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About
HOWARD WALL, horn
"STELLAR... CAPTIVATING RICH TONE... EVERY NOTE IS A GEM... LEGENDARY LOW REGISTER... IMPECCABLE INTONATION and VIRTUOSITY" - The Horn Call
Howard Wall was a long-time member of the New York Philharmonic (holding The Ruth F. and Allan J. Broder Chair), where he joined the horn section in 1994, after having been a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra for almost 20 years, and a former member of the Phoenix and Denver Symphony Orchestras. Howard Wall also performs and records with the All-Star Orchestra. Mr. Wall has appeared as soloist with the New York Philharmonic in Schumann’s Konzertstück for Four Horns multiple times in New York, as well as on New York Philharmonic tours in Europe and South America. An avid chamber musician, he was a member of the Philadelphia Chamber Brass, and appeared regularly at the New York Philharmonic Ensembles series and the Very Young Composers series throughout his New York Philharmonic tenure. He currently performs regularly at the New York Chamber Music Festival, the Red Rocks Music Festival, with the Delphinium Trio, the Amram Ensemble, and tours internationally in a duo with his wife, former Metropolitan Opera concertmaster Elmira Darvarova. He can be heard on numerous CD albums with solo and chamber compositions, recorded for a number of various labels, including Philips, Cala Records, Urlicht AudioVisual, Navona and Affetto. (Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/artist/16xKiFoWcNlYPjVqB9hs7P ). Some collaborative recordings include the CD "Take 9", featuring the New York Philharmonic horn section and the American Horn Quartet, as well as the "New York Legends" CD album featuring former Principal Horn of the New York Philharmonic Philip Myers, and the album “Offroad” featuring trombonist James Markey (formerly Associate Principal of the New York Philharmonic and presently bass trombonist of the Boston Symphony), as well as the Canadian Brass Gabrieli album recorded for Philips. Howard Wall recorded Poulenc’s Elégie for Horn and Piano with world-renowned French pianist Pascal Rogé. Mr. Wall has also recorded (twice) David Amram’s Blues and Variations for Monk for Solo Horn, and gave its European Premiere in Paris. Among Howard Wall’s most recent CD albums is the just-released (May 2026) double CD-album "Kaleidoscope: Music from a Thousand Years" and the highly-praised "Astor Piazzolla - Genius of Tango" (a double-CD album presenting the world premiere recordings of many duo and trio arrangements by Mr. Wall, and remaining for many weeks on Spotify’s selections’ list), as well as the 2-Volume anthology "Horn Trios from Mozart to Piazzolla and beyond" (Vol. 1 released in 2024, Vol. 2 released in 2025, each volume a double-CD album). Other recent album releases are: "Music from Five Centuries" (a double-CD album presenting the world premiere recordings of many duo arrangements by Mr. Wall), "Phillip Ramey: Music for French Horn" (which climbed to No. 23 on the Billboard Charts, and reached Amazon’s No.1 best-seller status in Chamber Music), "Horn Trios by Brahms, Kahn, Koechlin and Dubois", "American Music for Violin and Horn", "Chamber Music by José Serebrier", "Music by Women", and two albums of works for Solo Horn: "Horn Monologues", and "Music for One Horn" (all released on Affetto/Naxos). Horn Call Magazine praised Howard Wall’s “legendary low register” in his recent recordings, noting his ”impeccable intonation and stellar virtuosity”, mentioning that “every note is a gem”. Fanfare Magazine has published interviews featuring Howard Wall, and the New York Philharmonic published on their social media sites a solo horn recording by Howard Wall of Dante Yenque's composition "Tonada y Joropo". Mr. Wall has performed chamber music in sold-out concerts on numerous occasions at Carnegie Hall, as well as at prestigious venues in the United States, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, France, and the United Kingdom. Howard Wall began playing the horn at age ten and earned his bachelor’s degree in music performance at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He made his Carnegie Hall debut at age 19 performing Schumann’s Konzertstück for Four Horns. He performed the same work again as soloist with orchestra at Carnegie Hall in 2012, and in London at the 2015 International Horn Society Workshop, and also as soloist with the New York Philharmonic multiple times in New York, and on international tours in Europe and South America, conducted by Kurt Masur and Lorin Maazel.
Howard Wall was among the performers awarded Gold Medal and Top Honors at the 2018 Global Music Awards.
Gold Medal, 2018 Global Music Awards
After a spectacular career as a long-time member of two of the world's greatest orchestras - The Philadelphia Orchestra and The New York Philharmonic - Howard Wall forges ahead with CD albums, and chamber and solo appearances at festivals worldwide
NEW CD ALBUM
JUST RELEASED (May 15, 2026): "KALEIDOSCOPE: Music from a Thousand Years" - a double CD-album with 51 tracks
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