Diana Doherty

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Diana Doherty is an Australian oboist, currently Principal Oboe with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.[1]

Biography

Diana Doherty was born in

ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards
.

She has studied in Zürich with Thomas Indermühle and also taken courses with Maurice Bourgue.

Doherty has performed regularly as a soloist, with performances at various international festivals: the

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
.

From 1990 to 1997, she was Principal Oboe in the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra.[3] In July 1997 she returned to Australia and joined the Sydney Symphony Orchestra as Principal Oboe.[4]

She premiered Ross Edwards' Oboe Concerto in 2002, under the baton of Lorin Maazel. This unusual work includes choreography for the oboist-cum-dancer. Maazel invited her to play and dance it with the New York Philharmonic in 2005, and Doherty has since become particularly associated with the concerto.

She has recorded the Ross Edwards concerto, as well as works by Haydn, Mozart, Martinů, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Graeme Koehne, Carl Vine, and others, with orchestras such as the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Australis, and the Queensland Orchestra, and under conductors such as Arvo Volmer, Olaf Henzold, Takuo Yuasa, Ola Rudner [fi], Mark Summerbell and Werner Andreas Albert.

Diana Doherty uses a Marigaux M2 oboe.

Personal life

Doherty is married to Alexandre Oguey, principal cor anglais with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.[5][6] They have two adult children.

Discography

Title Details
Blues For D.D.
(with David Korevaar)
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: ABC Classic (465782-2)
Souvenirs - Sublime Music for the Oboe
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: ABC Music (980046-3)
Oboe Concerto
(with Ross Edwards, Arvo Volmer and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: ABC Classic (4767173)
Inflight Entertainment
(with Graeme Koehne and Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Naxos (8.555847)
Nigel Westlake: Spirit of the Wild / Steve Reich: The Desert Music
(with Nigel Westlake, Sydney Symphony Orchestra and David Robertson)
  • Released: 2019
  • Label: ABC Classic (4817899)

Awards

She has won prizes in the International Lyceum Club Competition; the International Chamber Music Competition in Martigny; and the Prague Spring Festival Competition. In 1995 she won the

Young Concert Artists International Auditions
.

APRA Awards

The

Australasian Performing Right Association
to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2003 Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra Best Performance of an Australian Composition Won

ARIA Awards

The

Australian music
. They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2004 Souvenirs ARIA Award for Best Classical Album Nominated
2019 Nigel Westlake: Spirit of the Wild / Steve Reich: The Desert Music ARIA Award for Best Classical Album Nominated

Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Awards (commonly known informally as the Mo Awards), were annual Australian entertainment industry awards. They recognise achievements in live entertainment in Australia from 1975 to 2016. Diana Doherty won one award in that time.[7]

Year Nominee / work Award Result (wins only)
2000 Diana Doherty Classical/Opera Performer of the Year Won

References

  1. ^ "Sydney Symphony". www.sydneysymphony.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2003.
  2. ^ "Famous Queensland Conservatorium Of Music Alumni". www.ranker.com. 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Diana Doherty- Bio, Albums, Pictures – Naxos Classical Music".
  4. ^ "Home".
  5. ^ "Alexandre Oguey Principal". Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  6. ^ Usher, Robin (16 April 2012). "Dancing oboist bears her sole". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  7. ^ "MO Award Winners". Mo Awards. Retrieved 16 March 2022.