Emmanuelle Somer
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Emmanuelle Somer is a French and Dutch jazz oboist, multiinstrumentist and composer. She is one of the very few jazz musicians who expresses herself on the oboe
. Brussels
-born, Somer graduated from Brussels Koninklijk Conservatorium in 1993 before attending Berklee College of Music
in Boston, USA, on a full scholarship. After graduating in 1996, she began touring and recording internationally before settling as a teacher of masterclasses in improvisation in Chambord.
Somer recorded four CDs as a leader: The Apple Tree (1997), Odyssey (1999), Search for Peace (2000) and Ambivalences (2006).
Oboe
The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
. Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
-born, Somer graduated from Brussels Koninklijk Conservatorium in 1993 before attending Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...
in Boston, USA, on a full scholarship. After graduating in 1996, she began touring and recording internationally before settling as a teacher of masterclasses in improvisation in Chambord.
Somer recorded four CDs as a leader: The Apple Tree (1997), Odyssey (1999), Search for Peace (2000) and Ambivalences (2006).