Jasper Ly is an Australian oboist based in Melbourne.
A young, versatile and dynamic performer, Jasper aims to captivate and transport his audience in musical settings ranging from classical to contemporary.
Jasper’s passion for audience engagement has seen him coproduce salon concerts in both Melbourne and regional Victoria. Recent highlights include Oboe Salon, which complemented Lyric Opera’s production of Les Mamelles de Tirésias, and ‘Quietus’, a program for oboe, voice and piano presented as part of WinterWild’s 2018 festival in Apollo Bay.
A passionate advocate of new music, Jasper has performed with specialist groups such as Arcko Symphonic Ensemble, Argonaut Ensemble (Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music), and the renowned ELISION ensemble. His 2017 solo recital ‘Sonic Landscapes’ featured a number of scarcely performed works for oboe and electronics.
As an orchestral and chamber musician, Jasper has performed with leading ensembles including Orchestra Victoria, Opera Australia, Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Sydney Chamber Opera, and the Australian International Opera Company. He has appeared as guest principal oboist of the Darwin Symphony Orchestra, the Macao Symphony Orchestra, and the Great Barrier Orchestra in Townsville. Jasper’s experience also extends to musical theatre; in 2017 he played oboe/cor anglais in the Melbourne season of Disney’s Aladdin.
As winner of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music Concerto Competition in 2013, Jasper performed the Strauss Oboe Concerto with the University of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. In 2014, he appeared as soloist in the Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto with the Melbourne Sinfonia. Alongside Orchestra 21, Jasper will deliver the Australian premiere of James Stephenson’s Oboe Concerto ‘Duels and Dances’ in October 2019.