Melvin Kaplan
Melvin Kaplan is an American oboist, concert manager, and formerly a teacher at the Juilliard School for 25 years. He was for many years a featured performer and lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Kaplan is a founding member of both the New York Chamber Soloists and the Festival Winds, though he is perhaps best known as Artistic Director of the original Vermont Mozart Festival, which he cofounded in 1974 with William Metcalfe, a conductor and professor at the University of Vermont. He received the Governor's Award for Extraordinary Contribution to Vermont in 1990 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Vermont Arts Council in 1998.
Personal life
Kaplan is married to viola player Ynez Lynch. They have two children, Jonathan and Christina.Recordings
Kaplan has contributed to many recordings.| Title | Composer |
| Argento/Ahrold/Hervig | Richard Hervig |
| Brunswick/Gideon/Newlin | Miriam Gideon |
| Foss/Shifrin | Lukas Foss |
| Gideon/Weisgall: Song Cycles | Hugo Weisgall |
| Goeb/Sydeman: Chamber Works | Roger Goeb |
| Looking to the East | Lou Harrison |
| Luening/Ussachevsky/Powell | Otto Luening |
| Music of Hovhaness, Sims & Moss | Alan Hovhaness |
| Music of Hugh Aitken | Hugh Aitken |
| Music of Seymour Shifrin | Seymour Shifrin |
| Music of Wallingford Riegger | Wallingford Riegger |
| Riegger: Concerto for Piano and Wind Quintet/Laderman: Theme, Variations and Finale | Ezra Laderman |
| William Bergsma: Scenes from "The Wife of Martin Guerre" | William Bergsma |