Witold Wrobel is a Polish–British oboist and music educator. He studied oboe and cor anglais with Jerzy Kotyczka and contemporary music with Zaid Jabri at the Academy of Music in Krakow.
In 2013, he was awarded a scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Culture for outstanding musical achievements. That same year, he performed Capriccio per oboe e 11 archi at the Academy of Music and the University of Technology in Krakow for the special guest, Krzysztof Penderecki.
Witold Wrobel has received numerous awards at international competitions, including:
– 1st Prize (piano quartet), International Competition Svirel, Slovenia (2012)
– 2nd Prize (Oboe Trio), International Competition in Chieri, Italy (2012)
– 1st Prize (solo), International Dmytro Bida Competition, Lviv, Ukraine (2013)
He works closely with composer Zaid Jabri and has premiered several of his virtuosic works for oboe and English horn, including:
Quintet for English Horn and String Quartet – Academy of Music, Krakow (2011)
Gerra and Qasioun – Academy of Music, Krakow (2013)
Solo for Oboe – Queen’s University, Belfast (2019)
The Loneliness of Egrets – University of Silesia, Katowice/Cieszyn (2025)
Witold has performed in venues around the world, including Canada, Qatar, Poland, Norway, Germany, Slovenia, Sweden, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Ukraine, Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, and Italy.
He is currently based in Northolt, where he proudly represents the Central Band of the Royal Air Force. He plays a Lorée Royal 125 semi-automatic oboe.