Philip MyersFrench Horn
Profile:Philip Myers joined the New
York Philharmonic as Principal French Horn in January 1980. A frequent soloist
with the Philharmonic, he made his solo debut during his first month with the
Orchestra in the premiere of William Schuman’s Three Colloquies for French Horn
and Orchestra. He has appeared as a Philharmonic soloist on numerous occasions,
most recently in Mozart’s Horn Concerto No. 4, conducted by Roberto Minczuk, in
November 2003. He has also performed in Schumann’s Conzertstück for Four Horns,
under Kurt Masur in May 2001, and Benjamin Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn,
and Strings led by André Previn in October 2001.
Mr. Myers began his orchestral career in 1971 with a three-year term as
principal horn of the Atlantic Symphony in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was third
horn with the Pittsburgh Symphony from 1974 until 1977. As principal horn of
the Minnesota Orchestra for a season and a half, he made a solo debut with that
ensemble in 1979, performing Richard Strauss’s Horn Concerto No. 1, Neville
Marriner conducting. A native of Elkhart, Indiana, Mr. Myers holds two degrees
from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Mr. Myers plays Engelbert Schmid
French horns.
