Jonathan Kelly

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Jonanthan Kelly trained to be a professional musician with Celia Nicklin at London’s Royal Academy of Music and with Maurice Bourgue at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1993 he became principal oboist of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, to which he belonged until 2003. During his time in Birmingham, Kelly performed regularly with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and appeared as a concerto soloist in Birmingham, Cardiff, Chicago, Helsinki and Vienna. He was also a member of the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, with whom he gave the premiere of works including Sonata da Caccia by Thomas Adès. In summer 2003 he joined the Berliner Philharmoniker as a principal oboist and since then has also been a member of the Berlin Philharmonic Winds.