Martin Gatt

Martin Gatt studied at the Royal College of Music with Archie Camden and was principal bassoon of the London Philharmonic Orchestra from 1958-66, of the English Chamber Orchestra from 1966-76, and of the London Symphony Orchestra from 1977-98.
He was also the bassoonist in the Barry Tuckwell Wind Quintet from 1967-91 and taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama from 1967-84. At the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts he founded the Department of Wind, Brass and Percussion. He regularly sits on panels of juries in Great Britain and abroad.

He was awarded a Fellowship by the RCM where he still teaches and also a Fellowship by the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (1982)