Oboe

A native of Poland, oboist Marta Agnieszka Kosek had her Canadian debut as a member of Lodos Woodwind Quintet performing at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto for broadcast on CBC Radio 2.

Ms. Kosek is a graduate of the Academy of Music in Krakow, where she obtained a Masters Degree in Instrumental Performance. She continued her studies at Hochschule fur Musik und Theater in Leizpig, Germany, in the studio of Prof. Christian Wetzel. As a recipient of the Frederic Harris Scholarship, she pursued an Artist Diploma at The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto from the studio of Richard Dorsey.

Ms. Kosek has been a prize winner at the International Oboe and Bassoon Competition in Lodz, Poland in 2002, as well as at the Polish Academic Woodwind Competition in Sieradz, Poland in 1999.

Before moving to Canada, Ms. Kosek was the principal oboist at the Olsztyn Philharmonic, Polish Chamber Orchestra and the Ladies First Symphony Orchestra, where she was featured as a soloist, both on Oboe and English Horn.

She is currently performing as Principal oboist for both the Canadian Sinfonietta and the Ontario Philharmonic. In the 2010/2011 season she served as Principal oboist of the Kingston Symphony Orchestra.

Ms. Kosek performs regularly with many Canadian orchestras including Toronto Sinfonietta, Niagara Symphony, Windsor Symphony, and Korean Canadian Symphony Orchestra among others.