List of horn players
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This list of asdf players includes horn (French horn)
players about whom there is a Wikipedia article.
, but there have been a few notable players (see also http://feinsteins.net/music/jazzhorn.html):
Horn (instrument)
The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....
players about whom there is a Wikipedia article.
- Alessio Allegrini,Principal Horn of the Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Rome.
- Radek Baborak(former solohorn Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,Munich Phil.Orch,,Czech Phil.Orch.winner of the ARD,Geneva,Marktneukichen
- Julie Landsman, former Principal Horn, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (1985-2010), Juilliard Faculty since 1989.
- Robert Routch (the only former french horn artist member of the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society, Leopold Stokowski quote "Robert Routch is one of the world's finest french horn players." Performed with TASHI with Peter Serkin, Ida Kavafian, Fred Sherry and Richard Stoltzman, and expanded to perform with many others, such as Jerry Mulligan, Wynton Marsalis, Barry Tuckwell, Queen Latifa, Elvis Costello, and many others)
- Hermann Baumann, (former principal horn Philharmonisches Orchester DortmundDortmunder PhilharmonikerThe Dortmunder Philharmoniker are a German symphony orchestra based in Dortmund. The orchestra of the Theater Dortmund performs both opera in the Opernhaus Dortmund and concert in the Konzerthaus Dortmund...
and Stuttgart Radio Symphony OrchestraStuttgart Radio Symphony OrchestraThe Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Stuttgart in Germany. The ensemble was founded in 1945 by American occupation authorities as the orchestra for Radio Stuttgart, under the name Sinfonieorchester von Radio Stuttgart...
, winner of the ARD International Music CompetitionARD International Music CompetitionThe ARD International Music Competition is the largest international classical music competition in Germany. It is held once a year in Munich.-History:...
in 1964, soloist, performing on natural hornNatural hornThe natural horn is a musical instrument that is the ancestor of the modern-day horn, and is differentiated by its lack of valves. It consists of a mouthpiece, some long coiled tubing, and a large flared bell. Pitch changes are made through a few different techniques:* Modulating the lip tension as...
and valved hornHorn (instrument)The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player .... - Richard BissillRichard BissillRichard Bissill is a French horn player, composer and arranger, and Professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.Born in Leicestershire, he was a member of the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra and he then studied horn and piano at the Royal Academy of Music before joining...
, player, composer and arranger at Guildhall School of Music and DramaGuildhall School of Music and DramaGuildhall School of Music and Drama is an independent music and dramatic arts school which was founded in 1880 in London, England. Students can pursue courses in Music, Opera, Drama and Technical Theatre Arts.-History:...
in London - Myron Bloom, principal Cleveland OrchestraCleveland OrchestraThe Cleveland Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cleveland, Ohio. It is one of the five American orchestras informally referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1918, the orchestra plays most of its concerts at Severance Hall...
1954–1977 - Aubrey BrainAubrey BrainAubrey Brain was a British horn player and teacher. He was the father of Dennis Brain.-Biography:Aubrey Harold Brain was born in London in 1893. He came from a musical family. His father, A. E. Brain sr. was a member of the London Symphony Orchestra horn quartet...
, father of Dennis Brain - Dennis BrainDennis BrainDennis Brain was a British virtuoso horn player and was largely credited for popularizing the horn as a solo classical instrument with the post-war British public...
, principal horn in both Royal Philharmonic OrchestraRoyal Philharmonic OrchestraThe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It tours widely, and is sometimes referred to as "Britain's national orchestra"...
and Philharmonia OrchestraPhilharmonia OrchestraThe Philharmonia Orchestra is one of the leading orchestras in Great Britain, based in London. Since 1995, it has been based in the Royal Festival Hall. In Britain it is also the resident orchestra at De Montfort Hall, Leicester and the Corn Exchange, Bedford, as well as The Anvil, Basingstoke...
