Creavit Deus Hominem Frankfurt Radio Symphony, José Luis García Vegara & Duncan Ward

• Geoffrey Gordon (b. 1968): I. Still Life:
• 1Gordon: I. Still Life06:01
• II. Cosmic:
• 2Gordon: II. Cosmic03:23
• III. Study after Michelangelo´s Pietà:
• 3Gordon: III. Study after Michelangelo´s Pietà03:51
• IV. Creavit Deus Hominem:
• 4Gordon: IV. Creavit Deus Hominem06:39
• Total Runtime19:54

Info for Creavit Deus Hominem

The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Duncan Ward recorded a world premiere performance of Geoffrey Gordon's Creavit Deus Hominem, a concerto for Oboe and orchestra featuring soloist José Luis García Vegara, for whom the orchestra commissioned the new work, inspired by the Synchromism art movement of the early 20th c.

José Luis García Vegara, oboe
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Duncan Ward, conductor

José Luis García Vegara
studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Tess Miller and Celia Nicklin. In 2007 he graduated with First Class Honours and received the Principle’s Prize. He then became a member of the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic, where he completed his studies with Jonathan Kelly.

José Luis García Vegara has performed as solo oboist with renowned orchestras, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and Mahler Chamber Orchestra. He has also played with ensembles such as Les Dissonances and Ensemble Resonanz, and has taught at master classes in Japan, Spain and Argentina.

Since 2008, José Luis García Vegara has been solo oboist of the hr Symphony Orchestra and a tutor at the orchestra academy there. He has also held this position in the Estonian Festival Orchestra under Paavo Järvi since 2017. Since 2020 he has also been a lecturer at the Barenboim-Said Foundation in Seville. In 2021 he accepted an invitation for the first time to be the Festival Orchestra's principal oboist at the Bayreuth Festival.

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