is professor at the Musikhochschule in Cologne and at the Music-Conservatory of the Basque Country in San Sebastian, Spain „Musikene“. He is the oboist of the Ma’alot Windquintett.

The oboist Christian Wetzel studied at the Conservatory for Music in Hannover (Germany) with Prof. Ingo Goritzki.

At the age of 24 he became principal oboist in the National Theater Orchester in Mannheim, and was named nine years later as Professor for Oboe at the „Felix-Mendelssohn-Bartholdy” Conservatory for Music in Leipzig (Germany).

Here he taught until 2008 when he accepted the title as Professor at the Conservatory in Cologne (Germany) where he currently works as one of Germany’s most reknown teachers.

He also holds a class at the Music-Conservatory of the Basque Country in San Sebastian (Spain)

„Musikene“ and teaches at other leading music conservatories such as the Juilliard School in New York, the Royal Academy of Music in London or the Vienna Music Conservatory and holds masterclasses throughout the world .

When not teaching, he enjoys appearing as a soloist and chamber musician at various renowned international music festivals and as a founder and oboist of the internationally acclaimed Ma’alot Windquintett, which has won many competitions and CD-awards throughout its long lasting history.

Christian is happy to work with interested oboists and speaks English, German and French.

is professor for oboe at the Musikhochschule Düsseldorf, a lecturer for oboe at the Conservatory in Maastricht.

Ralph van Daal (born 1984) began playing the oboe at the age of nine. At 17, he began his studies at Conservatorium Maastricht with Peter Steyvers (Oboe) and Mya Besselink (Vocal Studies), graduating with Honours in 2006. He then started three years of study with Francois Leleux at the University for Music and Theatre in Munich, earning a Soloist Diploma in 2009. Following graduation, Ralph van Daal held temporary contracts with the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Cologne and the Duisburg Philharmonic. In 2011, he won the position of Solo English Horn with the Hamburg Philharmonic and was awarded the Eduard Söring-Preis; a prize awarded by the orchestra’s director, Simone Young, to support the artistic development of young musicians.

Ralph van Daal is regularly engaged as a substitute (Solo Oboe and Solo English Horn) with the Swedish Radio Symphony in Stockholm, the City of Birmingham Symphony, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra , the State Opera of Hannover, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Bavarian State Opera, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra Hamburg and the Hilversum Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has played under the direction of conductors such as Michael Tilson Thomas, Semyon Bychkov, Jukka Pekka Saraste, Andris Nelsons, Daniel Harding, Daniele Gatti, Kent Nagano and Ivan Fischer. Van Daal frequently gives masterclasses in Germany, Portugal, Spain, Colombia and the Netherlands. He is also a member of various wind ensembles of the Hamburg Philharmonic. Ralph van Daal is a lecturer at Conservatorium Maastricht. Since 2019 he is professor at the Musikhochschule Düsseldorf.

Ralph is happy to work with interested oboists and speaks English and German.

is a professor for historical double reed instruments at the Musikhochschule in Würzburg and works as first oboist with Concerto Köln and other renowned Early Music Orchestras.

The german oboist Clara Blessing performs worldwide as soloist, chamber musician and orchestral musician. Playing the whole range of original oboe instruments, she covers a broad repertoire from baroque music to contemporary masterpieces and works as first oboist with Concerto Köln and other renowned Early Music Orchestras and with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Kent Nagano and Teodor Currentzis. Already during her studies, she was youngest member and 1st oboe of the European Union Baroque Orchestra and was at the same time supported by the Academy Scheme of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; and she now regularly performs in famous concert halls such as Royal Albert Hall, Berliner Philharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam and in festivals such as Leipziger Bachfest, Innsbrucker Festwochen Alter Musik and MusicaAntiqua-Festival Brügge.

Im April 2020, Clara Blessing was appointed professor for historical double reed instruments at the Musikhochschule Würzburg.

Clara is happy to work with oboists playing historical instruments and speaks English and German.

is a senior lecturer for oboe pedagogy at the University ’Mozarteum’ in Salzburg, she is also a lecturer for reed making at the Franz Liszt Musikhochschule Weimar and an oboe teacher at the school of music in Landshut.

Alexandra Hajdu was born into a Polish-Hungarian family in Budapest and her career as a musician was mainly influenced by her activities in choir singing, folk music, folk dancing and handcrafting at a young age. Just after that at the age of 10, she discovered her instrument, the oboe.

She first studied at the Musikhochschule Detmold with prof. József Kiss (Bachelor 2014). In 2017 she did her Masters degree at the Hochschule for Music and Theatre in Munich at the class of prof. Francois Leleux. Also at the Musikhochschule Munich, she got her degree in pedagogy with her written assignment: ”’ Interdependency between the technic of playing an instrument and fear’ (posture, breathing and stress)” in 2019. Since then she has been studying historical performance practice baroque oboe in Munich with prof. Saskia Fikentscher.

As an orchestra musician, she plays with orchestras like the Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Münchner Symphoniker and the State Opera Nürnberg. She has participated in different masterclasses for oboe and reed-making training. Singing, stage training, stress management, breathing therapy, sports psychology, and mental training are part of her teaching skills.

As a soloist, she is specialised to perform unknown Hungarian or Polish works. She loves working with choreographers, visual artists, and authors.

Alexandra Hajdu is a senior lecturer for oboe pedagogy at the University ’Mozarteum’ in Salzburg and lecturer for reed making at the Franz Liszt Musikhochschule Weimar. She is an oboe teacher at the school of music in Landshut. In 2016-17 she obtained a scholarship at the Orlandus Lassus Foundation. She gives masterclasses in reed making in Germany, Austria and Poland.

Alexandra is happy to work with beginner and advanced oboists, pre-college students, students with subsidiary subject oboe and students of instrument teaching. She speaks English, German, Hungarian and Polish.