Caroline Shaw

I was curious about experimenting with different colors - kind of like having an expanded orchestra. Suddenly, instead of just writing for strings, you can add bassoon and oboe and brass. I like these extreme differences in sounds right next to each other.

American Musician

Lola Kirke

I will never be good at the oboe. No matter what happens, I will never be good at it because I just don't have that much time on my hands. I don't have the gift of going back to being a child and having my brain develop around this instrument.

British Actress

As somebody who has wanted to be an actor who is very young, I can relate to somebody who has been practicing oboe five days a week since they were very young. The physicality of anything a character does is a tremendous gift.

Maggie Rogers

When I was little, my mum would take me to see the orchestra, tell me to close my eyes and think about the story the music was telling. I always spoke about colours. I'd talk about how purple the oboe was.

Lapsley

I had piano lessons when I was five or six years old, so my mom got me this little keyboard in my room. And then it progressed from that to classical guitar and drums and oboe.

English Musician

Gavin Bryars

I remember once, when I started writing for the alto saxophone, a saxophonist told me to think of it as being like a cross between an oboe and a viola, but louder.

English Composer

The oboe is the most maddening thing of all time. I'm struggling to play something that my oboe teacher was doing when she was much younger than I am.

I'm practicing the oboe. But I don't play. Just single notes, not an entire piece of music.

Kenneth G. Wilson

One other hobby of mine has been playing the oboe but I have not kept this up after 1969.

American Scientist

Amit Trivedi

I play the keyboard, but I am fond of all wind instruments, the oboe in particular.

Indian Composer

An oboe is often found in classical orchestras, indicating a formal and sophisticated music setting.

Orchestra Member

The oboe has a unique sound that's clear and piercing, making it recognizable even for those new to music.

Distinct Sound

In some cultures, the oboe is symbolic of sophistication and is associated with ceremonial events.

Cultural Symbol

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How data helps us...

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 but also creates the conditions in the world in which this process takes place. So again, the oboe player is completely autonomous and therefore happy and proud of his work, and creative and all of that.

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