Roy Carter, Principal Oboe of the Northern Sinfonia, began playing the oboe at the age of 10. He won scholarships to study with Margaret Eliot at the Royal Academy of Music and later under Terence McDonough at the Royal College of Music.

His orchestral career began with the Philharmonia Orchestra and then the English National Opera Orchestra. He joined the London Symphony Orchestra as Co-Principal Oboe in 1986 and was appointed to Principal Oboe in 1988, staying for twenty years before deciding to move to the Northern Sinfonia in late 2005.

As a freelance player, Roy Carter has appeared as Principal Oboe with most of Britain's major orchestras, including the London Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic and the English Chamber Orchestra.

He plays a Howarth XL Oboe.

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