Guido Titze

Guido Titze was born in Cottbus, where he also received his first musical lessons in recorder, oboe, piano and composition. From 1976 to 1982, he studied at the Dresden University of Music with Andreas Lorenz (oboe) and Siegfried Kurz (composition).

His first engagement took him to the Staatskapelle Weimar as principal oboist. In 1985, he joined the Dresdner Philharmonie, initially also in the solo position and since 2003 as deputy principal oboist. In 2010, he was elected to the orchestra board of the Dresdner Philharmonie, where he worked for the interests of the orchestra for nine years. 

Numerous record productions with the Virtuosi Saxoniae and the Dresdner Bläserquintett as well as tours to all important music centres are proof of his versatile music-making. He has also been intensively involved with the baroque oboe since 1989. Guido Titze is a co-founder of the Dresden Baroque Orchestra. Since 2007, he has taken part in the traditional Early Music Festival in Miercurea Ciuc (Romania) every year as a lecturer, soloist and chamber music partner, where he has made a significant contribution to the development of music-making practice on historical instruments.

Guido Titze has been teaching at the Dresden University of Music since 2000 and was appointed honorary professor in 2012. His teaching activities have taken him to masterclasses in Bucharest, Cluj Napoca (Romania) and Donetsk (Ukraine) as part of the International Bach Academies. 

Guido Titze has been closely associated with the Sponsoring association orchestra of the Dresdner Philharmonie since it was founded in 2002. He supervises the wind players in rehearsals, has performed as a soloist and has conducted several concerts.