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 Mozart's 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 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 – 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 – 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 Orchestra, and played with Miles Davis Barry Tuckwell – former principal horn of the London Symphony Orchestra and author of several books on horn playing William VerMeulen – horn soloist and former principal horn of Honolulu Symphony Orchestra current principal Horn of the Houston Symphony Orchestra and professor at Rice University 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 Sarah Willis – first female brass-player in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, US-born, British ambassador for the horn and classical music through television programs such as Sarah's Music on Deutsche Welle.
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 Mozart's 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 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 – 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 – 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 Orchestra, and played with Miles Davis Barry Tuckwell – former principal horn of the London Symphony Orchestra and author of several books on horn playing William VerMeulen – horn soloist and former principal horn of Honolulu Symphony Orchestra current principal Horn of the Houston Symphony Orchestra and professor at Rice University 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 Sarah Willis – first female brass-player in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra US-born, British ambassador for the horn and classical music through television programs such as Sarah's Music on Deutsche Welle.