Eugene Izotov

Eugene Izotov is the Principal Oboe of the San Francisco Symphony since 2015 appointed by Michael Tilson Thomas. He has previously served as principal oboe with the Chicago Symphony, Metropolitan Opera, and guest principal oboe with Boston Symphony and New York Philharmonic. Izotov has appeared over 70 times as soloist with Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, and Metropolitan Opera orchestras collaborating with Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Muti, James Levine, Nicholas McGegan, Edo De Waart, Ludovic Morlot, Jane Glover, and Ton Koopman. His numerous awards include top prizes at solo competitions in Saint Petersburg, Moscow, New York, and at the Fernand Gillet International Competition. Eugene Izotov serves on the faculties of The Colburn School, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and previously taught at The Juilliard School. He presents masterclasses at conservatories across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia including Oberlin, New World Symphony, Aspen, Tanglewood, Rice University, Cleveland Institute of Music, Manhattan School of Music, Music Academy of the West, Conservatoire de Musique (Luxembourg), Huyndai Center (Korea), Shanghai Orchestra Academy (China), Pacific Music Festival (Japan), Taipei National University of the Arts (Taiwan), Verbier Festival (Switzerland), Glenn Gould School, Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal, McGill University, and Domaine Forget (Canada). Eugene Izotov has served on woodwind juries of the Tchaikovsky International Competition, Muri Competition, and Concours de Genève. Izotov’s former students are enjoying careers in major orchestras, including Chicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Metropolitan Opera, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Saint Louis Symphony.