Igor Leschishin has been Principal Oboist of The Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra since 1998.

Prior to that, Igor played in the New World Symphony Orchestra. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1995 performing the Vivaldi Oboe Concerto with the New York String Orchestra.

Igor graduated from the Manhattan School of Music with a master's degree in orchestral performance as a scholarship student of Joseph Robinson, Principal Oboist of The New York Philharmonic.

He participated in the Tanglewood Music Festival, Grant Park Music Festival, Lincoln Center Festival, and Spoleto Festival (USA and Italy) and won numerous first prize awards at international woodwind competitions. Igor was born and raised in Ukraine.