Since the oboe is all too rarely heard outside the orchestra, Gabriel Pidoux is committed to offering a new approach and a more unique listening experience for this instrument with infinite possibilities. In 2020, he became the first oboist to be named “Instrumental Soloist Revelation” at the Victoires de la Musique Classique.

Her debut album, “Romance” (a collection of sonatas), featuring pianist Jorge González Buajasán, was released in 2022 on the Alpha Classics label; the recording received, among other accolades, “5 Diapasons” and “5 Stars” from Classica magazine. His second album, “Routine,” dedicated to French sonatas, was released in March 2026 on the Oktav Records label and received a Diapason d’Or.

Gabriel studied under Hélène Devilleneuve, Jacques Tys, and David Walter at the Paris National Conservatory of Music, and later under François Leleux in Munich.

Gabriel has won several international competitions (IDRS, BeTheOne, Michel Spisak Oboe Competition, etc.). In 2019, he won second prize at the Prague International Competition. He has performed as a soloist with the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, the Orchestre National de Lille, the Orchestre de Chambre Nouvelle Aquitaine, the Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, the RTV Slovenia Symphony, and the Prague Symphony Chamber Orchestra, as well as with orchestras such as La Scala in Milan, Gli Incogniti, Ensemble Pygmalion...

Fascinated by the history of his instrument and after honing his skills in the study of historical oboes under Antoine Torunczyk, Gabriel was, from 2016 to 2025, a co-founding member of Sarbacanes, an ensemble dedicated to wind music performed on period instruments. In 2026, drawing on this experience, he founded a new ensemble: Le Chapitre. The ensemble’s first EP, released in June 2026, is dedicated to Marcello’s Oboe Concerto. In 2026–2027, Le Chapitre will tour with Beethoven’s opera Fidelio, in a new arrangement for wind octet and singers, produced by the Théâtre Impérial – Opéra de Compiègne.