Gustavo Núñez is an Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

an bassoon

Bassoon

The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature...

ist trained at Musikhochschule Hannover (Prof. Klaus Thunemann

Klaus Thunemann

Klaus Thunemann is a German bassoonist.Klaus Thunemann was born in Magdeburg, Germany. He originally studied piano but from the age of 18 focused on the bassoon. He was a student at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, where he studied under Willy Fugmann...

) and the Royal College of Music

Royal College of Music

The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire founded by Royal Charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, England.-Background:The first director was Sir George Grove and he was followed by Sir Hubert Parry...

 (Kerry Camden). He has served as principal bassoon of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a symphony orchestra of the Netherlands, based at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In 1988, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands conferred the "Royal" title upon the orchestra...

, together with Ronald Karten, since 1995.

Núñez was previously a member of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra (1979–81), the orchestra of the Staatstheater Darmstadt (1988–1989) and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

The Bamberg Symphony is a German orchestra based in Bamberg and well known for its artistic excellence and frequent international touring...

 (1989–95).

Currently, he holds a professorship at the Robert Schumann Hochschule

Robert Schumann Hochschule

The Robert-Schumann-Hochschule is a college for music studies on university level in Düsseldorf, Germany.-History:...

 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Competition record

• 1987 Geneva IMC
  Geneva International Music Competition
  The Geneva International Music Competition is a music competitions held in Geneva, founded in 1939 in the Geneva Conservatory for a wide variety of instruments, voice, conducting, and chamber music.-See also:* List of classical music competitions* World Federation of International Music...
  
  , Prix Suisse.
• 1987 Carl Maria von Weber IBC, 1st prize