Nathan Hughes recently joined the Minnesota Orchestra as Principal Oboe after serving for many years as Principal Oboe of the Metropolitan Opera. Prior to that, he was Principal Oboe of the Seattle Symphony and has recorded, toured, and made guest appearances as Principal Oboe with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony. An avid chamber musician, Hughes has performed with the Philadelphia, La Jolla, Seattle, and Brooklyn Chamber Music Societies, as well as at ChamberFest Cleveland, and Chamber Music Pittsburgh. In addition, he has made appearances at the festivals of Aspen, Bridgehampton, Lucerne, Marlboro, Salzburg, Santa Fe, Sarasota, Spoleto, and Tanglewood. He has received critical acclaim for his performances as a concerto soloist with the MET Chamber Ensemble at Carnegie Hall, Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Seattle Symphony, La Jolla SummerFest Chamber Orchestra, and Verbier Festival Orchestra. 
　
Hughes is on the faculty of the Juilliard School and is a Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at Lynn University. A dedicated teacher, his students have earned significant positions in numerous major symphony orchestras.  He has lectured and presented masterclasses at institutions around the world including at the Curtis and Cleveland Institutes, New World Symphony, Eastman, Oberlin, Indiana University, the Munich Hochschule, Seoul National University, Royal College of Music in Stockholm, and Royal Conservatory in Canada. 
This is his second appearance at PMF since 2016.