Photo Petar Pavlov

Fascinated by 18th century repertory, Antoine TORUNCZYK chose on an early stage to focus on early oboe , first in the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Lyon under Michel HENRY, then in Sweelinck Conservatorium of Amsterdam, with Alfredo BERNARDINI. In 1998, he is a member of the European Union  Baroque Orchestra. Graduated in 2000, he won on the same year the first prize in the baroque oboe competition in Halle (Germany) 

Since then, he is regularly invited by important period instruments orchestras in Europe, among which  le Concert Français (Pierre Hantaï), Anima Eterna (Jos van Immerseel), Concerto Copenhagen (Lars Ulrich Mortensen), Irish Baroque Orchestra (Monica Huggett), Les Agrémens (Guy van Waas). In 2008 he becomes principal oboe in the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (T.Koopman)

As a very active chamber musician, he founds in 1996 l'Assemblée des Honnestes Curieux, with violonist Amandine Beyer, harpsichordist Chiaopin Kuo, and gambist Baldomero Barciela. The ensemble won in 1998 the first prize of the international competition  Premio Bomporti in Rovereto (Italy). Since then the group has played in most european festivals, and recorded several CD's (Marais' pièces en trio or G.F Haendel's Sonatas of several parts, Rebel Sonatas). In 2010 he also founded l'Accademia dei Dissonanti, with recorder player Sébastien Marq, basoonist Javier Zaffra, violonist Tami Troman and harpsichordist Chiaopin Kuo. 

His discography includes J.S.Bach oboe d'amore concerto (Café Zimmermann), or Pierre Philidor's Suites with Alfredo Bernardini and l'Assemblée des Honnestes Curieux). As an orchestral principal oboe player he participated in half of Anima Eterna's complete Beethoven symphonies recordings (symphony 4,6,7,8), or in Haydn's complete london symphonies with Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (volume 1 released so far). Soon will also be released J.S.Bach's double concerto with Concerto Copenhagen and violin player Manfredo Kraemer. 

Antoine Torunczyk teaches early oboe in CRR de Paris and Pôle Supérieur de Paris-Boulogne.