The two-time ECHO Award winner Ramon Ortega Quero is recognized around the world as one of the best oboists of his generation. One of Ramón Ortega Quero’s finest hours was winning First Prize at the ARD Music Competition held in Munich in 2007. Members of the jury were thoroughly impressed by the inspiration and flawless play of the prize-winning soloist in both compulsory and optional pieces, including the Mozart and Richard Strauss concertos.
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Ramón Ortega Quero maintains a busy soloist schedule, having performed with orchestras such as the MDR Sinfonieorchester, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hanover, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Wiener Kammerorchester, English Chamber Orchestra, Györ Philharmonic Orchestra, Trondheim Soloists, São Paulo Symphony, Bachorchester Leipzig, and the Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra, among others. He enjoys close connections with ensembles like the Kammerakademie Potsdam, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Münchener Kammerorchester, and the Prague Philharmonia. In the 18/19 season, he was Resident Artist with the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, leading and performing with the orchestra in several programs.
As a chamber musician, he has shared the stage with esteemed artists such as Mitsuko Uchida, Elena Bashkirova, Janine Jansen, Guy Braunstein, and Tabea Zimmermann, performing in season series across Frankfurt, Berlin, Hannover, Valencia, Cologne, and Vancouver, as well as at international festivals like Gstaad, Jerusalem, Heidelberger Frühling, Lucerne Festival, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the Rheingau Musik Festival.
In 2015, he premiered the concerto “Legacy,” dedicated to him by composer Óscar Navarro. In 2016, he made his debut at Carnegie Hall in New York, and in 2019 he embarked on a tour with the Prague Philharmonia, performing with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin (conducted by Iván Fischer), the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Robin Ticciati), the Munich Chamber Orchestra, and the Kammerakademie Potsdam. Recently, he completed an Asia tour with the Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta.
Ramón Ortega Quero has recorded several albums. His first release, *Shadows* (Solo Musica), was awarded an ECHO Klassik for Newcomer of the Year. He later recorded a chamber music album with the Kammerakademie Potsdam (Genuin label), which again won Chamber Music Recording of the Year. He also recorded *The Romantic Oboist* (Genuin) with pianist Kateryna Titova, and Bach’s Concerto for Oboe and Violin with Janine Jansen for DECCA.
Upcoming engagements include invitations from the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León (with Pierre Bleuse), Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra (with Julian Rachlin), Expedition Mozart (with Kit Armstrong), Bayerischen Kammerorchester, and a tour in China.
After studying with Miguel Quirós at the Granada Conservatory, he joined the Andalusian Youth Orchestra at age twelve. In 2003, his career took a significant leap when Daniel Barenboim selected him as a member of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, founded alongside Edward Said and winner of the Prince of Asturias Award. Ramón Ortega Quero is also a recipient of the Borletti Buitoni Trust award in London.
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