Ifor James

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Richard Ifor James (born August 30, 1931 in Carlisle , England , † December 23, 2004 in Titisee-Neustadt ) was a British horn player .

Life

James' mother was a famous pianist and the father was a leading cornet player. At the age of four he played the cornet in a brass band and at the age of seven he played the trumpet every evening in the theater. James was a professional footballer for five years.

In 1949 he began studying horn with Aubrey Brain . He was soon successful with the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra .

Later James played in London as the first horn player with all major orchestras and numerous well-known chamber music ensembles a. a. Principal horn of the English Chamber Orchestra and horn player in the world-famous Philip Jones Brass Ensemble . From 1961 Philip Jones and Elgar Howarth (trumpets), Ifor James (horn), John Iveson (trombone) and John Fletcher ( tuba ) formed a brass quintet. Other musicians were added later.

Ifor James was first professor for horn at the Royal Academy of Music and at the Royal Northern College in Manchester, then at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg im Breisgau . There he became one of the most successful teachers and horn soloists in the world. He died in 2004 in his home in Titisee-Neustadt after fighting cancer for several years.

Works

James was a composer (81 works) and author of specialist books (five publications).

student

Numerous horn players were students of James, including Norbert Stertz (university professor), Frank Lloyd (soloist and university professor) , Matthias Berg (soloist), Tobias Schnirring (Gewandhausorchester Leipzig), Robert Teutsch (Tonhalleorchester Zürich), Lars Magnus (Symphony Orchestra Basel), Arek Saternus (Philharmonic Orchestra Freiburg), Werner Kolbinger (Philharmonic Orchestra Freiburg)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The British Horn Society: News Archive 2005, Ifor James, 1931-2004 ( Memento of July 22, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) . Retrieved July 13, 2012