Brass Legend, Virtuoso Soloist,
World Renown Teacher… These
are just a few catch phrases
associated with Roger Bobo.
He is in demand world wide as
a teacher of all brass
instruments, adjudicator at
major international
competitions, and as a
conductor.
Roger Bobo currently resides
in Japan and teaches at the
Musashino School of Music in
Tokyo. Prior to this move to
Tokyo he served as faculty at
the Fiesole School of Music
near Florence, Italy, at the
Lausanne Conservatory in
Switzerland, and at the Royal
Northern College of Music in
Manchester, England.
Orchestras around the world
have seen Roger Bobo as
soloist, conductor and coach
for brass sections preparing
major symphonic repertoire.
His students currently occupy
positions in major symphony
orchestras and universities
throughout the world, and
several have gone on to
develop successful solo
careers of their own.
As a conductor, Roger Bobo
has a strong background
playing for and studying the
rehearsal and conducting
technique of the greatest
conductors in the world. During
his twenty-five years with the
Los Angeles Philharmonic, he
had close associations with
Zubin Mehta, Carlo Maria
Giulini and Andre Previn, not to
mention the many world class
guest conductors of the Los
Angeles Philharmonic. A list of
orchestras that have seen
Roger Bobo as soloist,
conductor or teacher would fill
volumes. His career has
covered as many continents as
it has decades.
