Gordon Hunt was the solo

oboist An oboist (formerly hautboist) is a musician who plays the oboe or any oboe family instrument, including the oboe d'amore, cor anglais or English horn, bass oboe and piccolo oboe or oboe musette. The following is a list of notable past and pres ...

in The Philhamonia Orchestra. He is a conductor, a professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and an Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.

Academic history

Gordon Hunt studied under

Terence MacDonagh John Alfred Terence MacDonagh (3 February 1908 – 12 September 1986) was an English Oboe, oboist and cor anglais player, particularly known as one of the four members of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's so-called "Royal Family" of woodwind pla ...

, and is now a

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors ...

at the

Guildhall School of Music and Drama The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a conservatoire and drama school located in the City of London, United Kingdom. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz ...

and an Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.

Musical career

He has had a professional career as both a soloist, conductor, and as principal oboist of the

Philharmonia The Philharmonia Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It was founded in 1945 by Walter Legge, a classical music record producer for EMI. Among the conductors who worked with the orchestra in its early years were Richard Strauss, ...

Orchestra. Hunt has held principal positions at the

London Philharmonic The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London. It was founded by the conductors Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a rival to the existing London Symphony and BBC Symphony ...

and the

London Chamber Orchestra The London Chamber Orchestra (LCO) is a professional chamber orchestra based in London in the United Kingdom. The name has also been used by historical ensembles dating back to 1921. LCO performs at small concert halls across London and has previo ...

. He has played as Guest Principal with the

Berlin Philharmonic The Berlin Philharmonic (german: Berliner Philharmoniker, links=no, italic=no) is a German orchestra based in Berlin. It is one of the most popular, acclaimed and well-respected orchestras in the world. History The Berlin Philharmonic was fo ...

, and worked under many leading conductors, including

Vladimir Ashkenazy Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (russian: Влади́мир Дави́дович Ашкена́зи, ''Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazi''; born 6 July 1937) is an internationally recognized solo pianist, chamber music performer, and conductor. He ...

, Simon Rattle,

Riccardo Muti Riccardo Muti, (; born 28 July 1941) is an Italian conductor. He currently holds two music directorships, at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and at the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini. Muti has previously held posts at the Maggio Musicale ...

, and Andrew Davis. Hunt was Music Director of the Swedish Chamber Winds from 1991–1997, and has worked with orchestras and wind ensembles across the continents. He was Artistic Director of the Danish Chamber Players from 2001–2004, and now works regularly with the

Danish National Chamber Orchestra The Danish Chamber Orchestra ( da, Danmarks Underholdningsorkester) is a chamber orchestra in Denmark. It was the Danish National Chamber Orchestra from 1939 to 2014, when it was under the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR). Since 2015, it has bee ...

Notability

He played at the wedding of Prince Charles and

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in the Summer of 2005. Hunt has made several CD recordings, from which tracks are regularly broadcast on

Classic FM (UK) Classic FM (styled as CLASSIC M) is one of the United Kingdom's three Independent National Radio stations and is owned and operated by Global. The station broadcasts classical music and was launched in 1992. Classic FM was the first national cl ...

and other radio stations.

Discography

* Elevazione, 2002 * Soliloquy, 1998 * Britten, Bax, Bliss, 1997

References

Hunt's Website
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