Biography
Olivier Stankiewicz has been principal oboe of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) since 2015. An artist in residence at the Wigmore Hall during the 2024-2025 season, he is sought after as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher, and he has performed widely in Europe, Japan and the USA.
Olivier Stankiewicz has performed as a soloist with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the French National Orchestra and with conductors Paavo Jäärvi and Tugan Sokhiev. As a chamber musician, he has performed recitals at the Morgan Library in New York, the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum in Boston, the Toppan Hall in Tokyo and for the Phillips Collection (Washington D.C.). He has played at Snape Maltings (UK), the Louvre Auditorium in Paris, and in the Delft (Netherlands) and Musikdorf Ernen (Switzerland) festivals. His chamber music partners include Michael Collins, Steven Hough, Adam Walker, Renaud Capuçon, Liza Ferschtman, and Thomas Dunford. His performances have been broadcast by WXQR and several major European radios, including BBC live broadcasts of his debut recitals at the Proms festival with Huw Watkins, and at the Wigmore Hall with Alasdair Beatson.
Olivier Stankiewicz’s records have received critical acclaim by the BBC, Gramophone, and Radio France Musique. In 2021, Delphian Records released his recording of Mozart Violin Sonatas with Jonathan Ware, and LSO Live released his Mozart oboe Concerto, conducted by Jaime Martin and featuring a modern cadenza by American composer Tonia Ko. In 2024 he is releasing two new records: the complete Zelenka trio sonatas with Armand Djikoloum, Theo Platt, Satoko Doi and Jordi Carrasco-Hjelm, as well as the world-première of Bruce Broughton’s Concerto for oboe “And on the sixth day” with the LSO.
In addition to the latter, Olivier has premièred Nur I and II, by Benjamin Attahir, respectively with Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and the Tokyo Sinfonietta, and No-border concerto, by Laurent Durupt. His collaborations with composers have generated an extensive solo and chamber music literature, also featuring electronics.
Born in Nice (France) in 1989, Olivier studied in Paris with David Walter and Jacques Tys and won the 10th International oboe competition of Japan in 2012. He was a prize-winner at the YCAT International Auditions in London and the YCA auditions in New York. Currently professor at the Royal College of Music in London, he has given masterclasses at leading institutions worldwide.