For immediate release:
March 29, 2023
Contact: Julie Goetz, Director of Communications 
(412) 905-9058
jgoetz@pittsburghsymphony.org 

 

Pittsburgh Symphony Appoints Samuel Nemec as Second Oboe

PITTSBURGH—The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director Manfred Honeck with president and CEO Melia Tourangeau today announced the appointment of Samuel Nemec as second oboe with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Nemec will join the Orchestra at the beginning of the next season, in September 2023. Samuel Nemec is currently second oboe with the Atlanta Symphony, a position he has held for 11 seasons. He has also performed with the National Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Charleston Symphony Orchestra, and as guest principal with the Milwaukee Symphony and KBS Symphony of Korea. During the summer, he performs at the Grand Teton Music Festival. 
 
Samuel Nemec was born in South Korea and grew up in New Jersey. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School where he studied with Elaine Douvas, Nathan Hughes and Pedro Diaz. Subsequently, he attended the Curtis Institute of Music, where he was a student of Richard Woodhams. 

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