Discogs PWA

Barry Davis

British classical oboe & cor anglais player, and Oboe Lecturer. Born 1948 in London, England, UK. He studied at the [l290263]. He joined the [a=Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra] at the age of 19 as Sub-Principal Oboe and then spent three years as Principal Oboe with the [a374006] in Manchester. On returning to London in 1974, he joined the [a=Royal Philharmonic Orchestra] as Principal Cor Anglais and Co-Principal Oboe. Since 1976, he has also been a member of [a=The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields]. In 1980, he was invited to join the [a=London Symphony Orchestra] as Principal Oboe/Cor Anglais (1981-1985). He took up the post of Oboe Lecturer at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music in August 1985.