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拉蒙．歐特佳．奎羅｜雙簧管

二度獲得德國古典回聲大獎的拉蒙․歐特佳․奎羅，被樂壇公認為同輩之中最優秀的雙簧管演奏家。

來自西班牙格拉納達的奎羅，從小受到米蓋爾․祈洛斯老師的嚴謹教導，12歲時即成為安達魯西亞青年交響樂團的一員。2003年，加入指揮大師巴倫波因的東西會議廳管弦樂團，奎羅對樂團排練及演出無不全力以赴。巴倫波因時任柏林國家交響樂團音樂總監，該團的雙簧管首席葛瑞格․維特將奎羅收為門徒，成為他精神以及藝術上的重要導師。

2007年，奎羅摘下慕尼黑音樂大賽的金牌，評審團為他在自選及指定曲目(莫札特和理查史特勞斯協奏曲) 的完美表現感到懾服。頂著慕尼黑大賽的桂冠榮銜，奎羅踏上了獨奏家的生涯，與柏林音樂廳管絃、中德廣播交響、漢諾威北德廣播交響、巴賽爾交響、蘇黎世室內樂團、維也納室內樂團、慕尼黑室內樂團、波茨坦室內樂學會管弦樂團以及聖保羅交響樂團合作演出。室內樂的搭檔則有巴許基洛娃、周善祥、內田光子、珍妮楊森、布朗斯坦、齊默曼，在法蘭克福、柏林、漢諾威、瓦倫西亞、科隆、溫哥華以及各大國際音樂節如格施塔德、耶路撒冷、海德堡之春、琉森、梅克倫堡波莫瑞州及萊茵高等地演出。

2008年春季，奎羅加入巴伐利亞廣播交響樂團，擔任該團的雙簧管首席(首席指揮/楊頌斯)，得以與許多世界知名指揮大師共事，像是慕提、布隆斯泰特、戴維斯爵士、加德納、巴倫波因、哈農庫特及海汀克。「歐洲音樂廳聯盟」票選奎羅為「明日之星」，邀請他在歐洲音樂重鎮如布魯塞爾、盧森堡、維也納、薩爾茲堡、漢堡及阿姆斯特丹的音樂廳演出。

2010年10月，由Solo Musica唱片公司發行奎羅的首張專輯《影子》，獲得了【古典回聲】「最佳新人」獎項。2011年9月，Genuin唱片公司發行了奎羅與波茨坦室內樂學會管弦樂團合作的錄音。2012年10月，與同事曼茲(單簧管)、崔內爾(低音管)、費南德茲(法國號)、舒克(鋼琴)一起出版的室內樂專輯，為他再添一座【古典回聲】「年度室內樂錄音」獎項。同年，奎羅與鋼琴家蒂托娃另外錄製了《浪漫的雙簧管演奏家》CD(Genuin唱片公司發行)。2015年，Edel公司將為奎羅發行新的演奏專輯。

2014/2015樂季，奎羅在德國多特蒙德音樂廳、漢堡萊斯音樂廳、波昂貝多芬音樂廳以及伊斯坦堡和畢爾包等地演出。與波茨坦室內樂學會管弦樂團、漢堡交響樂團、西北德愛樂合作；特別值得一提的是，西北德愛樂的委託創作是題獻給奎羅，由他與樂團首演並且巡迴數場。他也是布伊托尼信託基金會(倫敦)的得獎者。

Ramón Ortega Quero｜Oboe

The two-time ECHO Award winner Ramon Ortega Quero is recognized around the world as one of the most promising musicians of his generation.
He received solid training from Miguel Quirós early on at the conservatory of his native city of Granada. Quero became a member of the Andalusian Youth Orchestra as a twelve-year-old. In 2003, the oboist cleared an important hurdle when conductor Daniel Barenboim accepted him as a member of the East-West Divan Orchestra. Since joining the orchestra, Ramón Ortega Quero has remained an enthusiastic member in rehearsal and at many concert appearances. Gregor Witt, Principal Oboe of Barenboim’s Berliner Staatskapelle, took the gifted young man under his wing and act as a mentor in his artistic development.
One of Ramón Ortega Quero’s finest hours was winning First Prize at the ARD Music Competition held in Munich in September 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.
The ARD Competition has paved the way for Ramón Ortega Quero as a soloist. During the past seasons he appeared, among others, with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, MDR Sinfonieorchester, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hanover, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchester, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Kammerakademie Potsdam and the Sao Paulo Symphony. With different chamber music partners (Elena Bashkirova, Kit Armstrong, Mitsuko Uchida), he played in the concert series in Frankfurt, Berlin, Hanover, Valencia, Cologne, Vancouver and at the international festivals in Gstaad, Jerusalem, the Heidelberger Frühling, the Lucerne Festival, the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the Rheingau Musikfestival. Among his partners are such renowned musicians as Janine Jansen, Guy Braunstein and Tabea Zimmermann.
Since Spring 2008, he is also Principal Oboe of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under its Principal Conductor Mariss Jansons and is working with worldknown conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Herbert Blomstedt, Sir Colin Davies, John Eliot Gardiner, Daniel Barenboim, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Bernhard Haitink.
The 2010/11 season was highly effected by his nomination as a “Rising Star” by the “European Concert Hall Organisation”, which lead him to the most important concert halls in Europe (Brussels, Luxembourg, Vienna, Salzburg, Hamburg, Amsterdam).
Parallel to this tour, his debut CD “Shadows” was released at the label Solo Musica in October 2010 and was awarded with the “ECHO KLASSIK” as “Newcomer of the Year” in October 2011. In September 2011 his new CD, recorded with the Kammerakademie Potsdam, was released at the Label Genuin. In October 2012, he was awarded with his second ECHO Klassik award which he received together with his colleagues Sebastian Manz, Marc Trenel, David Alonso Fernandez and Herbert Schuch for the “Chamber Music recording of the year”. In the same year the CD „The Romantic Oboist“, with the pianist Kateryna Titova, was released at Genuin. In 2015 he will record his new CD at the Label Edel.
Performance highlights in season 2014/15 will include concerts at Konzerthaus Dortmund, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Beethovenhaus Bonn, at Istanbul and Bilbao. Among others he will play with the Kammerakademie Potsdam, the Hamburg Symphonic Orchestra as well as celebrate the debut of a commissioned piece written for him on an extensive Tour with the Northwest German Philharmonic Orchestra.
Ramón Ortega Quero is a fellowship award-winner of the Borletti Buitoni Trust London.