Demetrios Karamintzas USA
Oboe Department
Dimitrios Karamintzas is a sought after orchestral musician and chamber music artist. After receiving his Masters Degree with honors from The Juilliard School he has appeared as principal oboist with orchestras such as the Berliner Symphoniker, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Hannover State Opera, to name a few, as well as festivals such as Tanglewood Music Center, Edinburgh Festival, and Vendsyssel Festival in Denmark. Additionally he was part of the team which founded the first Palestinian Youth Orchestra, and taught for 10 years there with the Barenboim-Said Foundation and Al-Kamandjati music schools, as well as guest teaching engagements at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul.