Barry Tuckwell

Barry Tuckwell was perhaps the world's most renowned French horn player and was one of the most recorded hornists in history. An orchestral professional by the age of 15 and a pioneer as a soloist, he was an inspiration to horn players from around the world. Tuckwell was born in Melbourne on March 5, 1931. He first studied violin and piano with his father and older brother and was a chorister at St. Andrew's Cathedral in Sydney, where he also served as organist. He began to study horn at 13 with Alan Mann of the Sydney Conservatory. He made such rapid progress that he became ...