John Anderson

British oboist John Anderson has a highly respectable career in classical music as well as a touch of the pop profile, appearing on Diana Ross and Joni Mitchell recordings and striking up material such as a Riverdance medley when leading the John Anderson Concert Orchestra. He began the oboe while at school in South Wales, and continued studying at the Royal College of Music. He had secured his first orchestral post by the age of 20 with Geneva's Suisse Romande Orchestra, and in the ensuing three decades went on to positions with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonia,...