Stefan Dohr is one of the most popular and richest Horn Player who was born on September 3, 1965 in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Apart from the solo-repertoires of the romantic and classical period, Stefan Dohr’s passion is centered on works from the present e.g. composed by Gyorgy Ligeti Oliver Knussen and Volker David Kirchner. In March 2008, he performed an orchestral horn work that was the first in the world specifically written for him by Austrian composer Herbert Willi.
His appearances as a highly sought-after chamber musician span a variety of ensembles with his philharmonic friends as well as performances with collaborators like Maurizio Pollini Lars Vogt, Kolja Blacher, Ian Bostridge. In addition, the musician is a regular participant in the Ensemble Wien Berlin. The group has celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2008 by performing a number of concerts. Among them was ones at the Lucerne Festival, where the ensemble gave the world premiere performance of a piece written composed by Australian composer Brett Dean.
Then, in July of 2007, the album “Opera” that Stefan Dohr had recorded with his colleagues from his band, the Berlin Philharmonic Horn Section was released.