, soloist - Arthur C. BrooksArthur C. BrooksArthur C. Brooks is an American social scientist and musician. He is the president of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. Brooks is best known for his work on the junctions between culture, economics, and politics...
- Timothy BrownTimothy Brown (hornist)Timothy Brown is a British horn player, a leading chamber musician and co-principal of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. He was a member of the Melos Ensemble in its second phase...
, principal horn in BBC Symphony OrchestraBBC Symphony OrchestraThe BBC Symphony Orchestra is the principal broadcast orchestra of the British Broadcasting Corporation and one of the leading orchestras in Britain.-History:...
and Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Melos Ensemble - Edward Brown (Massachusetts, USA, 1948), Principal Lima national Symphony Orchester (1972-1984), Principal Santiago Philharmonic Orchestra.
- William Caballero, principal Pittsburgh Symphony OrchestraPittsburgh Symphony OrchestraThe Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The orchestra's home is Heinz Hall, located in Pittsburgh's Cultural District.-History:...
1989-present - John CerminaroJohn CerminaroJohn Paul Cerminaro, Jr. is an American horn player who is best known for his principal tenures with two notable American orchestras, the New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic...
, principal New York PhilharmonicNew York PhilharmonicThe New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"...
(1969–79), principal Seattle SymphonySeattle SymphonyThe Seattle Symphony is an American orchestra based in Seattle, Washington. Since 1998, the orchestra is resident at Benaroya Hall. The orchestra's season runs from September through July, and serves as the pit orchestra for most productions of the Seattle Opera in addition to its own concerts...
1996–present - Alan CivilAlan CivilAlan Civil OBE was a British horn player.Civil began to play the horn at a young age, and joined an army band while still in his teens...
, second horn Royal Philharmonic OrchestraRoyal Philharmonic OrchestraThe Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London. It tours widely, and is sometimes referred to as "Britain's national orchestra"...
(to Dennis BrainDennis BrainDennis Brain was a British virtuoso horn player and was largely credited for popularizing the horn as a solo classical instrument with the post-war British public...
), later principal. In 1955, joined the PhilharmoniaPhilharmoniaThe Philharmonia Orchestra is one of the leading orchestras in Great Britain, based in London. Since 1995, it has been based in the Royal Festival Hall. In Britain it is also the resident orchestra at De Montfort Hall, Leicester and the Corn Exchange, Bedford, as well as The Anvil, Basingstoke...
, and in 1957 became principal horn, after the death of Dennis Brain, principal of BBC Symphony OrchestraBBC Symphony OrchestraThe BBC Symphony Orchestra is the principal broadcast orchestra of the British Broadcasting Corporation and one of the leading orchestras in Britain.-History:...
from 1966–1988 - Dale ClevengerDale ClevengerDale Clevenger has been Principal Horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1966. Before joining the CSO, he was a member of Leopold Stokowski's American Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony of the Air directed by Alfred Wallenstein. He was also principal horn of the Kansas City...
, principal Chicago Symphony OrchestraChicago Symphony OrchestraThe Chicago Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1891, the Symphony makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival...
1966–present - Geoff CollinsonGeoff CollinsonGeoff Collinson is an Australian horn player and the Head of Brass at the University of Melbourne. He was awarded the position of Principal horn with the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra in 1990. He is one of the organizers for the Melbourne International Festival of Brass.-References:...
, principal horn, Australian Opera and Ballet OrchestraAustralian Opera and Ballet OrchestraThe Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra is one of two full time, permanent orchestras employed jointly to provide music for Opera Australia and The Australian Ballet, the other is known as Orchestra Victoria... - David CrippsDavid CrippsDavid Cripps is an active horn-player and conductor. He was principal horn in the London Symphony Orchestra during the years that they played Star Wars and Superman. He has also performed with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Hallé Orchestra, and the Philharmonia Orchestra...
, London Symphony OrchestraLondon Symphony OrchestraThe London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:... - Peter DammPeter DammPeter Damm is a German horn player.He began his musical education aged eleven, on the violin, and started playing the horn in 1951 and graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy in 1957. In 1959 he was appointed as principal horn of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, and from 1969 to 2002 he was...
, principal horn Dresden Staatskapelle 1969–2002. He is professor of horn at the Carl Maria von WeberCarl Maria von WeberCarl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school....
music conservatoire. - Lizzie Davis, head of horn at Chetham's School of MusicChetham's School of MusicChetham's School of Music , familiarly known as "Chets", is a specialist independent co-educational music school, situated in Manchester city centre, in North West England. It was established in 1969, incorporating Chetham's Hospital School, founded as a charity school by Humphrey Chetham in 1653...
in Manchester and horn tutor at Royal Northern College of MusicRoyal Northern College of MusicThe Royal Northern College of Music is a music school in Manchester, England. It is located on Oxford Road in Chorlton on Medlock, at the western edge of the campus of the University of Manchester and is one of four conservatories associated with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music...
. She plays with the Lancashire Sinfionetta - Vincent DeRosaVincent DeRosaVincent DeRosa is a Los Angeles studio musician who played horn for Hollywood soundtracks and other recordings from 1935-2008.-Early Life and Training:...
, LA studio player - Simon de SouzaSimon de SouzaSimon de Souza is one of the most active and influential horn teachers in the United Kingdom. He teaches at the Birmingham Conservatoire , is horn tutor at Wells Cathedral School and the Purcell School and is also involved with the Junior departments of the Trinity College of Music and Royal...
, Professor of Horn at the Birmingham Conservatoire - Stefan DohrStefan DohrStefan Dohr is a German horn player and currently the principal horn of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra . Apart from being a sought-after masterclass teacher, he teaches the horn at the Herbert von Karajan Academy.-Biography:Stefan Dohr studied with Prof. Wolfgang Wilhelmi at the Musikhochschule...
, principal horn, Berlin Philharmonic - Pip EastopPip EastopPip Eastop is a virtuoso horn player from London, England. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music from 1974 to 1976, leaving to take up the position of Principal Horn with the Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra .The following year he became Principal Horn of the London Sinfonietta.Between 1983 and...
, Professor of Horn at Royal Academy of MusicRoyal Academy of MusicThe Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... - Philip FarkasPhilip FarkasPhilip Farkas was principal hornist in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for many years; he left in 1960 to join the music faculty at Indiana University Bloomington. He wrote The Art of French Horn Playing which is considered by many to be the seminal work for horn players...
, principal Chicago Symphony OrchestraChicago Symphony OrchestraThe Chicago Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1891, the Symphony makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival...
1936–41 and 1947–60, Cleveland OrchestraCleveland OrchestraThe Cleveland Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Cleveland, Ohio. It is one of the five American orchestras informally referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1918, the orchestra plays most of its concerts at Severance Hall...
1941–45 and 1946–47, Boston Symphony 1945–46, also horn professor at Indiana UniversityIndiana UniversityIndiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
from 1960–82 - Randy GardnerRandy GardnerRandy Gardner may refer to:* Randy Gardner , American pair skater* Randy Gardner , world record holder for sleep deprivation* Randy Gardner , Republican member of the Ohio Senate...
, Professor of Horn at the University of CincinnatiUniversity of CincinnatiThe University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
, College-Conservatory of Music and former 2nd Horn of the Philadelphia OrchestraPhiladelphia OrchestraThe Philadelphia Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. One of the "Big Five" American orchestras, it was founded in 1900...
, author of Mastering the Horn's Low Register - Anthony HalsteadAnthony HalsteadAnthony Halstead is a leading figure in the period-instruments movement. First known as a virtuoso on the natural horn, he has gradually moved into the role of conductor and has directed the Academy of Ancient Music, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and most notably Hanover Band.Halstead...
- Anton Joseph HampelAnton Joseph HampelAnton Joseph Hampel was a horn player who is generally credited with having developed, somewhere between 1750 and 1760, the technique of hand-stopping which allows natural horns to play fully chromatically...
