Ralph Gomberg

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Ralph Gomberg (June 18, 1921 – December 9, 2006) was the principal

Ralph Gomberg was born in the West End of Boston, Massachusetts, the youngest of seven musically gifted siblings. The family decamped to Philadelphia so that one of the boys, Robert, could study violin at the Curtis Institute of Music where they had heard students were admitted on merit and went tuition-free. At age 14, Gomberg also started studying at the Curtis with legendary oboist Marcel Tabuteau, who had also taught his brother Harold. Ralph was the youngest student ever accepted by Tabuteau. He went on to graduate from Curtis, as had four of his siblings before him.

At age 18, Gomberg became the first oboist in the All-American youth orchestra directed by

In 1950 he joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra and held the principal oboe chair with the BSO for 37 years before retiring. He also served on the faculty of

He died at age 85 in a hospice in Massachusetts of primary lateral sclerosis. His wife, Sydelle, was Director of the Boston Ballet School, the school of Boston Ballet Company.

External links

• Ralph Gomberg, 85, Oboist With the Boston Symphony, Dies, obituary written by Daniel J. Wakin, published in The New York Times, December 12, 2006
• The BSO's Ralph Gomberg: an Oboist and a Gentleman, profile written by Caroline Smedvig for BSO, the newsletter of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Oboe Merit Award Named in Honor of Ralph Gomberg, profile written by the Boston Woodwind Society, a non-profit musical education organization based in Boston

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