Dudu Carmel is a winner of the 1996 International Oboe Competition in Toulon, France, and the 1990 François Shapira prize in Israel. He serves as Principal Oboist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and he is a faculty member of the Winds Department at both the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University.

As a soloist, he performed with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Zubin Mehta, with the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Ivan Fischer, with the Quebec Symphony Orchestra under Yoav Talmi, and with orchestras in Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, France, and Poland. He has given recitals in prestigious concert halls, such as the Chamber Music Hall of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; he has recorded for radio stations in Europe and Israel, and he has participated in chamber music festivals in Israel, Germany, Switzerland, and Brazil.

Dudu has been giving yearly masterclasses with Prof. Thomas Indermühle, founder of The Oboe Festival in Palma de Mallorca in Spain, in addition to masterclasses, Dudu gives around the globe. From 1992 to 1997, he was the Principal Oboist of the New Israeli Opera Orchestra and since 1998, he has played as a guest oboist with the Budapest Festival Orchestra.

He studied at Tel Aviv University and received a degree from the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany, as a student of Prof. Thomas Indermühle.

Dudu is a founding member of the Israel Woodwind Quintet. He recorded label CDs for the Israel Music Center, Camerata, Meridian, Centaur Records, and DUX.

Dudu Carmel plays Mozart’s Oboe Concerto in C major, K.314, under the baton of Maestro Mehta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrDM7PDWa0w