Torunczyk succeeds Arfken in Basel

Antoine Torunczyk studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Lyon with Michel Henry and at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam with Alfredo Bernardini. He graduated in 2000 and in the same year won first prize at the Baroque Oboe Competition in Halle, Germany. He is currently principal oboist of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Concerto Copenhagen, and works with leading historically informed orchestras throughout Europe.

An active chamber musician, he is also co-founder of the Assemblée des Honnestes Curieux, winner of the Premio Bomporti Early Music Competition in Rovereto (Italy), and the baroque ensemble D!ssonanti, together with Sébastien Marq, Amandine Beyer, Javier Zafra, Tami Troman and Chiaopin Kuo.

He currently teaches historical oboe in the Early Music Department of the Paris Conservatoire (CNSMdP) and also annually at the Vielklang Summer Academy in Tübingen. He is webmaster of the Hautboy Companionan educational website about the historical oboe.