List of Horn Players

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Radek Babork, former Principal horn Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich
Phil. Orch, Czech Phil. Orch. winner of the ARD, Geneva, Markneukirchen
Andrew Bain, principal horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA studio p
layer, horn instructor at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, California
Hermann Baumann, former principal horn Philharmonisches Orchester Dortmu
nd and Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, winner of the ARD International Music
Competition in 1964, soloist, performing on natural horn and valved horn
Richard Bissill, player, composer and arranger at Guildhall School of Mu
sic and Drama in London
Aubrey Brain, player (18931955)
Dennis Brain, player (19211957)
Arthur C. Brooks
Timothy Brown, principal horn in BBC Symphony Orchestra and Academy of S
t Martin in the Fields, Melos Ensemble
George Brunies, jazz artist
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Dick Cary, jazz artist
John Cerminaro, principal New York Philharmonic (196979), principal Seatt
le Symphony 19962011
Alan Civil, second horn Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (to Dennis Brain),
later principal. In 1955, joined the Philharmonia, and in 1957 became principal
horn, after the death of Dennis Brain, principal of BBC Symphony Orchestra from
1966 to 1988
Dale Clevenger, principal Chicago Symphony Orchestra 19662013
Geoff Collinson, principal horn, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
David Cripps, Star Wars original trilogy (1977, 1980, 1983) and Superman
(1978 film) principal horn, principal horn London Symphony Orchestra for 10 yea
rs.
Dick Cuthell
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Peter Damm, principal horn Dresden Staatskapelle 19692002. He is professo
r of horn at the Carl Maria von Weber music conservatoire.
Vincent DeRosa, LA studio player
Richard Dunbar, was a player of the French horn, playing in the free jaz
z scene. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 29, 1944, and he died suddenl
y at the age of 61, apparently of a heart attack, on the way to a gig on Februar
y 8, 2006.
Simon de Souza, professor of horn at the Birmingham Conservatoire
Vladimir Djambazov, second horn Sofia Philharmonic and composer
Stefan Dohr, principal horn, Berlin Philharmonic
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Pip Eastop, professor of horn at Royal Academy of Music in London
John Entwistle, bass player from The Who, also played horn
F
Philip Farkas, principal Chicago Symphony Orchestra 193641 and 194760, Cl
veland Orchestra 194145 and 194647, Boston Symphony 194546, also horn professor at
Indiana University from 1960
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Anthony Halstead
Anton Joseph Hampel, horn player of the 18th century who developed the t
echnique of hand-stopping
Max Hess, Boston Symphony Orchestra 190525, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
192537
Douglas Hill
Heinrich Hbler
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Ifor James
Stefan de Leval Jezierski, Berlin Philharmonic
 Lin Jiang, Barry Tuckwell Brass Prize winner
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Daniel Katzen, former member of Boston Symphony Orchestra, Associate Pro
fessor of Horn at the "University of Arizona School of Music" in Tucson
Georg Kopprasch, composer of the Kopprasch Etudes
Peter Kurau, principal Rochester Philharmonic and Professor of Horn at t
he Eastman School of Music
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Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, Bohemian horn player and composer of Horn concer
tos.
Julie Landsman, former Principal Horn, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (198
52010), Juilliard faculty since 1989.
Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto
Joseph Leutgeb
Botjan Lipovek
Frank Lloyd
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John MacDonald
Joseph Masella, principal horn of both the Montreal Symphony Orchestra a
nd the CBC Montreal Orchestra from 1943 to 1969.
Christian Mengis, hornist and composer at the court of Frederick the Gre
at from 1745.
Philip Myers, principal, New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1980present)
Mario Rivera, principal, New York City played with Machito, Eddie Palmie
ri, Mongo Santamaria, Sonny Stitt, and George Coleman. In 1988, he joined Dizzy
Gillespies United Nations Orchestra and then later became a member of the Lincoln
Center Afro-Latin Jazz Big Band. 19392007)
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Jeff Nelsen, horn player for Canadian Brass, on faculty at Indiana Unive
rsity
Hermann Neuling
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David Ohanian, former horn player for the Canadian Brass
Martin Owen, principal BBC Symphony Orchestra, Professor of Horn at the
Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College of Music
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Abel Pereira
Valery Polekh
Giovanni Punto
William Purvis
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Eugene Rittich
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Neill Sanders, Melos Ensemble, London Orchestras
Will Sanders, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Lorenzo Sansone, member of major North American symphony orchestras, mus
ic editor, educator, and horn manufacturer.
Gunther Schuller, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orch
estra, and composer
Frantiek olc, Czech hornist and horn teacher
James Sommerville, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Stirling, principal horn City of London Sinfonia, co-principal h
orn Academy of St Martin in the Fields, teaches at Trinity College of Music, sol
oist, chamber musician
Franz Strauss
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Esa Tapani, former principal horn Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
James Thatcher, LA studio player
Michael Thompson, former principal with Philharmonia Orchestra, teacher
at Royal Academy of Music, soloist/chamber musician/clinician
 Barry Tuckwell, former principal horn London Symphony Orchestra, soloist
and clinician
Bedich Tylar, former horn player with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, s
loist and pedagogue
Zdenk Tylar, former principal horn with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra,
soloist and pedagogue
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Radovan Vlatkovic, former principal of Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra f
rom 1982 to 1990, teacher at Mozarteum in Salzburg, soloist
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David Wakefield, horn player with the American Brass Quintet from 1976 t
o March 2014, teaching at The Juilliard School since 1987, Aspen Music Festival
and School, since 1976, Hartt School at the University of Hartford, since 2011.
Richard Watkins, principal horn of Philharmonia Orchestra from 1985 to 1
996, teaching at Royal Academy of Music, soloist, chamber musician, clinician
Froydis Ree Wekre, member of Oslo Philharmonic from 1961 to 1991, co-pri
ncipal from 1965 on, Professor of Horn at Norwegian Academy of Music, soloist, c
linician
Kate Westbrook, tenor horn player
Sarah Willis, fourth horn of the Berlin Philharmonic.
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Vicente Zarzo Pitarch, for 25 years the horn soloist in the Residentie O
rkest in the Hague
Use of the horn in jazz
The horn is used only rarely in jazz, but there have been a few notable players:
Pietro Amato, member of The Luyas, Arcade Fire, Bell Orchestre and Torng
at
David Amram
John Clark
Vincent Chancey
Sharon Freeman
John Graas
Stefan de Leval Jezierski
Si Johnson
Dave Lee
Bob Northern
Willie Ruff
Gunther Schuller
Arkady Shilkloper
Richard Todd
Tom Varner
Julius Watkins