Pablo O’Connell (he/him) is an NYC-based historical and modern oboist. Highly in-demand as a freelance musician, Pablo performs with the Trinity Wall St Baroque Orchestra, the Sebastians, Carmel Bach Festival, Heartbeat Opera, Tafelmusik, Mercury Chamber Orchestra, Cantata Collective, New York Baroque Incorporated, Opera Neo, Clarion, Musica Angelica, and Twelfth Night. He is passionate about contemporary music and performs regularly with SEM Ensemble and the Metropolis Ensemble, where has curated a series of pop-up concerts of open-score music annually since 2022 as part of the Biophony festival. In October he recorded an album of music for duo and electronics by David First entitled “Girders,” and in January 2026 his premiere recording of Kyle Miller’s “Impressions” for solo oboe was released. Spring 2026 highlights include performances of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and B minor Mass with the Sebastians, releasing solo recordings of Venetian oboe concertos by Vivaldi and Marcello on period instruments, and recording the cast album to Heartbeat Opera’s reimagining of Jules Massanet’s Manon.

Pablo’s dynamic and varied musical life also includes writing and recording original folk music, and in January 2025 he released his debut album, titled Old Lines in the City Street. Pablo is the music director of Sing in Solidarity, the choir of the NYC Democratic Socialists of America. Pablo maintains a private teaching studio of baroque and modern oboists and he holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in modern and historical oboes from the Juilliard School (‘20, ‘22), where he received instruction from Nathan Hughes, Gonzalo Ruiz, and Richard Dallessio. As a member of Juilliard415 he participated in international tours to Bolivia, Germany, and the UK. Pablo looks forward to joining the finalists for the 2026 Blakeman Gerber Indianapolis International Baroque Competition.