Jonathan Kelly (oboist)

Jonathan Kelly (born 1969) is an English oboist. He is Principal Oboe in the Berlin Philharmonic.[1]

Jonathan Kelly
Born1969 (age 51–52)
Petersfield, England
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)Principal oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic
InstrumentsOboe
Associated actsCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra(1991–2003)
Berlin Philharmonic (2003–present)

Kelly was born in 1969 and was educated at Magdalen College School, Brackley, Northants, UK, where he began playing the oboe. He won a County Music Scholarship which enabled him to study with Helen Armstrong. While at school he played in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and later in the European Community Youth Orchestra where he was the first recipient of the Mick Baines Award. He took a degree in history at Cambridge and then studied under Celia Nicklin at the Royal Academy of Music,[2] where he won the President's Prize. Further studies were undertaken in Paris with Maurice Bourgue.[2] Kelly is a visiting tutor at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the Royal Academy of Music.

In 1991, he was appointed Principal Oboe in the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, under Simon Rattle, where he remained until 2003 when he was appointed Solo (Principal) Oboe in the Berlin Philharmonic, also under Rattle.

References
  1. "Konzaert Direktion Schmid". Retrieved 24 June 2009.
  2. "Jonathan Kelly" (in German). Berliner Philharmoniker. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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