David Pyatt
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David Pyatt | |
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Birth name | David John Pyatt |
Born | Watford, England | 26 September 1973
Genres | Classical |
Instruments | French horn |
Associated acts | London Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra |
David John Pyatt (born horn player from Watford, England. In 1988, aged 14, he became the then youngest winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition. In 1996 Gramophone Magazine announced David Pyatt as their Young Artist of the Year. Pyatt studied at Watford Grammar School for Boys, followed by Selwyn College, Cambridge.[1]
26 September 1973) is aHis subsequent solo career saw his debut at the BBC Proms in 1993 performing Strauss' Second Horn Concerto. In 2004, he played Strauss' First Horn Concerto at the Last Night of The Proms, and also appeared at the Edinburgh Festival playing Weber's Concertino for Horn and Orchestra.
Pyatt was Principal Horn of the London Symphony Orchestra from the 1998/9 season.
In 2013, Pyatt joined the London Philharmonic Orchestra as joint principal. In 2019, he was appointed principal horn of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
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- Artist profile at
- Profile at BBC Young Musician of the Year
- Biography at Concert Artist
- ^ PYATT, David John, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
- People educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys
- British classical horn players
- Living people
- 1974 births
- Academics of the Royal Academy of Music
- London Symphony Orchestra players
- Eurovision Young Musicians Finalists
- People from Watford
- Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge