- List of horn players
This list of horn players includes horn (French horn) players about whom there is a Wikipedia article.
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Pietro Amato , member ofThe Luyas ,Arcade Fire ,Bell Orchestre andTorngat
*Hermann Baumann (musician) (former principal horn withDortmund Radio Orchestra andStuttgart Radio Orchestra , winner ofInternational Music Competition in 1964, currently soloist, performing onnatural horn and valved horn)
*Richard Bissill
*Aubrey Brain (Father of Dennis Brain)
*Dennis Brain (principal horn in bothRoyal Philharmonic andPhilharmonia Orchestra s, soloist)
*John Cerminaro ( principalNew York Philharmonic (1969–79), principalSeattle Symphony 1996–present)
*Alan Civil (second horn,Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (toDennis Brain ), later principal of the Royal Philharmonic. In 1955, joined thePhilharmonia , and in 1957 became principal horn, after the death of Dennis Brain. Principal ofBBC Symphony Orchestra from 1966–88)
*Dale Clevenger (principal,Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1966–present)
*David Cripps (London Symphony Orchestra )
*Peter Damm
*Vincent DeRosa (LA studio player)
*Simon de Souza (Professor of Horn at theBirmingham Conservatoire )
*Stefan Dohr (Principal horn,Berlin Philharmonic )
*Marjorie Dunn
*Pip Eastop (Professor of Horn atRoyal Academy of Music inLondon )
*John Entwistle ofThe Who
*Philip Farkas (principal,Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1936–41 and 1947–60,Cleveland Orchestra 1941–45 and 1946–47,Boston Symphony 1945–46, also horn professor atIndiana University from 1960–82)
*Anthony Halstead
*Douglas Hill
*Ifor James
*Joseph Leutgeb (pronounced Leitgeb in Viennese dialect)
*Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto
*Frank Lloyd
*John MacDonald
*Philip Myers (principal,New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1980–present)
*Jeff Nelsen (former horn player forCanadian Brass , now on faculty atIndiana University )
*David Ohanian (Canadian Brass )
*Valery Polekh
*Giovanni Punto
*David Pyatt (London Symphony Orchestra )
*Eugene Rittich
*Gunther Schuller (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra ), (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ), and composer
*James Sommerville (Boston Symphony Orchestra )
*Franz Strauss
*James Thatcher (LA studio player)
*Michael Thompson (former principal withPhilharmonia , currently teaches atRoyal Academy of Music and is in-demand as a soloist/chamber musician/clinician)
*Barry Tuckwell (former principal horn,London Symphony Orchestra , soloist and clinician, now retired from playing)
*Radovan Vlatkovic (former principal ofBerlin Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1982–1990, currently teaches atMozarteum inSalzburg , and is an in-demand soloist)
*Richard Watkins (principal horn ofPhilharmonia from 1985–1996, currently teaching atRoyal Academy of Music and is a traveling soloist/chamber musician/clinician)
*Froydis Ree Wekre (member ofOslo Philharmonic from 1961–1991, co-principal from 1965 on, currently professor of horn atNorwegian State Academy of Music , and traveling soloist/clinician)
*Jeffrey Powers (Principal Horn of theWaco Symphony Orchestra ; Regular Sub in theDallas Symphony Orchestra , currently teaches atBaylor inWaco, TX , and is an in-demand judge at theTMEA 5A Horn Placement audition judge and at theUIL State Solo and Ensemble Judge)Use of the horn in jazz
The horn is used only rarely in
jazz , but there have been a few notable players (see also [http://feinsteins.net/music/jazzhorn.html] ):*
Pietro Amato (Arcade Fire )
*David Amram
*John Clark
*Vincent Chancey
*John Graas
*Dave Lee
*Willie Ruff
*Gunther Schuller
*Tom Varner
*Julius Watkins
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