Michael Hext

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 63–64)
Occupation	Trombonist
Instrument	Trombone
Member of	Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Career

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]