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This 'list of horn players' includes horn (French horn) players about whom there is a Wikipedia article.


★ Thomas Bacon (former principal horn with Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, and Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, currently is traveling soloist and clinician)

★ Georges Barboteu

★ John Barrows

★ Hermann Baumann (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

★ Paul Basler (Horn player, horn professor at University of Florida, and composer)

★ Kendall Betts (former associate principal horn with Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Cincinnati Symphony, also principal horn of the Minnesota Orchestra from 1979-2004)

★ Richard Bissill

★ Myron Bloom (principal horn of the Cleveland Orchestra (1954-1977)

★ Alfred Brain (Uncle of Dennis Brain)

★ Aubrey Brain (Father of Dennis Brain)

★ Dennis Brain (principal horn in both Royal Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestras, soloist)

★ Vitali Buyanovsky

★ Domenico Ceccarossi

★ John Cerminaro ( principal New York Philharmonic(1969-79), principal Seattle Symphony 1996-present)

★ James Chambers (principal Philadelphia Orchestra, 1942-46 and principal New York Philharmonic 1946-69)

★ 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)

★ Lisa Conway (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)

★ David Cripps (London Symphony Orchestra)

★ Peter Damm

★ Louis-François Dauprat

★ Vincent DeRosa (LA studio player)

★ Stefan Dohr

★ Marjorie Dunn

★ Pip Eastop (Professor of Horn at Royal Academy of Music in London)

★ Jonathan Eddie (The Hong Kong Symphony Orchestra, The English Chambera Orchestra, The Orchestra or The English National Opera)

★ John Entwistle

★ Eli Epstein

★ Annamia Eriksson

★ 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)

★ J.D. Shaw (Boston Brass)

★ Gottfried von Freiberg (former principal of Vienna Philharmonic, 1928-62. Premiered Strauss' Horn Concerto #2 in September of 1943.)

★ Jacques-Françoise Gallay

★ Lowell Greer (Natural horn performer)

★ Anthony Halstead

★ Douglas Hill

★ Michael Holtzel

★ Anton Horner

★ Wendell Hoss

★ Gregory Hustis (Dallas Symphony Orchestra)

★ Ifor James

★ David Jolley

★ Mason Jones (Philadelphia Orchestra)

★ Richard King

★ David Krehbiel (principal San Francisco Symphony, retired)

★ Julie Landsman (principal, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 1985-present)

★ Joseph Ignaz Leutgeb (pronounced Leitgeb in Viennese dialect)

★ Ib Lanzky-Otto

★ Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto

★ Frank Lloyd

★ John MacDonald

★ Philip Myers (principal, New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1980-present)

★ Jeff Nelsen

★ Marie-Luise Neunecker

★ David Ohanian (Canadian Brass)

★ Erich Penzel

★ Hans Pizka

★ Valery Polekh

★ Giovanni Punto

★ William Purvis

★ David Pyatt (London Symphony Orchestra)

★ Kurt Richter (principal horn at Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra 1950 - 1978, horn soloist under Karl Richter) (
★ 1915-2007)

★ Eugene Rittich

★ Eric Ruske (former associate principal horn of Cleveland Orchestra, currently chamber musician, horn soloist, and faculty at Boston University)

★ Gunther Schuller (Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra), (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra), and composer

★ Bernhard Scully (Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra)

★ Richard "Gus" Sebring (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

★ James Sommerville (Boston Symphony Orchestra)

★ Skip Snead (Transatlantic horn quartet, horn professor, University of Alabama)

★ Franz Strauss

★ James Thatcher (LA studio player)

★ Lucien Thévet

★ Michael Thompson (former principal with Philharmonia, currently teaches at Royal Academy of Music and is in-demand as a soloist/chamber musician/clinician)

★ Rick Todd

★ Barry Tuckwell (London Symphony Orchestra)

★ William Vermeulen (Houston Symphony Orchestra)

★ 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)

★ Gail Williams (associate principal, Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1984-98, horn professor Northwestern University, 1989-present)

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Use of the horn in jazz

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]):

★ Arkady Shilkloper

★ John Graas

★ Pietro Amato (Arcade Fire)

★ David Amram

★ Rick Todd

★ John Clark

★ Vincent Chancey

★ James MacDonald

★ Stephen Morley

★ Bobby Routch

★ Gunther Schuller

★ Tom Varner

★ Julius Watkins

★ Adam Unsworth

★ Willie Ruff

★ Jeff Snedeker

★ Dave Lee

★ Jim Rattigan

★ Alex Brofsky

★ Mark Taylor

★ Bill Hoyt