Christian Wetzel

Masterclass Oboe

13 – 18 March 2026
Masterclass oboe
Prof. Christian Wetzel, Cologne
Répétiteur: Jin-Young Lee, Cologne

Course repertoire: freely selectable
Masterclass and individual lessons
Technique and interpretation
Audition training

Course start: Friday, 13 March 2026, 3 p.m. 
End of course: Wednesday, 18 March 2026, after breakfast 

Fees:
980.00 Euro course fees/active for professionals
930.00 Euro course fees/active for students
680.00 Euro course fees for passive participation

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 like 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 enjoyes appearing as soloist and chamber musician at various renown international music festivals and as founder and oboist of the internationally acclaimed Ma’alot Windquintett which has won many competitions and CD-awards throughout its longlasting history.