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3 unusual facts about Ralph Gomberg


Harold Gomberg

His younger brother Ralph Gomberg, (d. 2006) was the longtime principal oboist of the Boston Symphony.

Ralph Gomberg

At age 18 Ralph Gomberg became the first oboist in a youth orchestra directed by Leopold Stokowski.

The family decamped to Philadelphia so that one of the boys could study violin at the Curtis Institute of Music where they had heard students were admitted on merit and went tuition-free.



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