Stefan Dohr: a portrait
The French horn is closely associated with the expressive world of the Romantic period due to its warm and mysterious sound. One of the outstanding players of this instrument is Stefan Dohr, principal horn with the Berliner Philharmoniker since 1993, who you can get to know in this short portrait from the series The Berliner Philharmoniker and their Instruments.
After holding principal horn positions in Frankfurt, Nice and with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Dohr took over the same post with the Berliner Philharmoniker in 1993. He can be heard with the orchestra not only in the great horn solos of the symphonic repertoire, but also as the soloist in horn concertos, including premieres of works dedicated to him by composers such as Toshio Hosokawa and Wolfgang Rihm. Here, Dohr talks about the partnership with his instrument, which was made by the famous Mainz manufacturer, Gebrüder Alexander. He also discusses the particularly strong team spirit in the horn section, the largest group of all the winds.
A film by Torben Jacobsen (2017)
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