Robin O’Neill is a conductor, orchestrator, arranger and educator. During his career he has conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus (with whom he gave the orchestra’s first performance in London’s newly refurbished Royal Festival Hall), London Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony, Bogota Philharmonic, Medellin Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Trondheim Symphony Orchestra, Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Nordic Chamber Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa Japan, Japan Choral Association, Orchestra Città Aperta and the Orchestras of the Guildhall School of Music, Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music and Malmö Academy of Music.

Robin is also principal bassoon of the Philharmonia Orchestra. He held the same position with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the English Chamber Orchestra. He is also a member of the Wigmore Soloists, London Winds, Gaudier Ensemble and is professor of bassoon at the Royal Academy of Music.

Robin has collaborated with musicians such as Mikhail Pletnev, Boris Berezovsky, Mitsuko Uchida, Christoph Eschenbach, Pascal Rogé, Stephen Kovacevich, Alexander Madžar, Pinchas Zukerman, Salvatore Accardo, Isabelle Faust, Gautier Capuçon, Michael Collins, Alina Ibragimova, the Lars Jansson Jazz Trio and actors such as Jeremy Irons, Julian Glover, Paul McGann and Hugh Dancy. He has also performed by invitation for His Royal Highness Prince Charles the Prince of Wales. He was professor of conducting at the Royal College of Music from 2008 till 2015.

Robin O’Neill is a Grammy-Nominated recording artist for his work with György Ligeti. In 2015 he was awarded Honourary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music (Hon RAM), an award limited to 300 living musicians.