Nathan Hughes

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Currently Principal Oboe of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Mr. Hughes previously served as Principal Oboe of the Seattle Symphony and as Acting Associate Principal Oboe of the San Francisco Symphony. Mr. Hughes has also performed as Guest Principal Oboe with the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics as well as with the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, and Baltimore. A prolific chamber musician, he has performed with the Met Chamber Ensemble at Carnegie Hall, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and has made appearances at the Aspen, Bridgehampton, Lucerne, Marlboro, Salzburg, Santa Fe, Sarasota, Spoleto, and Tanglewood festivals. A frequent soloist, Mr.Hughes has been featured in concertos with the Met Chamber Ensemble, Seattle Symphony, San Diego's Mainly Mozart Orchestra, Savannah Symphony, National Repertory Orchestra and Verbier Festival Orchestra, among others. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, he is on the faculty of The Juilliard School and the Verbier Festival in Switzerland. He previously taught at the University of Washington and has given master classes at the New World Symphony, San Francisco Conservatory as well as the Poznán Academy in Poland. Mr. Hughes holds degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music where he was recently awarded the 2008 Alumni Achievement Award and The Juilliard School. His teachers have included John Mack, Elaine Douvas, and John de Lancie.

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