Mark Baigent

Oboe

Mark Baigent specialises in performing on period oboes, playing repertoire from the baroque to the present day.

He regularly freelances with the Sixteen, the Hanover Band, Scholars Baroque Ensemble, the Gabrieli Consort and the English Baroque Soloists with whom he undertook the year-long Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, the recordings of which are being released over the next five years. He is also a highly experienced chamber musician and has given performances of Mozart and Beethoven’s octets with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Mark has toured extensively throughout Europe, America and the Far East, has broadcast on Radio 3 & 4, Classic FM and recently appeared in the BBC’s docu-drama ‘Eroica’.

This year (2006) Mark has been working with artist and composer Richard Moult, performing and recording new works for voice oboe and piano. These were recently performed at ‘Le Chantier’ alternative music festival in Paris.