Ivan Danko
Oboist, composer & professor
DATES
„Das Stück (Process) klingt, als ob Bach im 20. Jahrhundert nach Kafka-Lektüre ein siebentes Brandenburgisches Konzert komponiert hätte.“
Stuttgarter Zeitung
„Obertöne und moderne Spieltechniken erweiterten den Klangraum.“
Online Merker
„Das Ensemble unterwirft er einem rigorosen Zeitgitter.“
Heilbronner Stimme
„Dank der Aufnahme von Dankos Komposition wehte ein neuer Wind durch die Prager Musikszene.“
Opera Plus
DATES
2026
March 11 — Stuttgart, Liederhalle (Mozart Hall), Chamber Music Series Stuttgart State Orchestra
World premiere: “Frustrated Tolerance” for percussion, oboe, violin, viola and cello
March 19 — Linz, Great Hall ABPU, Institute Concert (Conductor: Ivan Danko)
“Beyond” for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 3 horns, cello and double bass
24 March — Eferding, Advanced Training at the Upper Austrian State Music School
April 14 — Heilbronn, “Portrait Concert” Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn
“Skepsis” for oboe and string quartet
“Frustrated Tolerance” for percussion, oboe, violin, viola and cello
INFO
Ivan Danko is one of the most distinguished oboists of his generation. Since 2001, he has been principal oboist at the Stuttgart State Opera —a position he accepted while studying with Prof. Günther Passin at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts.
As a soloist, chamber musician and, since 2024, also as a university professor for French oboe at the Anton Bruckner Private University Linz, he shapes musical life far beyond Stuttgart.
In recent years, Ivan Danko has also distinguished himself as a composer with a distinctive style. His appointment as Composer in Focus of the Stuttgart State Opera for the 2025/26 season underscores his growing importance as a creative artist.
He plays an exclusive master instrument from the workshop of Jörg Huttenlocher in Tübingen.
GALLERY
Photos: © Roman Novitzky