Luca de la Florin is an active freelance oboist in Salt Lake City, Utah and is on faculty with Utah Valley University, Snow College, and the Gifted Music School. Florin has performed with orchestras across the United States including the Utah, Detroit, Toledo, Battle Creek, Jackson, Dexter, and Kalamazoo Symphonies and holds principal positions with The Missouri Symphony, Salt Lake Sinfonia, and is acting principal oboe with the Great Falls Symphony in Montana. Florin has performed under the baton of many leading conductors including JoAnn Falletta, Courtney Lewis, Leonard Slatkin, Thierry Fischer, Rossen Millanov, Hans Graf, Donato Cabrera and many more. In addition to orchestral playing, Florin is an active chamber musician and soloist. He has appeared as soloist with the Missouri Symphony, Utah Philharmonia, Sewanee Festival Orchestra, Albion Symphony Orchestra, Utah State University Symphony Orchestra, and the Timpanogos Symphony Orchestra. Florin has recorded multiple times with the Naxos and Bridge labels.

Florin is a sought-after teacher amassing a large private studio. As a skilled reed-maker, Florin teaches clinics on reed-making and cane preparation. Florin sells professional oboe and english horn reeds. His reeds have been sold across the United States as well as to Australia, Europe, and South America. Florin received his Bachelor’s in Oboe Performance from Albion College, his Master’s in Oboe Performance from Western Michigan University, and did studies at The University of Utah towards a doctoral degree. His primary teachers have been Rebecca Van de Ven, Robert Stephenson, Gabriel Renteria-Elyea, and Michael Miller.