Emily Hultmark

Emily Hultmark is half English, half Swedish and spent much of her life abroad before joining the Philharmonia Orchestra as principal bassoon in 2017. She studied in Sweden and Germany and joined the Gothenburg Symphony in 2008. Upon invitation from Zubin Mehta, Emily worked as Principal bassoon with the Palau de les Artes in Valencia until she joined the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic as principal bassoon in 2014.

A creative background has allowed Emily the freedom to expand boundaries within her playing. She has a passion for exploring the capacity of the bassoon’s place within improvisatory and experimental groups and creates her own music with electronics.

Recent performances have included ’Generationer’, an experimental collaboration together with her father, trumpet player and composer Torbjorn Hultmark in Grunewaldsalen, Stockholm, ’Listening’, a similar solo collaboration in Orebro, Sweden and a recital featuring her own compositions together with Nick Daniel at the new music Sound Festival in Aberdeen. Emily’s solo appearances include concertos with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic under leadership of Santtu-Matias Rouvali (Mozart Concerto), Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and Martin Fröst conducting and the Mozart concerto with Rouvali’s Tampere Philharmonic.

Emily left her position in 2023 with the Philharmonia to pursue a career in chamber music and her own composition. She often appears with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra and the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra and has also performed as principal bassoon with the Aurora Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Royal Opera House, the Halle, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the London Winds.

She has given a number of masterclasses at the Royal Academy of Music, the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music, Royal Scottish Conservatoire and the Welsh College of Music and was made Professor at the Royal College of Music in 2019. Emily recently became a member of the innovative chamber group Ensemble360.