German Classical Horn Players - Stefan Dohr, Hermann Baumann, Franz Strauss, Peter Damm, Anton Joseph Hampel, Hermann Neuling, Heinrich Hubler (Paperback)

Chapters: Stefan Dohr, Hermann Baumann, Franz Strauss, Peter Damm, Anton Joseph Hampel, Hermann Neuling, Heinrich Hubler, Max Hess. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Stefan Dohr (born 1965 in Munster) is a German horn player and currently the principal horn of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Berliner Philharmoniker). Apart from being a sought-after masterclass teacher, he teaches the horn at the Herbert von Karajan Academy. Stefan Dohr studied with Prof. Wolfgang Wilhelmi at the Musikhochschule in Essen and with Prof. Erich Penzel in Cologne before obtaining the Solo Horn position of the Frankfurt Opera House at the age of 19. He held the same position with the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. In 1993 Stefan Dohr was chosen to play principal horn of the Berlin Philharmonic. As soloist Stefan Dohr has worked with many celebrated conductors, among them Daniel Barenboim, Bernhard Haitink and Christian Thielemann as well as Claudio Abbado, who also invited him to appear as principal horn with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Besides the solo-repertoire of the classic and romantic period, Stefan Dohrs interest is focused on contemporary works e.g. by Gyorgy Ligeti, Oliver Knussen and Volker David Kirchner. In March 2008 he played the world premiere of a horn concerto especially composed for him by Austrian composer Herbert Willi. His engagements as a sought after chamber musician include various ensembles with his philharmonic colleagues as well performances with partners such as Maurizio Pollini, Lars Vogt, Kolja Blacher, Ian Bostridge. He is also a constant member of the Ensemble Wien-Berlin. This Group will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2008 with a series of conce...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=302143