Alex Klein, recognized as one of the great oboists of our time, was invited by Daniel Barenboim and served ten years as Principal Oboe of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with whom he won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra in 2002. Klein won First Prize in the Geneva International Competition and performs as soloist and chamber musician regularly in the USA, Canada, Europe, Russia, China, and Latin America. Among his 25 recording projects are works ranging from the baroque to modern works written specifically for him, orchestral works, and Brazilian music.
Alex Klein, recognized as one of the great oboists of our time, was invited by Daniel Barenboim and served ten years as Principal Oboe of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with whom he won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra in 2002. Klein won First Prize in the Geneva International Competition and performs as soloist and chamber musician regularly in the USA, Canada, Europe, Russia, China, and Latin America. Among his 25 recording projects are works ranging from the baroque to modern works written specifically for him, orchestral works, and Brazilian music.
Klein left the Chicago Symphony with the onset of focal dystonia, which reduced the regularity of his performance career and expanded his work as an educator and youth leader. He founded the Santa Catarina Music Festival—FEMUSC and PRIMA, a program of social inclusion through music and the arts, both in his native Brazil and serving thousands of young musicians from around the globe. Alex Klein is on the faculty of the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada and presents master classes in the world's top music schools and conservatories.