Gordon Hunt is a widely known British conductor, and for over half a century has been recognised as one of the world’s leading oboists. He retired from playing in 2026, and is now focusing on conducting, in which he has always been very involved, alongside his oboe playing.
He has conducted the Philharmonia and Southbank Sinfonia in London, Orchestra of St Luke’s in New York, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia, Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Danish Radio Sinfonietta, and orchestras in South Africa, Georgia and Hungary. He has recently conducted in the USA, Brazil, Thailand, Hong Kong, with the winds of the Hong Kong Philharmonic, and in Madeira and Finland. He has been Music Director of the Danish Chamber Players and the Swedish Chamber Winds.
As an oboist, he had a long and distinguished orchestral career as Principal Oboe of the Philharmonia and London Philharmonic Orchestras, the Oxford Philharmonic, London Chamber Orchestra and World Orchestra for Peace.
He appeared as soloist with many conductors, including Ashkenazy, Sir Andrew Davis, Giulini, Kondrashin, Muti, Sir John Pritchard, Sir Simon Rattle and Welser Möst. Over more than five decades, he has performed concertos and chamber music and conducted on six continents, and he appears on twenty-nine solo and chamber music CDs, including a renowned recording of the Richard Strauss concerto, and “elevazione” – a very successful disc of popular concertos.
Gordon Hunt is an Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, an Honorary Member of the International Double Reed Society, and a long-time member of the jury for the International Oboe Competition of Japan.
Apart from music, he is passionate about nature and the environment, and fly fishing for trout and salmon.