 1980 and is also an Associate Professor of Oboe at McGill University. He has performed as a soloist internationally and has recorded extensively, including over 70 recordings with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. Baskin has premiered works by notable composers and has taught at various summer festivals.

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Theodore Baskin

Theodore Baskin (born June 14, 1950) has been Principal Oboe of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra
since 1980. Born in Detroit, MI, he studied oboe with Arno Mariotti while at Cass Technical High School
and John de Lancie while at the Curtis Institute of Music. Prior to his employment in the Montreal
Symphony Orchestra, he held posts in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Auckland Symphonia.
Additionally, from 2000 to 2002, he was Professor of Oboe at the Indiana University School of Music.
Baskin has appeared as soloist in Canada, the United States, Japan, and New Zealand. In addition to the
more than 70 recordings with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Charles Dutoit for
London/Decca Records, he has recorded four Vivaldi concerti for Chandos Records with I Musici de
Montreal and has participated in chamber recordings with Les vents de Montréal for the CBC, Analekta,
and Atma labels. In 1989, Baskin traveled to Moscow to give the world premiere of the Concerto for
Oboe and 16 Strings by Russian Composer Alexander Raskatov, and in 1994 he premiered the Concerto
for Oboe and Orchestra by André Prévost, a prominent Quebec composer, with the Montreal Symphony
Orchestra. He is currently Associate Professor of Oboe at the McGill University Schulich School of
Music and a participant in numerous summer festivals as both a teacher and a performer. His wife, Karen,
is a member of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra cello section.

External links
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (http://www.osm.ca/en/index_orchestre_musiciens_fic
he.cfm?ID=69)
Allegra Chamber Music (http://www.allegrachambermusic.com/musicians/baskin.html)
McGill University (http://people.mcgill.ca/theodore.baskin/)

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