Gordon Hunt

Gordon Hunt (born 1950) is a British musician and conductor. Regarded as one of the world's leading oboists, Hunt has served as principal oboe of the Philharmonia and London Chamber orchestras, a professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and an Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music.

Early life and education Hunt was born in London in 1950. He is the son of Jean Anderson, a pianist, and Francis Hunt, a businessman and violinist. As a child, he was taken regularly to recitals and concerts by his parents, where he was encouraged to become an oboist.

Hunt studied under Terence MacDonagh.

Hunt was the original "Gabriel's Oboe" in the Morricone score for the 1986 period drama film The Mission.

| 1987 Jonathan SnowdenCaryl ThomasLondon Philharmonic OrchestraAndrew Litton EMI

| 1998 Benjamin BrittenMary ChandlerAndrew JackmanGordon JacobNicola LeFanuPaul ReadeNeil Saunders BIS Records

| 2001 Andrew MarrinerLondon Mozart PlayersJane GloverChilingirian Quartet Classics for Pleasure

| 2001 — BIS Records Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Divertiment / Symphony No. 29 / Adagio And Fugue | 2002 Levon Chilingirian DB Productions Harald Sæverud – Symphony No. 5 • Oboe Concerto • Entrata Regale • Sonata Giubilata | 2003 Stavanger Symphony OrchestraOle Kristian Ruud BIS Records

| 2004 Noriko OgawaMartin FröstDanish National Opera ChoirAalborg SymfoniorkesterOwain Arwel Hughes BIS Records

| 2010 The Danish Chamber PlayersJacques Ibert CDKlassisk