Jeffrey Crellin
Jeffrey Crellin is a well-known soloist who has appeared with the Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Queensland and Tasmanian symphony orchestras, as well as orchestras in Germany and Japan. A founding member of the Australian Chamber Soloists, he has also directed the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra.
Jeffrey was born in Brisbane and studied the oboe with Frank Lockwood. In 1972 he transferred to Adelaide University to study with Jiří Tancibudek. In 1973 he was Commonwealth Winner of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Instrumental and Vocal Competitions, and in 1974 he was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study in Europe with Heinz Holliger.
On his return to Australia in 1977 he was appointed Principal Oboe with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, featuring as a soloist on the orchestra’s 1987 tour of Japan. The following year he was invited to the Takemitsu Festival in Tokyo to give a recital and to perform with the Arditti String Quartet, appearing with them on his first international compact disc for the Fontec label.
As a soloist he has appeared with the Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Queensland and Tasmanian symphony orchestras, and with orchestras in Germany and Japan. In 1989 he toured all mainland Australian states for Musica Viva as a guest artist with the Reger Trio from West Germany. He is a founding member of the Melbourne-based Australian Chamber Soloists and has directed the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra.
Jeffrey Crellin is featured on the following titles
Pictures at an Exhibition: Reflected and Refracted
Unique orchestral arrangements of Pictures at an Exhibition, Glière’s Coloratura Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, Glinka’s The Nightingale, and two movements from Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons.
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Credit: Artistic Director
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Prudence Davis, Jeffrey Crellin and Peter Lynch in French salon and Impressionist chamber music for flute, oboe and guitar: Fauré and Ravel pavanes, Giuliani’s Serenade, Coste miniatures, Ponce’s Sonata III, Debussy’s Syrinx and Rêverie, and Duarte folk settings.
Jeffrey Crellin also appears on
The Marvellous World of George Dreyfus, Vol. 1
A survey of marvellous music by the well-known Australian composer George Dreyfus, one of the country’s most animated musical personalities, spanning concert, film, choral and children’s repertoire.