Hugo Souza is an accomplished oboist who has performed extensively throughout Brazil, North America, and Europe as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player.

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An accomplished orchestral musician, Hugo has performed with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, American Symphony Orchestra, American Ballet Theatre, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and is currently the principal oboist for the Columbus Symphony in Columbus, OH.

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As a chamber musician, Hugo regularly performs with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and has performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Pentaedre in Montreal, among others.

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He is a respected educator and clinician, and during his time as a professor at his alma mater in Natal, Brazil, he co-founded the Brazilian Double Reed Society. Having taught elementary music in Brazil early on in his career, he has found it extremely important to nurture young minds (not only in age but in mindset) and maintains an active private instruction schedule for students of all ages. Additionally, he is building his oboe studio at Capital University and teaching future music educators the ins and outs of oboe.

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Hugo earned his bachelor’s degree in oboe performance at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) and his Master of Music from SUNY Purchase as a student of the late Maestro Humbert Lucarelli. He is currently a doctoral candidate (ABD) at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, where he studied with Richard Killmer.

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He resides in Reynoldsburg with his wife and two kids. Fun note: his kids love the oboe and play their oboes (recorders) with him every chance they get!