Biography
British oboist Melanie Rothman studied with Nora Cismondi at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris (CRR) and with David Walter at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris (CNSMDP), where she received her Bachelor's degree with distinction in June 2015. She then continued her studies with Professor Stefan Schilli at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, obtaining her Master's degree with distinction in October 2018. In 2021, she completed her postgraduate studies with distinction under Professor Christian Schmitt at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts (HMDK Stuttgart). She also holds a master's in contemporary music performance from the HfMDK Frankfurt/Ensemble Modern Academy.
She has received numerous awards, including the Isle of Man Bank Prize at the 2014 Barbirolli International Oboe Competition. In June 2019, she was a finalist in the International Tchaikovsky Competition in St. Petersburg, in August 2020 a finalist in the Virtual Oboe Competition, and in 2021 she won first prize at the International Double Reed Society Gillet-Fox International Oboe Competition.
Melanie Rothman was principal oboist of the Hessian State Orchestra Wiesbaden and alternating principal oboist of the Duisburg Philharmonic/Deutsche Oper am Rhein before joining the oboe section of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2022.
She has also appeared as a guest with orchestras such as the Bavarian State Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, Ensemble Modern, and others.
She also frequently performs as a chamber musician and soloist. In September 2019, she premiered Leonardo Marino's "Sul far della notte" for oboe and ensemble at the Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Utrecht, and in October 2020, she played the solo part in Bohuslav Martinů's Oboe Concerto with the Stuttgart University Symphony Orchestra. In 2023, she was the soloist in J.S. Bach's Concerto for Oboe and Violin during a tour of Northeast England and Scotland with Maria Włoszczowska and the Royal Northern Sinfonia, as well as at the Bath festival in May 2026.
Since 2024, Melanie Rothman has been Professor of Oboe at the Royal College of Music in London.
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