As the festive season entered its last lap, I dug out the new diary and filled in the concerts for January coverage. When I reached Thursday 31, I experienced a triple thrill, eagerly penning in the ...

Compare for yourself. Here's what the finale of Brahms' Horn Trio sounds like on the natural (valveless) horn. John Zirbel, principal horn player for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, recently joined ...

According to Tom Lord's Jazz Discography, the French horn in jazz dates back to 1921. By the 1930s, the instrument was popping up on recordings by Bing Crosby and Woody Herman. In the 1940s, Artie ...

French horn player Felix Klieser is one of today’s leading instrumentalists, who recently finished a two-year residency with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Felix Klieser is a German professional ...

will be playing twice this week in West Michigan. , is a chamber ensemble that performs arrangements of pop music, including re-working Sisqo's "Thong Song" or Lady GaGa's "Bad Romance." The foursome, ...

A new study has found further evidence that French horn players are one of the most at-risk groups of developing noise-induced hearing loss among professional orchestral musicians. Professional French ...

Felix Klieser’s bio follows the same format as most classical musicians’ promotional literature. There’s a bit about his early studies – in this case, at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and ...

Felix Klieser was born with no arms, so uses his feet to do most things. This includes eating, dressing, writing ... and being a professional French horn player. The musician has toured with Sting, is ...

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (September 24, 2013) — Professional French horn players may need to seriously consider adopting effective strategies to prevent noise induced hearing loss (NIHL). A new study ...