Nigel Black

Horn

Principal Horn

Nigel Black was a member of the National Youth Orchestra and the European Union Youth Orchestra. He studied at the RCM with Douglas Moore; upon leaving the RCM he became Principal Horn of Opera Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, under Claudio Abbado where he stayed for three years.

Portrait of Nigel Black

He has since been a member of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been Principal Horn of the Philharmonia Orchestra since 1993. In 1997 he led his section in a recording of Schumann’s Konzertstück for Deutsche Grammophon.

The Principal Horn Chair is endowed by John and Carol Wates in memory of Dennis Brain.

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