Barry Emmanuel Tuckwell AC, OBE (b. 5 March 1931), is an Australian French horn player who has spent most of his professional life in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Barry Tuckwell was born on 5 March 1931 in Melbourne. He comes from a distinguished musical family, all of whose members were endowed with perfect pitch, and he was able to read music before he could read words. After studying the piano, organ, and violin as a chorister at ...
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Barry Emmanuel Tuckwell AC, OBE (b. 5 March 1931), is an Australian French horn player who has spent most of his professional life in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Barry Tuckwell was born on 5 March 1931 in Melbourne. He comes from a distinguished musical family, all of whose members were endowed with perfect pitch, and he was able to read music before he could read words. After studying the piano, organ, and violin as a chorister at St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, he was introduced to the horn at age 13 and was playing professionally within six months. He studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music under Alan Mann, one of Australia's most influential brass players. Tuckwell has said, "The horn chose me. Right from the beginning, it was something I knew I could do."
Tuckwell relates an anecdote regarding his choice of instrument: sitting in a cafe one day with his sister Patricia, Charles Mackerras and a French horn player from the local symphony, Patricia speculated on...
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