Bao Anh Nguyen is an esteemed bassoonist and arts leader with an illustrious international career. He served as Principal Bassoon with the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra in South Korea from 2005 to 2010, contributing to numerous commercial recordings and live television broadcasts on the National Broadcasting Network. His performances included masterworks such as Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Tchaikovsky’s Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5, Britten’s War Requiem, Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie, and Richard Strauss’s symphonic poems.

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As a soloist, Mr. Nguyen has performed at prestigious venues, including the Musikverein Wien with the Szolnok Symphony Orchestra, MuTh Hall in Vienna with the Euro Sinfonietta Vienna Orchestra, and with the Orchestra Ferruccio Busoni in Trieste. His career as a guest Principal Bassoon spans renowned ensembles such as the Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony, Macao Orchestra, Hong Kong City Chamber Orchestra, Malaysian National Symphony, Festival Orchestra (Bangkok), and Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra.

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A protégé of Martin Gatt, former Principal Bassoonist of the London Symphony Orchestra and Professor at the Royal College of Music, Mr. Nguyen earned the distinguished Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Full Scholarship with maintenance. His festival appearances include the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra (Germany), Carinthia Music Festival (Austria), Pablo Casals Music Festival (France), and the British Youth Opera (UK). He performed with the Asian Youth Orchestra (1992–1994) and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra (1997) under conductors such as Lucas Foss, Eri Klas, Sergiu Comissiona, and Leonard Slatkin.

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Mr. Nguyen’s versatility shines as a chamber musician, soloist, and guest Principal Bassoon with orchestras across Seoul, Hong Kong, Macao, China, Malaysia, Thailand, and his native Vietnam. Since 2010, he has held the role of Principal Bassoon with the Opera Society of Hong Kong and currently performs with the Hong Kong Virtuosi. Previously, he was a member of the Symphony Orchestra of Next Generation under Maestro Shi-nik Halm in Seoul. Since 2016, Bao Anh Nguyen has served as Artistic Director of the Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra in Vietnam. He is also the Director of the Hong Kong Bassoon Academy and Bauhinia Musik Haus, and a Bassoon faculty member at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, where he continues to inspire the next generation of musicians.