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==Notable horn players== {{See also|List of horn players}} <!-- We do not need any more examples on this page. If you want to add more, please do so on the List of horn players article. At the very minimum, people on this list must have an article on the English Wikipedia. --> *[[Hermann Baumann (musician)|Hermann Baumann]] – 1964 winner of the [[ARD International Music Competition]] and former principal horn in various orchestras, including the [[Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra]] *[[Radek Baborák]] – famous Czech horn player, former principal horn in [[Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]], 1994 winner of the [[ARD International Music Competition]], winner of the [[Concertino Praga]] in 1988 and 1990, holder of a [[Grammy Award]] (1995) *[[Aubrey Brain]] – celebrated British horn player, father of Dennis Brain and a champion of the French style of instrument *[[Dennis Brain]] – former principal horn of the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] and the [[Philharmonia Orchestra]], with whom [[Herbert von Karajan]] made well-known recordings of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s [[Horn Concertos (Mozart)|horn concertos]] *[[Alan Civil]] – former principal horn of the [[Philharmonia Orchestra]], the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]], and the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]] *[[John Cerminaro]] – former principal horn of the [[Seattle Symphony]], [[New York Philharmonic]], and [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]] *[[Dale Clevenger]] – former principal horn of the [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]] (1966–2013) *[[Vincent DeRosa]] – former principal horn for a number of [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]] studios and composers including [[John Williams]] *[[Stefan Dohr]] – current principal horn, [[Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]] *[[Richard Dunbar]] – a player of the French horn, playing in the free jazz scene *[[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 (musician)|Douglas Hill]] – former principal horn of the [[Madison Symphony Orchestra]], notable teacher and composer *[[Julie Landsman]] – former Principal Horn for the [[Metropolitan Opera]] and well-known horn pedagogue *[[Stefan de Leval Jezierski]] – longest serving horn, [[Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]] *[[Philip Myers (musician)|Philip Myers]] – former principal horn of the [[New York Philharmonic]] *[[Jeff Nelsen]] – [[Canadian Brass]] hornist 2000–2004, 2007–2010; [[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, 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 Philharmonic Orchestra]] *[[Gunther Schuller]] – former principal horn of the [[Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra]] and [[Metropolitan Opera|Metropolitan Opera Orchestra]], and played with [[Miles Davis]] *[[Lucien_Thévet|Lucien Thévet]] - Principal horn of the [[Orchestre_de_la_Société_des_Concerts_du_Conservatoire|Paris Conservatoire Orchestra]], of the [[Orchestre_de_l%27Opéra_national_de_Paris|Orchestre de l'Opéra Natiobal de Paris]], notable teacher and author of several books on horn playing *[[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 (East Berlin)|Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra]], and professor at the [[Mozarteum University of Salzburg]] *[[Sarah Willis (hornist)|Sarah Willis]] – first female brass-player in the [[Berlin Philharmonic|Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]], US-born, British ambassador for the horn and classical music through television programs such as ''Sarah's Music'' on [[Deutsche Welle]]. 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]], journalist [[Chuck Todd]], [[The Who]] bassist and singer [[John Entwistle]], and rapper and record producer [[B.o.B]].<ref>{{Cite book|title = A Devil to Play|last = Rees|first = Jasper|publisher = HarperCollins|year = 2009}}</ref>
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