Pauline Oostenrijk, oboist

Professor of Oboe at Sweelinck Academy / Young Talent Department Conservatorium van Amsterdam 

Founder New Dutch Oboe School for young talented oboists – talent scouting & development, preparation for professional oboe study

Former principal oboe of Residentie Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Noordhollands Philharmonic Orchestra

Co-founder of Hoboplatform (oboists society of The Netherlands)

Pianist, composer, writer

Welcome to my website!

After a flying start as an oboist at a very young age –  national ‘Young Musician of the Year’ for The Netherlands in 1986 – I have, during 30 years, been so lucky to be able to realize all the things I dreamed of as a child. I studied oboe and piano at the Conservatory in Amsterdam, followed inspiring masterclasses and won a number of prizes, among which the Netherlands Music Prize, which is the highest State Award for classical music. The first prize in the Fernand Gillet oboe competition in Baltimore resulted in an exciting recital in Carnegie Hall. I was appointed principal oboe in the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague and played numerous concerts in The Netherlands and abroad with lovely fellow musicians. As a soloist and as a member of different chamber music combinations, I had the opportunity to make a number of cd recordings.

After 25 wonderful years of playing with the Residentie Orchestra, I have resigned from this position to make time for a combination of playing chamber music, teaching, composing and writing. I obtained a degree in Dutch language and literature at the Utrecht University.

Besides my teaching at the Sweelinck Academy (Young Talent Department Conservatorium van Amsterdam) I took up the mission to make as many children as possible start playing the oboe and create more developing possibilities for talented young oboists. I do this as co-founder and boardmember of Hoboplatform (Dutch oboists society) and founder of the New Dutch Oboe School for talent development and preparation for professional oboe studies.