David Pyatt

David Pyatt was 14 when he became BBC Young Musician of the Year. His subsequent solo career has taken him throughout the UK, Europe, the US, Canada and Japan. He made his BBC Proms debut in 1993, and has reappeared many times since, performing Strauss’ 1st Concerto at the Last Night in 2004, televised worldwide, Oliver Knussen’s Concerto and premiering John McCabe’s concerto. He was named Gramophone’s Young Artist of the Year for his recordings of the Strauss concertos and the Britten Serenade (EMI). He went on to record the Mozart concertos with Neville Marriner and the ASMF (Radio 3’s recommended recording of these works), a horn and piano recital, Schubert’s Auf dem Strom, the Brahms Horn Trio and Mathias’s Horn Concerto (Metronome). Having been principal horn of the London Symphony Orchestra since 1998, in 2012 took up the same position with the London Philharmonic. He is now Principal Horn for the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. David is highly active in the studio world, where his playing can be heard as solo horn on the Star Wars and Harry Potter franchises, and countless other soundtracks and recordings. David Pyatt is a Professor of Horn at the Royal Academy of Music.