Cristina Gómez Godoy

Welcome to the official youtube channel of the oboist Cristina Gómez Godoy.

Born in Linares (Spain) in 1990, she studied at the music conservatory of Linares, Jaén and Sevilla, at the Academia de Estudios Orquestales of the Barenboim-Said Foundation in Sevilla and later at the Academy of Music and Theatre in Rostock, with Gregor Witt. Cristina lives in Berlin and plays an oboe by Ludwig Frank.

In 2019 Cristina made her recital debuts at Carnegie Hall in New York and Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin with the acclaimed pianist Michail Lifits. She has been selected as ECHO Rising Star 2020/21 nominated by L’Auditori Barcelona, which will bring her to perform as a recitalist and chamber musician at the main European venues.

In 2012, she joined the Staatskapelle Berlin as solo English Horn. In 2013 Cristina was appointed principal solo oboist of the orchestra under the baton of Daniel Barenboim. Furthermore, she is since 2015 an adjunct professor at the Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK).