Thomas Rohde

Thomas Rohde, born in Bremen in 1962, was a member of the boys’ choir “Unser Lieben Frauen” in his hometown for nine years. He studied oboe with Wolfgang Hoth in Bremen and Winfried Liebermann in Hamburg. At the age of 20, he was appointed principal oboist at the Mannheim National Theatre, and in 1988 he took up the same position at the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra. In 1995 he was the recipient of the Eduard Söring Prize. Since 1997 he has been a member of the Saito-Kinen Orchestra, which was founded and directed by Seiji Ozawa. Since 1998 he has also been a member of the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra regularly and plays as a guest with many major German orchestras (Bavarian National Theatre, Berlin State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Symphony Orchestras of the WDR, NDR and hr etc.). Thomas Rohde has played under the baton of renowned conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, James Levine, Christian Thielemann, Gary Bertini, Christoph Eschenbach, Seiji Ozawa, and others. Teaching regular master classes in Asia, recording solo concertos and chamber music complete his musical portfolio.