Hugh Brunt

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Hugh Brunt is a British conductor, and works with Robert Ames as the Co-Artistic Director and the Co-Principal Conductor of the London Contemporary Orchestra. [1] [2]

Career

Brunt was a chorister at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, and a music scholar at Radley College before attending New College, Oxford, where he was a scholar. [3] He co-founded the London Contemporary Orchestra in 2008, along with conductor and violist Robert Ames. [4] Brunt conducted Jonny Greenwood’s soundtrack to Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2012 film The Master , [5] Jed Kurzel’s soundtrack to Justin Kurzel’s 2015 film Macbeth , [6] and the string and choir arrangements on Radiohead's 2016 album A Moon Shaped Pool . [7] He has also collaborated as an arranger and/or conductor with artists including Foals, [6] Imogen Heap, [8] Actress, [9] Beck, and The Smile.

References

  1. ↑ "Who's Who". Lcorchestra.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  2. ↑ Dammann, Guy (4 March 2012). "London Contemporary Orchestra/Brunt – review". The Guardian . Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Biography". Hughbrunt.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Costa, Maddy (1 December 2011). "When pop meets Prokofiev". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Nonesuch Records The Master [Soundtrack]". Nonesuch.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Hugh Brunt". Discogs.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  7. ↑ Larson, Jeremy D. (9 May 2016). "Radiohead's A Moon Shaped Pool: The 5 Most Important Things To Know". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  8. ↑ Millward, Rachel (24 February 2012). "Imogen Heap - The Seashell and The Clergyman: an introduction". The Guardian . Retrieved 7 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "Actress talks making music inspired by London's brutalism". Dazeddigital.com. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2020.


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