Marcel Ponseele

{{Short description|Belgian oboist}}

Marcel Ponseele (born 1957 in Kortrijk) is a Belgian oboist. He is known for his performances of Bach. In 2025 he was awarded the Bach Medal of Leipzig.{{Cite news |date=2025 |title=Concert for the Bach Medal Award Ceremony |url=https://www.bachfestleipzig.de/en/bachfest/no-145-concert-bach-medal-award-ceremony}}

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Ponseele studied at Bruges and other conservatories in Belgium. He has specialised in the baroque oboe and is involved in making his own instruments in 18th-century style.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Ponseele-Marcel.htm |title=Marcel Ponseele (Oboe, Conductor) |website=Bach Cantatas Website |access-date=2020-01-07}}

Discography

He has made a number of recordings as a soloist, playing baroque oboe and related instruments such as the oboe d'amore.{{Cite magazine |last=Anderson |first=Nicholas |title=Oboe and Trio Sonatas |url=https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/oboe-and-trio-sonatas |magazine=Gramophone |access-date=2020-01-06}}

His Bach recordings include oboe solos in sets of cantatas conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, Ton Koopman and others.

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