, horn player of the 18th century who developed the technique of hand-stoppingHand-stoppingHand-stopping is a technique by which a natural horn can be made to produce notes outside of its normal harmonic series. By inserting the hand, cupped, into the bell, the player can reduce the pitch of a note by a semitone or more... - Max Hess, Boston Symphony OrchestraBoston Symphony OrchestraThe Boston Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1881, the BSO plays most of its concerts at Boston's Symphony Hall and in the summer performs at the Tanglewood Music Center...
1905–25, Cincinnati Symphony OrchestraCincinnati Symphony OrchestraAs the fifth oldest orchestra in the United States, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has a legacy of fine music making as reflected in its performances in historic Music Hall, recordings, and international tours...
1925–37 - Barbara Hill, Principal French Horn, Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Hartford, CT
- Douglas HillDouglas Hill (musician)Douglas Hill is the professor of Horn at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is widely considered one of the foremost horn pedagogues of his time...
- Heinrich HüblerHeinrich HüblerCarl Heinrich Hübler was the hornist in the Dresden Royal Court orchestra from 1844 until his retirement in 1891...
- Ifor JamesIfor JamesProfessor Ifor James was a horn player and teacher, numbering among his pupils many future Principal Horns and horn professors at British music schools....
- Lin JiangLin JiangLin Jiang is an Australian French Horn player. He was born in Shanghai in 1986 and moved to Australia at the age of five. He began playing French horn when he was ten. He has played with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and the West...
, Barry Tuckwell Brass Prize winner - Thomas Jostlein, American Horn Competition Winner, former Assistant Principal New York PhilharmonicNew York PhilharmonicThe New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"...
, associate principal horn at St. Louis Symphony (2010-present) - Daniel KatzenDaniel KatzenDaniel Katzen is a French horn teacher and player, and, since September 2008, has been the Associate Professor of Horn at the University of Arizona School of Music in Tucson. Prior to that, he was Second Horn in the Boston Symphony Orchestra from April 1979 to August 2008...
, former member of Boston Symphony OrchestraBoston Symphony OrchestraThe Boston Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1881, the BSO plays most of its concerts at Boston's Symphony Hall and in the summer performs at the Tanglewood Music Center...
, Associate Professor of Horn at the "University of Arizona School of Music" in Tucson - Georg KoppraschGeorg KoppraschGeorg Kopprasch was a German composer and horn player. Very little is known about his life, except that he was born sometime before 1800 and continued his career as a horn player at least until 1832. Kopprasch is mainly known for his second set of Horn etudes, op. 6. This set of 60 etudes is often...
, composer of the Kopprasch Etudes - Peter KurauPeter KurauW. Peter Kurau is the Associate Professor of Horn and Chamber Music at the Eastman School of Music as well as the Principal Horn of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. He currently resides in Honeoye Falls with his wife, soprano singer Pamela Kurau....
, principal Rochester Philharmonic and Professor of Horn at the Eastman School of MusicEastman School of MusicThe Eastman School of Music is a music conservatory located in Rochester, New York. The Eastman School is a professional school within the University of Rochester... - Ludwig Wenzel LachnithLudwig Wenzel LachnithLudwig Wenzel Lachnith was a Bohemian horn player and versatile composer influenced by Josef Haydn and Ignaz Pleyel. Today he is chiefly remembered because of his adaptions of operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
, Bohemian horn player and composer of Horn concertos. - Wilhelm Lanzky-OttoWilhelm Lanzky-OttoWilhelm Lanzky-Otto was a Danish-born horn player. He is credited with inspiring a generation of Scandinavian horn players. He was educated in Copenhagen as a pianist, organist and horn player...
- Joseph Leutgeb
- Boštjan LipovšekBoštjan LipovšekBoštjan Lipovšek is a Slovenian classical horn player. A native of Celje, he studied at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana with Jože Falout. He is associated with a good deal of contemporary Slovenian music; he has performed works by Lojze Lebič, Ivo Petrić, Uroš Krek, Jani Golob, Tomaž Habe, and...
