Who is Nobuo?

Oboist Nobuo Kitagawa, a graduate of the Tokyo University of Arts, received Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from Yale University. He was the winner of the Woolsey Hall Competition, NHK Young Artists’ Audition, and Katz Young Musicians’ Competition, which sponsored his debut recital in New York City. He appeared as a concerto soloist with the Denver Symphony, Yale Philharmonia, and Orchestra New England. As an orchestra musician, he performed with Orchestra New England, New Haven Symphony, Stamford Symphony, Princeton Symphony, and Orchestra of St. Luke’s. On Broadway, he was heard in Beauty And The Beast, Miss Saigon, and Phantom Of The Opera. He served as the principal oboist for the Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber National Tour. He has recorded for Koch International, Delos, New World Records, and Analekta. He is currently the principal oboist of the Bach Choir of Bethlehem Festival Orchestra and the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra. The Morning Call described his performance as “sweet, velvety sound simply melted into every corner of the hall.” He is on the faculty of Lafayette College, Muhlenberg College, and Kinhaven Adult Chamber Music Workshop. His YouTube channel, NK Music Lab (youtube.com/@NKMusicLab) with nearly nine hundred instrumental exercise pieces, enjoys a large worldwide following. He publishes his own work and modern editions of Baroque composition on his online store NK Music Lab (nkmusiclab.com).