Christopher Palameta is a specialist of historical oboes and performs with many of Europe’s finest period ensembles. With these orchestras, he has toured on five continents and recorded over ninety discs of repertoire ranging from Marais to Mahler (labels include Erato, Sony BMG, Harmonia Mundi, Outhere, Pentatone, Naxos and ATMA Classique).
An ardent defender of unexplored repertoire for his instrument, Palameta’s solo discography includes suites by Marin Marais; sonatas by Händel, Abel, J. C. Bach, Janitsch, Krause, Philidor, Grétry and Graun with his chamber collective Notturna; solo concertos by Molter for the ARS label; and a recital of early French Romantic works for oboe and piano on Ramée entitled Berlioz’s Lost Oboe. His latest recording of oboe quartets and quintets by Kreutzer, Gluck, Widerkehr, Boccherini and Mozart explores chamber music in Paris at the time of the French Revolution.
A recipient of several research grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, Christopher received his graduate degree from McGill University and his PhD in Musicology from the Royal Academy of Music in London, where his doctoral research on the oboe under Berlioz was supported by the Maple Leaf Trust (Canadian Centennial Fund).