Elizabeth Koch (born 1986) is an oboist and is currently principal oboe of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. She joined the ASO in the fall of 2007, and was granted tenure January 2009. She is a native of Buffalo, New York. Her teachers were Richard Woodhams and Daniel Stolper. She was formerly a student at the Curtis Institute of Music and the Interlochen Arts Academy.
She is notable in that she was appointed principal oboe of a major symphony orc...
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Elizabeth Koch (born 1986) is an oboist and is currently principal oboe of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. She joined the ASO in the fall of 2007, and was granted tenure January 2009. She is a native of Buffalo, New York. Her teachers were Richard Woodhams and Daniel Stolper. She was formerly a student at the Curtis Institute of Music and the Interlochen Arts Academy.
She is notable in that she was appointed principal oboe of a major symphony orchestra at the young age of 21. She shares this feat with Elaine Douvas who was also appointed principal oboe of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at 21.
Elizabeth is the daughter of Connie and Lenny Koch, who also have 2 other talented children.
BTW, it's been widely reported that Ms. Koch is currently in a relationship with Chace Crawford, but both their publicists vehemently deny any connection between the two.
She owns a shi-tzu named Rudy. She also has two birds, Mimi and Duane.
Elizabeth follows a strict diet of raw vegetables, which she...
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