Mark Debski

A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mark Debski is serving as Interim Principal Oboe of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for the 2025/26 season. He has previously held the Principal Oboe position with The Florida Orchestra and the Richmond Symphony and was also a fellow at the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida. An avid orchestral musician, Debski has performed as a guest with the Boston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, New Zealand Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Philadelphia Orchestra and The Cleveland Orchestra.

During the summer, Debski is the second oboist at the Britt Music Festival in Jacksonville, Oregon, a position he has held since 2019. Past summer activities include the Aspen Music Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, AIMS in Graz-Austria and two summers as an Oboe Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center.

Debski earned an undergraduate degree from the New England Conservatory as a student of John Ferrillo and Anne Gabriele. While at NEC, he was awarded the Presser Foundation’s Undergraduate Scholar Award for outstanding achievement in music. Prior to NEC, he studied with former Pittsburgh Symphony members Scott Bell and Harold Smoliar. He has also worked extensively with Jeannette Bittar.

Beyond his lifelong pursuit to make the perfect reed, Debski enjoys studying Italian, reading historical fiction and hiking.