Encounters
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Michel Becquet
Interview
A young Michel Becquet challenges orchestral habits, champions the trombone as a solo voice and reflects on competitions, repertoire, teaching and sound.
By Benny Sluchin
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Hermann Baumann
A virtuoso's career
A career built on sound, memory and the natural horn shows how Hermann Baumann helped redefine what a horn soloist could be on the international stage.
By Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Jazz and the Horn Series • Part 8
Dale Clevenger
Principal horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Dale Clevenger spent his Tuesday evenings playing jazz, discovering a freedom that classical training alone could not provide.
By Jeffrey Agrell
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Maurice André
Biography
From the mine to the Conservatoire: Maurice André recalls his early years—revealing the chance, discipline, and destiny behind one of the greatest trumpet careers.
By Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Maurice André
Biography
Maurice André reflects on maturity—balancing performance, recordings and teaching, refining his approach to instruments and audience, and preparing for the limits of a virtuoso career.
By Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Maurice André
Biography
From circus gigs to Bach with Karajan: Maurice André reveals how relentless work, discipline, and daily technical refinement shaped one of the greatest trumpet careers.
By Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Barry Tuckwell
Interview
Between the London Symphony Orchestra, international solo tours and Mozart or Strauss concertos, Barry Tuckwell reflects on sound, risk and musical instinct.
By Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Jazz and the Horn Series • Part 6
Peter Gordon
Classically trained but drawn elsewhere, Peter Gordon made the horn at home in jazz, studios and popular music without abandoning its orchestral foundations.
By Jeffrey Agrell
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Jazz and the Horn Series • Part 5
Tom Varner
Choosing jazz over the orchestral path, Tom Varner confronts the horn’s stiffness, projection and unlikely place as a front-line improvising voice.
By Jeffrey Agrell
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Part 6
How and why I became a musician
In wartime Switzerland, an unexpected encounter in Basel gives Edouard Gros his first F tuba, opening a new musical path amid military service and orchestral rivalries.
By Edouard Gros
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Jazz and the Horn Series • Part 7
John Clark
John Clark made the horn a jazz voice on its own terms, balancing improvisation, studio realities and an instrument still fighting to escape classical expectations.
By Jeffrey Agrell
Jazz and the Horn Series • Part 10
Claudio Pontiggia
By Jeremy Mathez
Jazz and the Horn Series • Part 9
Richard Todd
By Jeffrey Agrell
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Jazz and the Horn Series • Part 4
Thomas Bacon
Classical discipline meets jazz-rock freedom as Thomas Bacon confronts improvisation, stylistic crossover and the physical demands placed on the horn.
By Jeffrey Agrell
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Jazz and the Horn Series • Part 2
Julius Watkins
A pioneering career, landmark recordings and collaborations with jazz legends gave the French horn a place it had never occupied before.
By Jeffrey Agrell
Emory Brace Remington
A Profile
“The trombone must sing.” Ralph Sauer profiles Emory Remington—legendary teacher whose vocal approach shaped generations and redefined brass pedagogy.
By Ralf Sauer
Jouko Harjanne, talent from the North
By Jeremy Mathez
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Paolo Longinotti (1913-1963)
His career
A virtuoso of Ansermet’s orchestra, piccolo-trumpet pioneer and mentor to Maurice André, Longinotti’s brilliance was matched by a devastating final chapter.
By Jean-Pierre Mathez
Thomas Müller
Horns, Schnapps, and Cars
By Jean-Pierre Mathez
Eran Levi: top talent on the euphonium
By Jean-Pierre Mathez
Maurice Jarre
Head in the stars
By Jean-Pierre Mathez
Stanley Friedman sound from the pen...
By Jean-Pierre Mathez
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Meeting with Ib Lansky-Otto
“You cannot explain music — you have to play it.” A rare and elusive encounter with horn player Ib Lansky-Otto.
By Jean-Pierre Mathez
Bob Brookmeyer
What note do you want to play ?
By Willem Ouwerkerk