Christopher Bouwman

Christopher Bouwman (The Hague, February 22, 1981) is a Dutch oboist. He plays as a soloist, in chamber music (including the Schulhoff Trio) and as an orchestra member. He plays a Lorée oboe; type Royal.
Christopher Bouwman grew up in The Hague. From the age of 12, he studied at the Royal Conservatory with Han de Vries and Pauline Austria, among others, and graduated with honors in 2006. At the same time he studied at the Geneva Conservatory in Switzerland with the oboist Maurice Bourgue. In 2009 he won second prize at the Fernand Gillet oboe competition. He also won prizes during his studies. For example, he received 1st prizes in the Princess Christina Competition and the Netherlands Young Music Talent Foundation. The EMCY awarded Bouwman the 2003 European Music Prize for Youth.
As a soloist he has made music with various orchestras, including the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Bruckner Orchestra Linz conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, and also under various conductors such as Lorin Maazel and Zubin Mehta.
In 2006, Bouwman joined the then established Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana as solo oboist, part of the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía opera house designed by Santiago Calatrava; the Opera of Valencia.