Performer Biography

Adrian Gonzalez

Adrian Gonzalez was born in West Palm Beach Florida. His teachers have included Eric Ohlsson at Florida State University, and Frank Rosenwein and Jeffrey Rathbun at the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM). He graduated from CIM with a master’s degree in Oboe Performance in 2020. Adrian has performed with the Youngstown Symphony, the New World Symphony, and Palm Beach Symphony orchestras. He has participated in the Eastern Music Festival, Brevard Music Festival, and Kent Blossom Music Festival, and was accepted to the Aspen Music Festival (postponed by the pandemic). He is currently the acting principal oboist of the Mansfield Symphony and a member of the Cleveland Wind Trio, who perform frequently in Northeast Ohio and serve as artists in residence at Maryland’s Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival.