Michael Hext (born c.1961) is a trombonist in the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.[1] In 1978 he was the inaugural winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition.[2][3]
Michael Hext | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1961 (age 62–63) |
| Occupation(s) | Trombonist |
| Instrument(s) | Trombone |
| Member of | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House |
Career edit
Michael Hext was educated at Bedford Modern School.[4] In 1978, at the age of 17, he became the inaugural winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition.[5] Following study at the Royal College of Music with John Iveson, Hext has become a successful orchestral trombonist but performs on occasions as a soloist, including a tour with the European Union Youth Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado.[6] He has performed recitals and concertos at the Wigmore Hall,[7] the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and many other concert halls.[8] He has also had a number of pieces written for him including a concerto by Edward Gregson (pub. Novello).[9]
Amongst a wide variety of freelance performances he played with the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.[10] In 1983 he joined the Halle Orchestra as Principal Trombone.[11] After one year he took up the same position with the London Philharmonic Orchestra for nine years.[11]
For a period Michael Hext was Professor of Trombone at the Royal Academy of Music and then the Royal College of Music.[11] Since joining the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House on Principal Trombone he moved to Sub-principal Trombone in 2000.[12]
References edit
- ^ "Orchestra of the Royal Opera House". www.roh.org.uk.
- ^ The Guardian, Monday April 10, 1978, p. 10
- ^ "The Trombonist Autumn 2008 by British Trombone Society - Issuu". issuu.com.
- ^ School of the Black And Red, A History of Bedford Modern School by Andrew Underwood (1981); reset and updated by Peter Boon, Paul Middleton and Richard Wildman, 2010
- ^ "BBC Young Musician". BBC. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "BBC - BBC Young Musician - Past winners". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "London Music Diary for July". The Musical Times. 119 (1624): 562–564. 1978. JSTOR 959961 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Composer". British Music Information Centre. 21 November 1982 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Trombone Concerto".
- ^ * McDonald, Donna: The Odyssey of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble ISBN 2-88039-006-0
- ^ a b c "Hext, Mike (1961-Present)".
- ^ "Orchestra of the Royal Opera House". Royal Opera House. Retrieved 6 September 2021.