Nicholas Daniel OBE (born 9 January 1962) is a British oboist and conductor. In 2003 he was appointed Artistic Director of the Leicester International Music Festival. 　　He was educated at Salisbury Cathedral School and the Purcell School. 　　Teaching posts 　　Daniel was Professor of Oboe at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama for ten years, then in 1997 became Professor of Oboe and Conducting at the Indiana University School of Music. He then was invited to be Prince Consort Professor of Oboe at the Royal College of Music in London. In 2004, he was named Professor of Oboe at the Musikhochschule in Trossingen, Germany. 　　Performing ensembles 　　Nicholas Daniel is a founding member of the Haffner Wind Ensemble and Britten Sinfonia, and formed a duo with pianist Julius Drake in 1981 　　As Principal Oboe of Britten Sinfonia, Daniel has frequently appeared as a member of the orchestra and also as a soloist/director. In 2009 Britten Sinfonia released its first own label recording, which features Nicholas Daniel in John Tavener's Songs of the Sky. 　　In September 2021 Daniel was appointed as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor for the Orion Orchestra. 　　Commissions 　　Daniel has commissioned and premiered many new works for the oboe, to increase its status as a solo instrument. Such works include: 　　The Kingdom of Dreams by John Woolrich (1989) 　　Double Concerto by Simon Bainbridge (1990) 　　An Interrupted Endless Melody by Harrison Birtwistle (1991) 　　First Grace of Light by Peter Maxwell Davies (1991) 　　Helios by Thea Musgrave (1994) 　　Oboe Concerto by John Woolrich (1996) 　　Oboe Quintet by John Woolrich (1998) 　　Oboe Concerto by Nigel Osborne (1998) 　　Three Capriccios for solo oboe by John Woolrich (2001) 　　Two's Company by Thea Musgrave (2005) 　　The Fabric of Dreams by Michael Zev Gordon (2006) 　　Kaleidoscopes by John Tavener (2006) 　　Sorella by Rory Boyle (2007). 　　Oboe Concerto by James MacMillan (2010). 　　Recordings 　　Daniel has recorded many albums, both solo work and chamber music, such as: 　　Alwyn oboe concerto 　　Alwyn Chamber works 　　Alwyn Chamber works vol 2 　　Alwyn Orchestral works 　　Arnold Orchestral works: Fantasia Conifer 　　Berkeley oboe concerto 　　Bliss Chamber works 　　Finzi Orchestral works: Eclogue 　　Finzi, Howells, Patterson works for oboe & piano 　　Horovitz oboe concerto 　　Elena Langer Landscape With Three People 　　Martinu Sinfonia Concertante 　　Moeran Fantasy Quartet 　　Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E flat 　　Mozart Wind Concertos 　　Mozart Chamber works 　　Thea Musgrave Helios; Memento Vitae 　　Strauss Sinfonia no 2; oboe concerto 　　Woolrich The Ghost in the Machine 　　French Chamber Music for Woodwinds 　　French Oboe Sonatas 　　Five Italian Oboe Concertos 　　Oboe Alone 　　Oboe Sonatas with Julius Drake 　　Vaughan Williams and MacMillan oboe concertos