List of horn players

This list of horn players includes notable horn (French horn) players.

B

• Radek Baborák, 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, Horn Instructor at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, CA
• Hermann Baumann, (former principal horn Philharmonisches Orchester Dortmund 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 Music and Drama in London
• Dennis Brain, player (1921 - 1957)
• Arthur C. Brooks
• Timothy Brown, principal horn in BBC Symphony Orchestra and Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Melos Ensemble

C

• John Cerminaro, principal New York Philharmonic (1969–79), principal Seattle Symphony 1996–present
• 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 1966–1988
• Dale Clevenger, principal Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1966–2013
• 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 years.

D

• Peter Damm, principal horn Dresden Staatskapelle 1969–2002. He is professor 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 jazz scene. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 29, 1944 and he died suddenly at the age of 61, apparently of a heart attack, on the way to a gig on February 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

E

• Pip Eastop, Professor of Horn at Royal Academy of Music in London

F

• 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 at Indiana University from 1960–

H

• Anthony Halstead
• Anton Joseph Hampel, horn player of the 18th century who developed the technique of hand-stopping
• Max Hess, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1905–25, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra 1925–37
• Douglas Hill
• Heinrich Hübler

J

• Ifor James
• Stefan de Leval Jezierski, Berlin Philharmonic
• Lin Jiang, Barry Tuckwell Brass Prize winner

K

• Daniel Katzen, former member of Boston Symphony Orchestra, Associate Professor 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 the Eastman School of Music

L

• Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, Bohemian horn player and composer of Horn concertos.
• Julie Landsman, former Principal Horn, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (1985–2010), Juilliard faculty since 1989.
• Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto
• Joseph Leutgeb
• Boštjan Lipovšek
• Frank Lloyd

M

• John MacDonald
• Joseph Masella, principal horn of both the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the CBC Montreal Orchestra from 1943-1969.
• Philip Myers, principal, New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1980–present)
• Mario Rivera, principal, New York played with Machito, Eddie Palmieri, Mongo Santamaria, Sonny Stitt, and George Coleman. In 1988, he joined Dizzy Gillespie’s United Nation’s Orchestra and then later became a member of the Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Jazz Big Band. 1939–2007)

N

• Jeff Nelsen, horn player for Canadian Brass, on faculty at Indiana University
• Hermann Neuling

O

• 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

P

• Valery Polekh
• Giovanni Punto
• William Purvis

R

• Eugene Rittich

S

• Neill Sanders, Melos Ensemble, London Orchestras
• Will Sanders, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Lorenzo Sansone, member of major North American symphony orchestras, music editor, educator, and horn manufacturer.
• Gunther Schuller, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and composer
• František Šolc, Czech hornist and horn teacher
• James Sommerville, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Stephen Stirling, principal horn City of London Sinfonia, co-principal horn Academy of St Martin in the Fields, teaches at Trinity College of Music, soloist, chamber musician
• Franz Strauss
• Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) Franz Strauss's son

T

• 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
• Bedřich Tylšar, former horn player with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, soloist and pedagogue
• Zdeněk Tylšar, former principal horn with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, soloist and pedagogue

V

• Radovan Vlatkovic, former principal of Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1982–1990, teacher at Mozarteum in Salzburg, soloist

W

• David Wakefield, horn player with the American Brass Quintet from 1976 to 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 1985–1996, teaching at Royal Academy of Music, soloist, chamber musician, clinician
• Froydis Ree Wekre, member of Oslo Philharmonic from 1961–1991, co-principal from 1965 on, Professor of Horn at Norwegian Academy of Music, soloist, clinician
• Sarah Willis, fourth horn of the Berlin Philharmonic.

Z

• Vicente Zarzo Pitarch, for 25 years the horn soloist in the Residentie Orkest 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 Torngat
• David Amram
• John Clark
• Vincent Chancey
• Sharon Freeman
• John Graas
• Stefan de Leval Jezierski
• Si Johnson
• Dave Lee
• Bob Northern
• Willie Ruff
• Gunther Schuller
• Richard Todd
• Tom Varner
• Julius Watkins

External links

• Harlan Feinstein's List of Jazz Horn Players