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  Grammy-nominated oboist Blair Tindall penned Mozart in the Jungle, now an Amazon Studios comedy series of the same name winning two 2016 Golden Globe Awards. She enjoys a musical career ranging from the classical stage of Carnegie Hall to the late-night ambiance of New York's famed Blue Note Jazz Club. She presented a critically acclaimed Weill Recital Hall debut and captured a top prize in the Lucarelli International Competition for Solo Oboists. A busy classical artist, Blair has played principal oboe with the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's, New York City Ballet and Opera Orchestras and the Pittsburgh Symphony. She was solo oboist on Broadway with Les Miserables, Aspects of Love, Man of La Mancha and Miss Saigon and graduated from Manhattan School of Music, Columbia and Stanford Universities, and has taught music & journalism at UC-Berkeley, Stanford, and Mills College. Main website for the book, Mozart in the Jungle, is blairtindall.