- Frank LloydFrank Lloyd (horn player)Frank Lloyd is a virtuoso horn player and teacher, Professor of Horn at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, Germany and formerly professor of horn at both the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Trinity College of Music in London....
- John MacDonaldJohn MacDonald (Canadian musician)John Roy MacDonald is a musician who plays the French horn and has won several major competitions.He was born on July 13, 1948 in Gimli, Manitoba, Canada. His family moved to Ottawa three years after his birth. He was influenced by his horn-playing elder brothers, Ian and James and began...
- Joseph MasellaJoseph Masella (french hornist)Joseph Masella was a Canadian french hornist and music educator.Masella was born in Montreal into the well known Masella family of musicians...
, principal horn of both the Montreal Symphony OrchestraMontreal Symphony OrchestraOrchestre symphonique de Montréal is a symphony orchestra based in Montréal, Québec, Canada, with Montréal's Place des Arts as its home.-History:...
and the CBC Montreal Orchestra from 1943-1969. - Philip MyersPhilip MyersPhilip Myers is a noted American horn player. Myers plays a F/B-flat/f alto Engelbert Schmid Triple Horn. He currently owns five horns, down from a high at one time of 17...
, principal, New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1980–present) - Jeff NelsenJeff NelsenJeff Nelsen is a Canadian French horn player.- Biography :Hornist Jeff Nelsen was born to opera-singing pig-farming parents in Western Canada. He believes this duality contributes strongly to his unique career paths thus far. He is equally successful in both classical and contemporary genres and...
, horn player for Canadian BrassCanadian BrassThe Canadian Brass is a brass quintet founded by Dr. Charles Daellenbach and Gene Watts in 1970. In addition to maintaining a heavy international touring schedule, the Canadian Brass have recorded over 80 CDs and DVDs...
, on faculty at Indiana UniversityIndiana UniversityIndiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000... - Hermann NeulingHermann NeulingHermann Neuling was a horn player and composer. He was engaged for many years as a low horn player at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin and taught at the Conservatorium nearby. He was a contemporary of composer Bernhard Krol, also playing in the Orchestra of the Berlin State Opera, and...
- David OhanianDavid Ohanian-Accomplishments:*French Horn - B.M., New England Conservatory*Fellow, Tanglewood Music Center, 63, 64, 65*Horn study with James Stagliano*Doctorate Honoris Causa Hartwick College, Doctorate Honoris Causa, New England Conservatory...
, former horn player for the Canadian BrassCanadian BrassThe Canadian Brass is a brass quintet founded by Dr. Charles Daellenbach and Gene Watts in 1970. In addition to maintaining a heavy international touring schedule, the Canadian Brass have recorded over 80 CDs and DVDs... - Martin OwenMartin OwenMartin Owen is a British horn player. After studying at the Royal Academy of Music, he became Principal horn of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra between 1998 and 2008...
, principal BBC Symphony OrchestraBBC Symphony OrchestraThe BBC Symphony Orchestra is the principal broadcast orchestra of the British Broadcasting Corporation and one of the leading orchestras in Britain.-History:...
, Professor of Horn at the Royal Academy of MusicRoyal Academy of MusicThe Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
and Trinity College of MusicTrinity College of MusicTrinity College of Music is one of the London music conservatories, based in Greenwich. It is part of Trinity Laban.The conservatoire is inheritor of elegant riverside buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital, designed in part by Sir Christopher Wren... - Valery PolekhValery PolekhValery Vladimirovich Polekh was a Russian horn player. The horn concerto, Op.91 by Reinhold Glière was dedicated to him.-External links:****...
- Giovanni PuntoGiovanni PuntoGiovanni Punto was a Czech horn player and a pioneer of the hand-stopping technique which allows natural horns to play a greater number of notes.He was an international celebrity in the 18th and early 19th centuries, known in London,...
