Background
He is the son of Ian Messiter, the creator of the British Broadcasting Corporation panel show, Just a Minute, and his wife Edith (née Senior).
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Malcolm Messiter
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Messiter began playing the oboe at the age of 15 whilst a student at Bryanston School in Blandford Forum, Dorset. His first oboe teacher was Douglas Heffer, who taught both the oboe and English at Bryanston. Messiter was extremely enthusiastic from the onset and was known to play chamber music concerts at the school almost every week.
When first beginning the oboe, Heffer bought him an oboe, of which cost was put on the school bill, much to the surprise of his parents.
In 1967, after only learning the oboe for 2 years, Messiter won a scholarship to the Paris Conservatoire.
Messiter studied in Paris with Pierre Pierlôt, before returning to London in 1969 to study with Sidney Sutcliffe at the. Whilst there, he won the Joy Boughton, the Grade 5 and the R.A.O.S. Prizes as well as a Performers" A.R.C.M. with Honours.
He was featured soloist for the theme to British Broadcasting Corporation television’s The Secret Garden (1975).
