{{short description|American oboist (born 1986)}} {{for|the American publisher and writer|Elizabeth Koch (publisher)}}
'''Elizabeth Koch Tiscione''' (born 1986) is an oboist and principal oboe of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. She joined the ASO in the fall of 2007,<ref name="Ruhe">{{cite news |last1=Ruhe |first1=Pierre |title=On principal. Young oboist lands coveted post with ASO second time around |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/423132775/ |accessdate=16 November 2019 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |date=13 June 2007 |location=Atlanta, Georgia |pages=E1, E7}}</ref> and was granted tenure January 2009. She is a native of Buffalo, New York.<ref name="Ruhe"/> Her teachers were Richard Woodhams<ref name="Ruhe"/> and Daniel Stolper. She was a student at the Curtis Institute of Music<ref name="Ruhe"/> and the Interlochen Arts Academy.<ref name="Wendland">{{cite news |last1=Wendland |first1=Mike |title=Hands-free music sheets put foot down on flipping |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/361860677/?terms=%22Elizabeth%2BKoch%22%2Boboe |accessdate=16 November 2019 |work=Detroit Free Press |date=21 June 2004 |location=Detroit, Michigan |page=2A}}</ref>
She is notable in that she was appointed principal oboe of a major symphony orchestra at the young age of 21.<ref>She described her hiring on “From the Top,” https://www.fromthetop.org/musician/elizabeth-koch-tiscione/</ref> She shares this feat with Elaine Douvas who was also appointed principal oboe of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at 21.
She has also been guest principal with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, playing the oboe solo in the Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky), with Andrew Davis and Evgeny Kissin (pianist).<ref>{{cite news |last1=von Rhein |first1=John |title=Evgeny Kissin rides Russian warhorse to glory with CSO |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/241631167/?terms=%22Elizabeth%2BKoch%22%2Boboe |accessdate=16 November 2019 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=17 October 2015 |location=Chicago, Illinois |page=15}}</ref> She has played at the Grand Teton Music Festival as a member of a woodwind quintet,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flood |first1=Lucy |title=Woodwind quintet conjures depth, variety of 'color' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/317751274/?terms=%22Elizabeth%2BKoch%22%2Boboe%2BTeton |accessdate=16 November 2019 |work=Jackson Hole News and Guide |date=12 March 2008 |location=Jackson, Wyoming |page=5-SO}}</ref> which has included Robert S. Williams on bassoon and Larry Combs on clarinet.<ref>{{cite news |title=Woodwind musicians will woo at Walk Hall |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/317862037/?terms=%22Elizabeth%2BKoch%22%2Boboe |accessdate=16 November 2019 |work=Jackson Hole News and Guide |location=Jackson, Wyoming<!-- |date=12 March 2008-->|date=24 March 2010 |page=6-SO}}</ref>
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