WILLIAM WIELGUS CV 2019

William Wielgus was a member of the oboe section of the National Symphony
Orchestra from 1990 to 2017 upon the invitation of Mstislav Rostropovich. He has
also served as English horn of the Oklahoma Symphony and Principal Oboe of the
South Bend Symphony. He may also be heard as Principal Oboe of the Eclipse
Chamber Orchestra in their recordings of works of Florian Gassman and Mark
Adamo on the Naxos label. He was winner of the 1990 Aspen Woodwind
Competition before joining the NSO.

Mr. Wielgus now has an active career as soloist in the United States and abroad,
including performances of the Hummel Adagio and Variations with the Symphonic
Orchestra of Trujillo (May 2019) and the Banda Nacional de Conciertos de Cuba
(February 2019). He has appeared in recital in Lima, Peru at the Gran Teatro
Nacional, Centro Cultural Ricardo Palma, and twice at the Conservatorio of Lima.
In 2018 he was the first American oboist to present a master class and recital at the
State Conservatory of Uzbekistan, and in 2019 performed an innovative program of
oboe music with poetry at the Museo de la Emigration Gallega in Buenos Aires, and a
recital and master class at the Universidad de Montevideo, featuring Uruguayan
oboe music. He is a frequent recitalist in Rio de Janeiro at the Musica no Museu
series.

Mr. Wielgus is involved in a project to commission, perform, and record oboe music
of Peruvian composers. He has had works written for him by Seiji Asato, José Carlos
Campos, Antonio Gervasoni, Teó filo Alvarez, Daniel Cueto, Josė Sosaya, Elizabeth Gil
Diaz, Sadiel Cuentas, Alesandra Vargas, Leonardo Mendoza, Fernando Ferná ndez,
Daniel Cueto, David Aguilar Valdizá n, and Manuel Carranza. He also music director
of Teatro Lirico, an organization which promotes Hispanic music in the Washington
DC area. He is on the music faculty of American University.