Tiago Coimbra (Vila Nova de Gaia, 1990) is one of the most active Portuguese oboists of his generation. In 2025, he released his debut solo album OBOE+ (Artway Records), which places him at the forefront of contemporary creation for the oboe, presenting a collection of original works written specifically for him by nine of today’s most prominent Portuguese composers. He recorded W. A. Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for oboe, flute and orchestra, K. 320, for Universal Music Group, a recording awarded the Mozart Gold Medal by the Austrian association Mozartgemeinde Wien.

From 2014 to 2026, he served as principal oboist with the Göttinger Symphonieorchester, a position he now holds with the Orquestra das Beiras, alongside his role as a professor at the School of Applied Arts of the Castelo Branco Polytechnic University. As a soloist, he has performed with Kammerorchester Basel, Argovia Philharmonic, Göttinger Symphonieorchester, Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga, Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa, Yakutia Philharmonic, Orquestra Clássica do Centro, Orquestra Clássica de Espinho, and Orquestra das Beiras.

In collaboration with oboist Ricardo Lopes, he co-authored the critical edition of Jorge Peixinho’s Concerto de Outono for oboe and orchestra, premiered at the Reencontros da Música Contemporânea festival (Aveiro, 2023). In the same year, he gave the world premiere of Félix Turrión Eichler’s oboe concerto Resilience (Málaga, 2023). He was artist in residence at the Art & Science Days festival (Saint-Étienne, 2021).

A former member of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, he has collaborated as guest principal oboist with leading international orchestras, including MDR-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona), NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, Staatsorchester Hannover, and Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música. He is also a member of Art’Ventus Quintet, with whom he recorded the album Swiss Treasures.

Holding a PhD in Music from the University of Aveiro (2021), he completed two Master’s degrees in Switzerland: Solo Oboe, in Emanuel Abbühl’s class (Basel, 2016), and Orchestra, with Thomas Indermühle (Zurich, 2013). He was also a pupil of Maurice Bourgue at the Académie Musicale de Villecroze. He is regularly invited to sit on competition juries, notably the Young Musicians Award (Prémio Jovens Músicos — Oboe, 2021; Chamber Music, 2023).