Toby Thatcher

Toby C Thatcher (born 28 January 1989) is an Australian-British conductor, oboist and cor anglais player. As from April 2015, he is Assistant Conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. In February that year, Thatcher won third prize at the Georg Solti International Conducting Competition (see Georg Solti) for conducting Strauss's Don Juan and Dvořák's Carnival Overture in front of the HR-Sinfonieorchester and Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester. In August 2015, Thatcher was joint winner of the inaugural Neeme Järvi Prize at the Menuhin Festival, presenting him the opportunity to conduct the Sinfonieorchester Basel in their 2016/17 season. Thatcher has worked with various international ensembles, including the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Ensemble Modern.

In 2014, Thatcher graduated from the Royal Academy of Music with an MA, where he studied as an oboist. During his studies, Thatcher played with orchestras such as the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta and the Australian Youth Orchestra.