Miami, FL
Antonio Urrutia Mendoza, oboe and English horn, is a Colombian-born, Miami-based musician. The South Florida Classical Review has described his playing as “expressive and suspended." As an avid free-lancer, Urrutia holds the Principal Oboe Chair with the Florida Grand Opera and the Solo English Horn and 2nd Oboe positions with the Palm Beach Symphony. He also performs frequently with the Miami City Ballet, South Florida Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, and Opera Naples, and has been featured as a soloist with Orchestra Miami. Antonio received his Masters of Music in Orchestral Oboe at the McGill University Schulich School of Music, as well as his Graduate Diploma in Professional Performance, where he was a Graduate Teaching Assistant under the tutelage of former Montreal Symphony Principal Oboe, Theodore Baskin. During his time in Canada, he was a Fellow with the National Academy Orchestra of Canada and also performed with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Classique de Montreal, Ensemble Obiora, Pronto Musica Chamber Ensemble, and made frequent appearances at the Brott Music Festival in Ontario. Urrutia has also been featured internationally, as he was Acting Associate Principal Oboe of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in New Zealand and holds the Solo Oboe Chair at the St. Georges International Music Festival in Guadeloupe, France. During the summers, Urrutia is a fellow at the Aspen Music Festival, where he continues his studies with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Principal Oboe, Elaine Douvas.