- William PurvisWilliam PurvisWilliam Purvis is an American French horn player and conductor. He performs with the New York Woodwind Quintet, Speculum Musicae, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and the Orchestra of St. Luke's...
- David PyattDavid PyattDavid Pyatt is a horn player from England. In 1988, aged 14, he became the then youngest winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition. In 1996 Gramophone Magazine announced David Pyatt as their Young Artist of the Year...
, London Symphony OrchestraLondon Symphony OrchestraThe London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:... - Eugene RittichEugene RittichEugene Rittich was a Canadian musician who taught horn, chamber music, conducting and ensemble master classes and seminars for over 30 years in Canada, the United States, Japan, Australia and New Zealand...
- Neill SandersNeill SandersNeill Sanders was a British horn player, principal hornist of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Melos Ensemble for 29 years. He was a professor in Kalamazoo, Michigan and founded a chamber ensemble and a festival there.-Biography:Neill Sanders...
, Melos Ensemble, London Orchestras - Will SandersWill SandersWill Sanders is a dutch hornist.-Biography:Sanders was born in Venlo, the Netherlands.He trained in music at Maastricht, where he graduated with honours in 1988. In 1985, while still a student, he became a member of the European Youth Orchestra, conducted by Claudio Abbado...
, Bavarian Radio Symphony OrchestraBavarian Radio Symphony OrchestraThe Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, in German Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks is the internationally renowned orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk , based in Munich, Germany. It is one of the three principal orchestras in the city of Munich, along with the Munich Philharmonic... - Lorenzo SansoneLorenzo SansoneLorenzo Sansone was a horn player, a member of major North American symphony orchestras, an editor of horn music, an author of instructional methods, an educator, and a horn manufacturer.- External links :* *...
, member of major North American symphony orchestras, music editor, educator, and horn manufacturer. - Gunther SchullerGunther SchullerGunther Schuller is an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, and jazz musician.- Biography and works :...
, Cincinnati Symphony OrchestraCincinnati Symphony OrchestraAs the fifth oldest orchestra in the United States, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has a legacy of fine music making as reflected in its performances in historic Music Hall, recordings, and international tours...
, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and composer - Bernhard Scully
- James SommervilleJames SommervilleJames Sommerville is the current principal hornist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Music Director of the Hamilton Philharmonic, in Hamilton, Canada. Before coming to Boston in 1998, Mr...
, Boston Symphony OrchestraBoston Symphony OrchestraThe Boston Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1881, the BSO plays most of its concerts at Boston's Symphony Hall and in the summer performs at the Tanglewood Music Center... - Stephen StirlingStephen StirlingStephen Stirling – soloist and chamber musician, Professor of Horn at Trinity College of Music in London.As a student he was a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra; he studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and went straight...
, principal horn City of London SinfoniaCity of London SinfoniaThe City of London Sinfonia is an English chamber orchestra based in London. In London, the CLS performs regularly at Cadogan Hall and St Paul's Cathedral. It is also the resident orchestra at Opera Holland Park. The CLS has annual residencies in four towns in Southern England: Ipswich, King's...
, co-principal horn Academy of St Martin in the Fields, teaches at Trinity College of MusicTrinity College of MusicTrinity College of Music is one of the London music conservatories, based in Greenwich. It is part of Trinity Laban.The conservatoire is inheritor of elegant riverside buildings of the former Greenwich Hospital, designed in part by Sir Christopher Wren...
, soloist, chamber musician - Franz StraussFranz StraussFranz Joseph Strauss was a German musician. He was a composer, a virtuoso horn player and accomplished performer on the guitar, clarinet and viola...
- Esa TapaniEsa TapaniEsa Tapani is a Finnish horn player, born in 1968. A member of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, he served as the soloist at its recording of Magnus Lindberg's Campana in aria.-References: Musicfinland.com...
