List of horn players
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- Hermann Baumann (Musician) (former principal horn with Dortmund Radio Orchestra and Stuttgart Radio Orchestra, winner of International Music Competition in 1964, currently soloist, performing on Natural horn and Valved horn)
- Richard Bissill
- Aubrey Brain (Father of Dennis Brain)
- Annamia Eriksson(co-principal in the Hornsection at the Royal Opera in Stockholm,member of KammarensembleN)
- Dennis Brain (principal horn in both Royal Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestras, soloist)
- 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 of the Royal Philharmonic. In 1955, joined the Philharmonia, and in 1957 became principal horn, after the death of Dennis Brain. Principal of BBC 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 the Birmingham Conservatoire)
- Stefan Dohr (Principal horn, Berlin Philharmonic)
- Marjorie Dunn
- Pip Eastop (Professor of Horn at Royal Academy of Music in London)
- John Entwistle
- 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 1960-82)
- 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 for Canadian Brass, now on faculty at Indiana 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 with Philharmonia, currently teaches at Royal 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 of Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1982-1990, currently teaches at Mozarteum in Salzburg, and is an in-demand soloist)
- Richard Watkins (principal horn of Philharmonia from 1985-1996, currently teaching at Royal Academy of Music and is a traveling soloist/chamber musician/clinician)
- Froydis Ree Wekre (member of Oslo Philharmonic from 1961-1991, co-principal from 1965 on, currently professor of horn at Norwegian State Academy of Music, and traveling soloist/clinician)
[edit] Use of the horn in jazz
The horn is used only rarely in jazz, but there have been a few notable players (see also [1]):
- Pietro Amato (Arcade Fire)
- David Amram
- John Clark
- Vincent Chancey
- John Graas
- Giovanni Hoffer(Hofferquattro)
- Dave Lee
- Willie Ruff
- Gunther Schuller
- Mark Taylor
- Tom Varner
- Julius Watkins
