Stuart Breczinski, oboe 

Praised by the New York Times for his "eloquent" playing, Stuart Breczinski is a New York and Louisiana-based oboist, composer, audio engineer, and educator whose early interest in making unusual sounds on the oboe has developed into a passion for creating and sharing innovative audio with audiences everywhere. An avid proponent of chamber and contemporary music, Breczinski is a member of the City of Tomorrow, a woodwind quintet dedicated to the promotion and performance of contemporary works, and of Ensemble Mélange, a virtuosic sextet whose repertoire spans a myriad of genres. He is the principal oboist of NOVUS NY and Contemporaneous, a member of Decoda, and he has been a collaborator with Bang on a Can, Talea Ensemble, the International Contemporary Ensemble, and the New York New Music Ensemble.

Breczinski was the winner of the 2018 Matthew Ruggiero International Woodwind Competition, and he received an honorable mention at the 2015 IDRS Gillet-Fox International Competition. He is currently serving as Visiting Assistant Professor of Oboe at Louisiana State University.