, Finnish Radio Symphony OrchestraFinnish Radio Symphony OrchestraThe Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra is a Finnish orchestra based in Helsinki, and is the chief radio orchestra of the Finnish Broadcasting Company . The orchestra primarily gives concerts at the Helsinki Music Centre... - James ThatcherJames ThatcherJames Thatcher began his professional career at the age of 16 when he played and studied in Mexico City with his uncle, Gerald Thatcher, former principal hornist with the National Symphony of Mexico. Subsequent instructors have included Fred Fox, Don Peterson, Wendell Hoss, James Decker, Vincent...
, LA studio player - Michael ThompsonMichael Thompson (horn player)Michael Thompson is a British horn player.After studying at the Royal Academy of Music, Thompson was appointed Principal Horn with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra aged just 18 years...
, former principal with Philharmonia OrchestraPhilharmonia OrchestraThe Philharmonia Orchestra is one of the leading orchestras in Great Britain, based in London. Since 1995, it has been based in the Royal Festival Hall. In Britain it is also the resident orchestra at De Montfort Hall, Leicester and the Corn Exchange, Bedford, as well as The Anvil, Basingstoke...
, teacher at Royal Academy of MusicRoyal Academy of MusicThe Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
, soloist/chamber musician/clinician - Barry TuckwellBarry TuckwellBarry Emmanuel Tuckwell AC, OBE , is an Australian horn player who has spent most of his professional life in the United Kingdom and the United States.- Early life and education :...
, former principal horn London Symphony OrchestraLondon Symphony OrchestraThe London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:...
, soloist and clinician - William VerMeulenWilliam VerMeulenWilliam VerMeulen is an American horn player. He has been Principal Horn of the Houston Symphony Orchestra since 1990. Before joining the HSO, he was a member of the Columbus Symphony, Honolulu Symphony, and Kansas City Philharmonic. He is Professor of Horn at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice...
, principal horn of the Houston Symphony 1990-present, soloist, professor of horn at Rice University, member of International Horn Society Advisory Council - Radovan VlatkovicRadovan VlatkovicRadovan Vlatković is a Croatian born horn player. He is the former principal horn of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra . He left that post in 1990 to devote himself to a solo career and has recorded many of the major works for horn...
, former principal of Berlin Radio Symphony OrchestraBerlin Radio Symphony OrchestraBerlin Radio Symphony Orchestra can refer to one of two orchestras:* The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, known from 1956 to 1993 as the Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and situated in West Berlin during the Cold War...
from 1982–1990, teacher at Mozarteum in SalzburgSalzburg-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
, soloist - David Wakefield, American Brass Quintet, Professor at Juilliard College
- Richard WatkinsRichard WatkinsRichard Watkins is a concerto soloist and chamber music player. He was Principal Horn of the Philharmonia from 1985 to 1996, a position he relinquished to devote more time to his solo career....
, principal horn of Philharmonia OrchestraPhilharmonia OrchestraThe Philharmonia Orchestra is one of the leading orchestras in Great Britain, based in London. Since 1995, it has been based in the Royal Festival Hall. In Britain it is also the resident orchestra at De Montfort Hall, Leicester and the Corn Exchange, Bedford, as well as The Anvil, Basingstoke...
from 1985–1996, teaching at Royal Academy of MusicRoyal Academy of MusicThe Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
, soloist, chamber musician, clinician - Froydis Ree WekreFroydis Ree WekreFrøydis Ree Wekre is a Norwegian musician. She studied in Oslo, Sweden, Russia, and the United States. Originally a piano and violin player, Wekre did not take up the horn until age 17. After only two years of studying horn with Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto and Vitali Bujanovsky, she was invited to...
, member of Oslo Philharmonic from 1961–1991, co-principal from 1965 on, Professor of Horn at Norwegian Academy of MusicNorwegian Academy of MusicThe Norwegian Academy of Music is a music conservatory located in Oslo, Norway, in the neighbourhood of Majorstuen, Frogner. It is the largest music academy in Norway and offers the country's highest level of music education. As a university college, it offers both undergraduate and postgraduate...
