Biography
Aisling Casey is Principal Oboe with the Dutch Radio Chamber Philharmonie. Prior to this post, she was Co-Principal Oboe with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, a position she held for 12 years. A native of Cork, Ireland, and following her Bachelor of Arts studies at University College Cork, Aisling moved to Germany to study with Prof. Klaus Becker at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover.
Winning first prize at the Isle of Wight International Oboe Competition led to important concert appearances, including an acclaimed début recital in London's Purcell Room and performances at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Finland, the Besançon Festival, France, the Isle of Man's Mananan Festival and the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Ireland.
Aisling began her formal musical education at the Cork School of Music, studying oboe with Sarah Burn. She later had lessons with Albert Solivérese and Helmut Seeber in Dublin, during which time she was awarded many prizes at competitions in Ireland and a longstanding membership of the European Union Youth Orchestra.
Equally at home in front of the orchestra as in its midst, Aisling has performed the major oboe concerti with ensembles such as the Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Irish Chamber Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Virtuosi di Kuhmo, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam and the Göttinger Symphoniker.
Recent solo performances have included collaborations with pianists Artur Pizarro and Christian Zacherias and two tours of Ireland and the United Kingdom as duo partner with Nigel Kennedy. The Barbican London, Birmingham Symphony Hall and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam are just some of the prestigious concert halls in which Aisling has performed as a soloist and chamber musician.
Aisling has recorded the Bach Double Concerto with Nigel Kennedy for EMI Classics and a CD of the Strauss Oboe Concerto for RTE/LyricFM. Contemporary composers who have written for her include the Dutch composer Theo Loevendie and Irish composers Ian Wilson and John Gibson.
Aisling is one of the founding members of the initiative Splendor, a new temple for music of many genres resonating in a space of freedom in the centre of Amsterdam. Read more about it here. As a registered Kindermusik educator for teaching music to children under the age of seven she will be running the young child music education department of Splendor, Splendor Kids.
Aisling Casey teaches oboe at the Rotterdam Conservatoire in The Netherlands.
Winning first prize at the Isle of Wight International Oboe Competition led to important concert appearances, including an acclaimed début recital in London's Purcell Room and performances at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Finland, the Besançon Festival, France, the Isle of Man's Mananan Festival and the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Ireland.
Aisling began her formal musical education at the Cork School of Music, studying oboe with Sarah Burn. She later had lessons with Albert Solivérese and Helmut Seeber in Dublin, during which time she was awarded many prizes at competitions in Ireland and a longstanding membership of the European Union Youth Orchestra.
Equally at home in front of the orchestra as in its midst, Aisling has performed the major oboe concerti with ensembles such as the Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Irish Chamber Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Virtuosi di Kuhmo, Combattimento Consort Amsterdam and the Göttinger Symphoniker.
Recent solo performances have included collaborations with pianists Artur Pizarro and Christian Zacherias and two tours of Ireland and the United Kingdom as duo partner with Nigel Kennedy. The Barbican London, Birmingham Symphony Hall and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam are just some of the prestigious concert halls in which Aisling has performed as a soloist and chamber musician.
Aisling has recorded the Bach Double Concerto with Nigel Kennedy for EMI Classics and a CD of the Strauss Oboe Concerto for RTE/LyricFM. Contemporary composers who have written for her include the Dutch composer Theo Loevendie and Irish composers Ian Wilson and John Gibson.
Aisling is one of the founding members of the initiative Splendor, a new temple for music of many genres resonating in a space of freedom in the centre of Amsterdam. Read more about it here. As a registered Kindermusik educator for teaching music to children under the age of seven she will be running the young child music education department of Splendor, Splendor Kids.
Aisling Casey teaches oboe at the Rotterdam Conservatoire in The Netherlands.