Rolf Smedvig

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Rolf Smedvig is the current first trumpet player in the Empire Brass. He was appointed Assistant Principal Trumpet of the Boston Symphony Orchestra by Seiji Ozawa at age 19, becoming the youngest member of the orchestra. In 1979, he succeeded his teacher and mentor Armando Ghitalla as Principal Trumpet of the Boston Symphony, a post he held until 1982, when he left the orchestra to devote his full time to the Empire Brass and to his career as a soloist.

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