Horn (instrument) - Notable Horn Players

Notable Horn Players

• Hermann Baumann – 1964 winner of the ARD International Music Competition and former principal horn in various orchestras, including the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.
• Radek Baborak – Famous Czech horn player, former principal horn in Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Winner of the Concertino Praga in 1988 and 1990, holder of a Grammy Award (1995).
• Dennis Brain – former principal horn of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia, with whom Herbert von Karajan made well-known recordings of Mozart's horn concertos.
• John Cerminaro – current principal horn of the Seattle Symphony and former principal horn of the New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
• Roger-Luc Chayer – Lyrical French horn France and Canada. Cannes Symphony (1989–1991), Nice Opera (1984–1991), Toulouse National Capitole Symphony (1992). Solo recordings.
• Dale Clevenger – current principal horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
• Vincent DeRosa – former principal horn for a number of Hollywood studios and composers including John Williams.
• 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 the February 8, 2006.
• Philip Farkas – former principal horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, developer of the Holton-Farkas horn and author of several books on horn and brass playing.
• Douglas Hill– former principal horn of the Madison Symphony Orchestra. notable teacher and composer
• Philip Myers – principal horn of the New York Philharmonic since 1980.
• Jeff Nelsen – Canadian Brass hornist since 2000 and Indiana University Jacobs School of Music horn faculty since 2006.
• Giovanni Punto – horn virtuoso and hand-stopping pioneer, after whom the International Horn Society's annual horn playing award is named. He was also a violinist, concertmaster and composer.
• David Pyatt – winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in 1988 and current principal horn of the London Symphony Orchestra.
• Gunther Schuller – former principal horn of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and played with Miles Davis.
• Barry Tuckwell – former principal horn of the London Symphony Orchestra and author of several books on horn playing.
• Radovan Vlatković – 1983 winner of the ARD International Music Competition, former principal horn and soloist of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and professor at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg.
• William VerMeulen – Internationally renown horn soloist and former principal horn of Honolulu Symphony Orchestra current principal Horn of the Houston Symphony Orchestra and professor at Rice University reputed to have the highest placement rating of his students in American Orchestras.
• Stefan Dohr – current principal horn, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

People who are more notable for their other achievements, but also play the horn, include actors Ewan McGregor and David Ogden Stiers, comedian and television host Jon Stewart, The Who bassist and singer John Entwistle, and rapper and record producer B.o.B.