Fedor Osver - Prague Spring International Music Competition 2025 - Oboe (2026)

The Prague Spring International Music Competition has been held since 1947 and is open to young musicians under the age of thirty. Each year, the competition features two categories. In addition to a cash prize, the winner also receives the opportunity to perform at the next edition of Prague Spring.The oboe category returned to the The Prague Spring Competition after a six-year hiatus. In the past, the most prestigious trophies have been won by prominent artistic figures such as Jan Adamus and Liběna Séquardtová; other laureates include Jana Brožková, Zbyněk Müller, Vladislav Borovka, and Jan Souček.

Laureate Fedor Osver (2003) graduated from the Gnesin State Music School in Moscow in the class of lecturer Denis Osver and has been studying at the P. I. Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory in the class of Professor Alexei Utkin since 2021. He is a laureate of numerous international competitions, including the 12th Moscow Conservatory International Competition, the 17th International Tchaikovsky Competition, and the Swiss Muri Competition. He has collaborated with, among others, the Moscow Philharmonic Academic Symphony Orchestra and the Gnessin Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. He has also performed at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola, and Cello in F Major, K. 370. Jan Klusák – Playing the Oboe Plainly to Oneself. André Jolivet – Serenade for Oboe and Piano. Jiří Gemrot – Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra. Bohuslav Martinů – Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra, H. 353

Tracklist
01. Quartet for Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello in F Major, K. 370: I. Allegro
02. Playing the Oboe Plainly to Oneself
03. Serenade for Oboe and Piano: I. Cantillène
04. Serenade for Oboe and Piano: II. Caprice
05. Serenade for Oboe and Piano: III. Intermède
06. Serenade for Oboe and Piano: IV. Marche burlesque
07. Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra
08. Oboe Concerto, H. 353: I. Moderato
09. Oboe Concerto, H. 353: II. Poco andante
10. Oboe Concerto, H. 353: III. Poco allegro