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Barry Tuckwell

An Australian horn player

He is the one of the most recorded horn soloists, having made over 50 recordings. He has received three Grammy Award nominations.

In 1962 he formed a trio with Brenton Langbein (violin) and Maureen Jones (piano) for a performance of the Horn Trio by Don Banks which was commissioned by the Edinburgh Festival. The trio played together for many years, touring in Europe, Asia and Australia until the death of Brenton Langbein. They recorded the Banks Trio, the Brahms Trio, and Quatre Petites Pièces by Charles Koechlin for Tudor records.

He formed a wind quintet in 1968, which also toured internationally.

Tuckwell is also well known as a conductor, appearing with leading orchestras in Europe and the United States. For four seasons he was Chief Conductor of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and in 1982 founded the Maryland Symphony Orchestra. He enjoyed a long association with the Northern Sinfonia and was appointed their Guest Conductor following an acclaimed fourteen-concert tour of North America.

Recordings as a conductor include three CDs with the London Symphony Orchestra of music by Dvořák, Elgar and Wagner. More recently, he conducted the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in an ABC Classics recording of the Mozart horn concertos with soloist Lin Jiang and The Queensland Orchestra for Melba Recordings of horn concertos with Ben Jacks.

Works written for TuckwellMany composers have written works for Barry Tuckwell. Oliver Knussen, Don Banks, Gunther Schuller, Robin Holloway, and Thea Musgrave have written concertos; Richard Rodney Bennett wrote "Acteon" for horn and large orchestra.

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The Melbourne International Festival of Brass

Organization

HISTORY

Conceived in 2003 by successful professional musicians Geoff Collinson and Michael Bertoncello, the Melbourne International Festival of Brass arose out of the need to inspire the Australian brass scene, including students, professionals, amateurs and brass educators at all levels. Due to ever tightening budgets that ignore artistic product there existed a need for such a project arising from a perceived lack of inspiration in the tertiary music environment.

Geoff and Michael approached professional artists from all around the globe and put them together with our home grown talent to establish an MIFB Artist core. This Artist core has continued to pass on the knowledge of their experience to inspire Victorian and Australian brass musicians and enthusiasts over the last 6 years.

A boon for the Melbourne International Festival of Brass was the appointment of Honorary Patron, Barry Tuckwell. Barry Tuckwell was the principal horn player of the London Symphony for thirteen years, is regarded as the world's most recorded horn player, and remains an international soloist, chamber musician, teacher and is the past president and honorary member of the International Horn Society.

The festival is the first of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region and is unique in the world with its range of instruments, styles, educational programs and concerts.

The festival has been run by a team of dedicated volunteers, some of whom have gained employment in the arts sector as a direct result of their experience and involvement in the festival.

MIFB ARTISTS

2008

Australian Brass Quintet, B# Big Band, Barry Tuckwell, Ben Jacks, David Elton, David King, Gail Williams, Jens Lindemann, Jon Sass, Michael Bertoncello, National Australia Brass, Shannon Pittaway, Tristram Williams, Victorian State Youth Brass Band, Wayne Bergeron, Wycliffe Gordon

2007

Barry Tuckwell, Brisbane Excelsior Band, David Childs, Jens Bjorn-Larsen, Mnozil Brass, Ralph Sauer, Stefan Dohr, James Thompson, Wycliffe Gordon

2006

Barry Tuckwell, Brisbane Excelsior Band, Bobby Shew, Hugh Seenan, MIFB Big Band, Randall Hawes, Rex Richardson, Robert Johnson, Scott Tinkler, Sergio Carolino

2005

Barry Tuckwell, Rex Richardson, Alan Vizzutti, Bill Watrous, Oystein Baadsvik, James Morrison, Michelle Perry, Anne Jelle-Visser

2004

American Horn Quartet, Barry Tuckwell, Donna Parkes, Eijiro Nakagawa, Hector McDonald, Jim Pugh, Orchestra Victoria Brass, Oystein Baadsvik, RAAF Big Band, Roger Webster, Ross Irwin Big Band, Scott Tinkler, Yoram Levy

2003

Barry Tuckwell, David Childs, Geoffrey Payne, James Morrison, Melbourne Staff Band, Michael Mulcahy, Niklaud Ekland, Oystein Baadsvik, Stockholm Chamber Brass,