Considered by the public and critics as one of the best oboists on the international scene, Francesco Di Rosa currently holds the role of solo Oboe in the Santa Cecilia National Academy Orchestra, and oboe Professor at Lugano Conservatory in Swiss. He studied with Luciano Franca and Maurice Bourgue from 1994 to 2008. He was solo oboe of the Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala with Riccardo Muti and Daniel Barenboim. He played in the most prestigious concert halls in the world and was conducted by the most famous conductors like Abbado, Giulini, Chailly, Gatti, Boulez, Sawallisch, Pretre, Maazel, Muti, Metha, Gergiev, Blomstedt and Chung.
The only Italian oboist to play as solo oboe with the Berliner Philharmoniker, he has been invited as solo Oboe, by the Bayerischer Rundfunk Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Mahler Chamber, the Camerata Salzburg, the Mozart Orchestra,the Luzern Festival Orchestra, the Orchestra National de France, and the Orchestra de la Suisse Romande. He has taught at the Guildhall School in London, Royal College of Manchester, at Stanford University, at the Toho Graduate School in Tokyo, at the Conservatory of Valencia, at the University of Stuttgart, at the Central Conservatory in Beijing, at the China Conservatory of music in Beijing, all Paderwsky Academy of Poznan, at the University of Bogotá, at the Conservatory of Mexico City, at the Oboe Fest in Belgrade, and in the main Italian Conservatories.
He has been Vice President of the La Scala Philharmonic. President and founding member of the Musicians for Human Rights association. In June 2021, he was appointed Cavaliere al merito of the Italian Republic by President Sergio Mattarella. He is a Buffet & Crampon artist and plays a oboe “Legend Hybrid “
