Stefan Dohr Explained

Birth Date:3 September 1965
Birth Place:Münster, West Germany
Background:non_vocal_instrumentalist
Occupation:Principal horn of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Instrument:French horn
Genre:Classical

Stefan Dohr (born September 3, 1965) is a German horn player and principal horn of the Berlin Philharmonic.

Biography

Born in Münster, Dohr obtained 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, Dohr was chosen to play principal horn of the Berlin Philharmonic.

In March 2008 he played the world premiere of a horn concerto specially composed for him by Austrian composer Herbert Willi. In 2024, he premiered Jörg Widmann's Horn Concerto.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Luporini . Elena . A tongue-in-cheek Widmann premiere in Berlin . . 1 June 2024 . de . 11 August 2024 . 10 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240810225239/https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/review-rattle-dohr-widmann-bruckner-berliner-philharmoniker-may-2024 . live .
  2. Web site: Tio nya ledamöter . Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien . 24 January 2022.