"I definitely don't overthink things--I'm a horn player." -Stefan Dohr
Stefan Dohr reflects on his stellar career and its challenges -- the audition process for the Berlin Philharmonic at 19 and his first season as principal horn sight-reading 25 operas. The "king of his instrument" (NY Chronicle) reminisces about Claudio Abbado and explains why he decided to use the pandemic hiatus for taking conducting classes with Paavo Järvi.
0:00 Intro and performance of Messiaen "Interstellar Call"
1:59 Intro to Pärnu Estonia
3:19 Start of Conversation: Luck with Auditions
7:03 Finding the Zone, Nerves
14:11 Impostor Syndrome
18:05 What a Musical Life Looks Like, Training
22:08 Balancing Daily Life and Work
26:38 Working with Paavo Järvi
27:56 Claudio Abbado
32:23 End credits
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Episode 102 • Running time: 33 minutes • Filmed in Pärnu Estonia July 2022
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