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Lido Guarnieri (Paraná, Argentina , October 8, 1934 - May 15th 2021) was an International Oboe Soloist and a legend in the history of the Oboe.

Beginning
He began his oboe studies with his father Nicolás Guarnieri in Paraná, and later moved to Buenos Aires to continue studying with Pedro Cocchiararo. In Argentina he was a member of the symphonic orchestras of Paraná, Santa Fe , San Juan , Teatro Colón and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Buenos Aires.

International Career
In 1960 he began his international career as the first oboe of the [Orchestra] of the SODRE of Montevideo, Uruguay , to later be it of the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba , of which he was a founding member. In 1965 he won the position of oboe co-soloist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Salzburg. He was also part of the English Chamber Orchestra on a tour of Israel under the direction of Daniel Barenboim.

Since 1973 he has lived in Caracas, Venezuela , where he was the first oboe soloist of the Symphonic Orchestra of Venezuela , the oldest in the country. He was also the founder of the Trío de Cañas Pro-Arte, the Sinfonietta de Caracas and the Octeto Académico de Caracas. In his long career he has performed as a Soloist with conductors such as Ernest Ansermet, Thomas Beecham , John Barbirolli , Colin Davis , Pierre Monteaux , Georg Solti , Lorin Maazel ,Carlo Maria Giulini , Leonard Bernstein , Zubin Mehta , Claudio Abbado , Daniel Barenboim , among others and with soloists such as Jascha Heifetz , David Oistrakh , Zino Francescatti , Yehudi Menuhin , I. Pearlman on violin , Arthur Rubinstein , Claudio Arrau , Benedetti -Michelangeli , Martha Argerich on piano and cellists Rostropovich , André Navarra , Jean Paul Tortelier, Piatigorsky, etc.

In 1988 he was specially hired as the first oboe of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Santiago de Chile.

As a soloist he has given numerous recitals as well as auditions for radio and television in different countries. His version of the Richard Strauss concert won in Montevideo the judgment of "exemplary oboist" ( El País, 1974 ) and in Caracas " Maestro del Oboe "

He has given master classes in Brazil, Argentina , Costa Rica and Chile (Frutillar Musical Week in 1982)

He offered in Venezuela the first concert auditions for oboe by Albinoni, Vivaldi , Richard Strauss and the oboe d'amor concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach. In 1992 with the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra and concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra L. Spirer, played the double concerto for oboe and violin by Bach.

In the United States of America, Maestro Dan Stolper, editor of the renowned International Double Reed Society , is currently working on a special article dedicated to Maestro Lido, where Maestro Stolper rightly gives him the title of Legend in the history of the Oboe.

Founder Maestro of the respectable Venezuelan Oboe School
Following the creation of the National System of Youth Orchestras and Children of Venezuela ( FESNOJIV ) of which he was a founding member and professor of oboe, he performed an extensive and fruitful work in the field of education by providing Venezuela from a recognized school of oboe.

Master Lido Guarnieri worked hard in Venezuela since 1974 in the creation of this school of Oboists, in just five years we already had more than 15 excellent Oboists and more than half Soloists. His fruitful work has created hundreds of Oboists, and more than 50 are now Oboe Masters, and are trained to continue this work. Our eternal gratitude Master.

In 1993 the first "Lido Guarnieri International Oboe Festival" was presented in Venezuela, a name that was proudly chosen by the best Oboists in Venezuela (all students of Maestro Lido). At this Festival Maestro Robin Canter was also invited as a soloist.

As the first oboe of the Octeto Académico de Caracas, he recorded the first three CDs of the several that this Octeto has made.