instructors - Austria Barock Akademie

Michael Oman has made a great name for himself, above all as a recorder soloist and

director of the Austrian Baroque Company. As a Baroque specialist, he now numbers among

the most prominent and versatile recorder players of his generation. He graduated from the

Bruckner University in Linz and studied the recorder with (among others) Walter van Hauwe

und Kees Boeke at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (NL). At the age of 26 he was already

professor of recorder, chamber music and historically informed performance at the Bruckner

University in Linz.

In 2001 Michael Oman founded the Austrian Baroque Company, a leading Early Music

ensemble for the music of the 17th and 18th centuries, which he presents worldwide in

artistic projects ranging from intimate recorder recitals to Baroque ensemble music and

recorder concertos. Many of his CD recordings have won international prizes. His innovative

programming concepts and his impulsive virtuoso playing are highly praised by public and

press alike.

As a conductor Michael Oman has recently appeared with the Californian Baroque Orchestra

Musica Angelica (Los Angeles), the chamber orchestra Camerata Schulz Wien and the Mozart

Youth Orchestra Japan.

With the newly established ensemble Eurowinds together with his colleagues Dorothee

Oberlinger (D) and Maurice Steger (CH), concerts in Austria and Germany are planned for

the upcoming season.

Michael Oman has been the artistic curator of the concert series “Evening Music in the

Ursulinen Church Linz” since 2007, as well as founding the “Eferding Castle Concerts” in

2009.

In 2019 Michael Oman founded the Austrian Recorder Academy (ARA), a training academy

for young highly talented recorder players. The first edition took place in November 2019

together with his dutch teacher Prof. Kees Boeke, a world-renowned "legend" in the

recorder scene. In the following years there will be planned masterclasses, lectures and

concerts led by an international team of lecturers who will support the career of young

recorder players in this forum.