John Paul Cerminaro, Jr. (born April 7, 1947) is an American horn player who is best known for his principal tenures with two notable American orchestras, the New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He is currently principal horn of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
Cerminaro was born in Grimes County, Texas, to John and Frances (Felder) Cerminaro, both public school music educators. He was raised in Dallas, where he studied horn wi...
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John Paul Cerminaro, Jr. (born April 7, 1947) is an American horn player who is best known for his principal tenures with two notable American orchestras, the New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He is currently principal horn of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
Cerminaro was born in Grimes County, Texas, to John and Frances (Felder) Cerminaro, both public school music educators. He was raised in Dallas, where he studied horn with Alfred Resch. His solo debut performance came with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the age of 16. Following his graduation from Sunset High School in Dallas, Cerminaro studied at the Juilliard School, where he was awarded an Elsie and Walter W. Naumburg Scholarship. He was a student at the Aspen Music Festival and is currently permanent principal horn of the Aspen Festival Orchestra.
In 1969 Cerminaro joined the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein. Other conductors he played under in New York include Erich Leinsdorf, Zubin Mehta...
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