伊莱恩Douvas

伊莱恩Douvas has been principal oboe of the Metropolitan Opera for more than 40 years and an oboe instructor at Juilliard since 1982, she’s also chair of the woodwind department. In the summer, she is a long-time artist/faculty member of the Aspen 音乐 Festival and School. Douvas has given intensive one-week seminars at Le Domaine Forget in Quebec, Interlochen (Michigan) Arts Camp, and the Hidden Valley 音乐 Seminars in California. She has given master classes in Beijing, 上海, 和伦敦, 2017年, she served as jury chairman for the ARD Munich International 双簧管 Competition. Her former students hold positions in orchestras and universities around the world. Her career highlights include the Strauss 双簧管 Concerto with the Met Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, James Levine conducting. Her CDs include a solo recital for Boston Records, Pleasure Is the Law by her quartet of the same name, and 双簧管 Divas on the 双簧管 Classics label. Douvas trained at Cleveland Institute of 音乐 and the Interlochen Arts Academy. Her first job was principal oboe of the Atlanta Symphony at the age of 21. She played several summer seasons as guest principal in the New York Philharmonic, and participated in the Grand Teton, 万宝路, 天使火, and Bravo Colorado festivals. For the past 25 years, she has devoted her spare time to figure skating, and she has passed 11 U.S. Figure Skating tests.