Olivier Stankiewicz

Principal Oboe

Member since 2015, Professor at the Royal College of Music

‘I grew up in a very musical family and had many interests (for a long time I contemplated scientific studies), yet music always moved me on a deeper level. When I got my trial in the LSO, I was struck by the awesome level in the first rehearsal, the buzz was incredible. Since then, it continues to be a very exciting adventure.’

Olivier Stankiewicz has given recitals at Wigmore Hall, Snape Maltings and the Louvre collaborating with Alasdair Beatson, the Doric and Castalian String Quartets. He performed Attahir’s Concerto Nur with the Orchestre de Lille and took part in the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival with Renaud Capuçon. Previous solo highlights include recitals at the Isabella Gardner Museum in Boston, the Morgan Library in New York and Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany.

He has performed Berio’s Chemins IV with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Bernd Alois Zimmerman’s Concerto with the French National Orchestra broadcast by Radio France Musique, and appeared as soloist with the Tokyo Sinfonietta in Suntory Hall. Olivier has commissioned and premièred pieces by Benjamin Attahir, Tonia Ko and Laurent Durupt.

LSO Principal Oboe since 2015, Olivier’s awards include First Prize at the International Oboe Competition in Japan. He was selected by YCAT in London in 2016.