Real name: Neil Cathcart Black

Effective period / Period of releases: 1974 - 2001

Neil Black, OBE (born May 28, 1932, Birmingham, England – died August 14, 2016) was an English oboist. In 1956–57 Black studied the oboe with Terence MacDonagh. He held the post of principal oboe in four London orchestras. From 1958 to 1960 he was principal oboist of London Philharmonic Orchestra. Later in his career, he was the principal oboist of The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, the English Chamber Orchestra, the London Mozart Players and he was also a frequent soloist with various other chamber orchestras. From 1960 to 1970 Black was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music, London. He later taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.