Last modifiedDiana Doherty won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions Award in America in 1995 - the first Australian ever to win a place on the roster. Other awards include European Young Concert Artists International Prize, the Mortimer Levitt Career Development Award for Women Artists, the Aaron and Irene Diamond Soloist Prize of Young Artists International and the Prague Spring Festival Woodwind Competition.
Diana studied in Zurich with Thomas Indermuhle where she graduated in 1989. She returned to Sydney in 1997 to become Principal Oboeist with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.