Born in Bayonne in 1972, Philippe GONZALEZ began his musical studies in oboe in Jacky MOREL’s class at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Bayonne, where he was awarded a gold medal in 1986 and a prize for advanced studies in 1987.
In 1989, he was admitted to Maurice Bourgue’s class at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. He graduated with a First Prize with unanimous distinction and two First Prizes in Chamber Music in 1992. He spent three more years there in the advanced studies program with the Da Ponte Wind Octet.
He was principal oboe with the Concerts Lamoureux orchestra from 1990 to 2003 and has been principal oboe with the Luxembourg Philharmonic since 2003.
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