, soloist, clinician
Use of the horn in jazz
The horn is used only rarely in jazzJazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, but there have been a few notable players (see also http://feinsteins.net/music/jazzhorn.html):
- Pietro AmatoPietro AmatoPietro Amato is a Montreal French horn player. He plays with three bands: Torngat, Bell Orchestre, and The Luyas. Amato is also involved with Arcade Fire providing studio contributions and occasional touring....
, member of The LuyasThe LuyasThe Luyas are a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2006 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-History:The Luyas did their first live performance in December 2006...
, Arcade Fire, Bell OrchestreBell OrchestreBell Orchestre is a six-piece instrumental band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.In late 2003, they recorded their first album, at the same time and in the same studio that Arcade Fire recorded Funeral. However, Arcade Fire's popularity was just beginning to break when they asked Bell Orchestre to...
and TorngatTorngatTorngat is a Montreal indie band and instrumental trio established in 2001.-Biography:Torngat's popularity increased with the 2005 release of their EP La Rouge. During the spring of 2006 and after increasing demand, Torngat toured Eastern Canada. Torngat signed a two-album deal with Montreal... - David AmramDavid AmramDavid Amram is an American composer, musician, conductor, and writer. As a classical composer and performer, his integration of jazz , ethnic and folk music has led him to work with the likes of Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Willie Nelson, Langston...
- John ClarkJohn Clark (musician)John Clark is an American jazz horn player and composer.-Biography:John Clark was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Rochester, New York. His father was William H. Clark, a professor of German and dean of education at the University of Rochester, and his mother was Margaret Garmey. He and his four...
- Vincent ChanceyVincent ChanceyVincent Chancey is an American jazz hornist.Chancey, a French horn player, attended the Southern Illinois University School of Music and then studied under Julius Watkins in New York City...
- Sharon FreemanSharon FreemanSharon Freeman is a jazz pianist and French hornist. She also writes musical arrangements.Freeman played French horn for the jazz opera Escalator over the Hill, Gil Evans's 1973 album Svengali, and in 1983 she worked on a piece of jazz Christmas music. Since 1982 she is a member of Charlie Haden's...
- John GraasJohn GraasJohn Graas was an American jazz French horn player, composer, and arranger. Born in Dubuque, Iowa, Graas had a short but busy career on the West Coast, known primarily as one of the first and best French horn players in jazz.Graas had classical training, including attendance at the Tanglewood...
- Dave LeeDave Lee (horn player)David Lee is currently solo horn with the Michael Nyman Band. He has held principal positions with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Royal Opera House Orchestra....
- Bob NorthernBob NorthernRobert "Bob" Northern , known professionally as Brother Ah, is an American jazz French hornist.Born in North Carolina and raised in The Bronx, Northern studied at the Manhattan School of Music and at the Vienna State Academy in the 1950s...
- Willie RuffWillie RuffWillie Ruff is the hornist and bassist of the Mitchell-Ruff Duo and one of the founders of the W. C. Handy Music Festival. He was born in Florence, Alabama. The duo regularly performs and lectures all over the United States, Asia, Africa and Europe...
- Arkady Shilkloper (articles in German and Russian Wikipedias)
- Gunther SchullerGunther SchullerGunther Schuller is an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, and jazz musician.- Biography and works :...
- Robert Routch
- Charles MingusCharles MingusCharles Mingus Jr. was an American jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and civil rights activist.Mingus's compositions retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop and drew heavily from black gospel music while sometimes drawing on elements of Third stream, free jazz, and classical music...
- Si JohnsonSi JohnsonSilas Kenneth Johnson born in Danway near Ottawa, Illinois was a pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds , St. Louis Cardinals , Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Braves ....
- Tom VarnerTom VarnerTom Varner is an American jazz horn player and composer.Varner studied piano in his youth with Capitola Dickerson of Summit, New Jersey. He holds a B.M...
- ulius Watkins
- Giovanni Hoffer, member of HofferQuattro