Janet Craxton

Janet Helen Rosemary Craxton ( born May 17, 1929 in London, † July 18, 1981 ibid ) was an English oboist.

The daughter of composer Harold Craxton studied from 1945 to 1948 at the Royal Academy of Music with Helen Gaskell and thereafter until 1949 at the Conservatoire de Paris with Pierre Bajeux. She was first oboist et al the Hallé Orchestra, the London Mozart Players ( 1952-54 ), the BBC Symphony Orchestra ( 1954-63 ), London Sinfonietta ( 1969-81 ) and at the Royal Opera House ( 1979-81 ).

Since 1958, she taught oboe at the Royal Academy. In 1968, she founded the London Oboe Quartet with violinist Perry Hart, violist Brian Hawkins and cellist Kenneth Heath (after Heath 's death with Charles Tunnell ). The quartet made ​​primarily with the interpretation of works by contemporary composers a name and awarded commissions, among others Neil Sanders, Alan Rawsthorne, Oliver Knussen, John Exton and John McCabe. Janet Craxton was married to the pianist and composer Alan Richardson. Her brother John Craxton was known as a painter.

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  • Oboe Classics - CD Janet Craxton
  • Craxton Studios - Short History
  • Dictionary of Music - Janet Craxton
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Janet Craxton
  • Craxton Memoriqal Trust: Janet Craxton
  • Classic oboist
  • British Musician
  • Born in 1929
  • Died in 1981
  • Woman
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