Bio

David Johnson is a Licentiate
of the Royal College of Music
in London. He is currently
professor of horn at the
Conservatorio della Svizzera
Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland
and has held principal horn
positions in the Boston
Opera Orchestra,
Niedersaechsisches
Staatsorchester Hannover,
Philharmonia Hungarica, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Basel and the Bern Symphony. Before moving to the Conservatorio in Lugano, Mr. Johnson taught at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg, Berne and Winterthur-Zurich. As a solist, he won the Geneva International Horn Competition and the Swiss Prize in 1985 and with the American Horn Quartet, which he founded in 1982, he has won competitions in Hungary (1989), Belgium (1991) and Japan (1992) in addition to recording 8 CDs to date. Mr. Johnson has served as a judge for many prestigious horn competitions, regularly conducts master classes around the world and hosts the Horncamps! summer horn workshop.