Name James Sommerville | Role Hornist | |
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Albums Mozart Horn Concertos, Ballet Suites, Violin Concertos Music group Boston Symphony Orchestra (Since 1998) Awards Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment Nominations Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Vocal or Choral Performance Similar People John Ferrillo, Mario Bernardi, Edwin Barker, Malcolm Lowe, Steven Ansell | ||
It s your bso exclusive interview with james sommerville principal french horn
James Sommerville is a Canadian orchestral hornist and conductor. He is the current principal hornist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and former Conductor and Music Director of the Hamilton Philharmonic, in Hamilton, Ontario.
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- It s your bso exclusive interview with james sommerville principal french horn
- James sommerville principal horn
- Early life and education
- Career
- References
James sommerville principal horn
Early life and education
Sommerville was born in Women's College Hospital in Toronto in 1962. He attended high school at UTS and later studied at the University of Western Ontario with Robert Creech and then at the University of Toronto with Eugene Rittich.
Career
Sommerville was associate principal horn of the Montreal Symphony (Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal) (1986–1991), acting principal horn of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (1996–1998), and third horn of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (1997). He was principal horn of the Canadian Opera Company and Symphony Nova Scotia. Sommerville joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as principal horn in 1998. He directed the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra from 2007 to 2015.
Sommerville has also performed and recorded internationally as a chamber musician and soloist and teaches at the Longy School of Music and the New England Conservatory of Music. He is heard on recordings on CBC, Marquis, Deutsche Grammophon, and Decca labels.
Somerville inspired the creation of Elliott Carter's 2006 Horn Concerto, which he premiered with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in November 2007.
