Alfred Genovese

Background

Genovese was born on April 25, 1931, in Philadelphia.

Education

He began his study of the oboe at age 16 with John Minsker, former English hornist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and later studied with world-renowned oboist Marcel Tabuteau at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

Career

In 1953 he joined the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. He was principal oboe of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra from 1956 to 1959, and then played for a season in the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell while oboist Marc Lifschey was playing in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Genovese then became principal oboe of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra from 1960 to 1977.

Genovese performed at the Marlboro Festival with Rudolf Serkin, and also played at the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico for many years beginning in the mid-1950s.

He taught at New England Conservatory and Boston University. Genovese died in Philadelphia on March 11, 2011, after a debilitating series of lung infections and complications from two heart attacks.

Connections

associate:

Boston Symphony Orchestra