Hugh Brunt

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.