ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Hannah L. and J. Welles Henderson Chair
Jeffrey Lang is an orchestral horn player, educator, and studio musician in the greater New York-Philadelphia area. He is the associate principal horn of The Philadelphia Orchestra and is currently on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music. Formerly principal horn of the Israel Philharmonic and the American Symphony Orchestra, he has also performed as guest principal horn of the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the New York City Opera, and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
Mr. Lang studied at the Juilliard School and Temple University. He has given master classes in Israel, Finland, Korea, China, and the United States. He is a frequent soloist and has appeared with such conductors as Zubin Mehta, Mung-Whun Chung, Kurt Masur, Cristian Măcelaru, and Rossen Milanov. Chamber music performances at home and abroad have included concerts with Bella Davidovitch, Diane Walsh, Simone Dinnerstein, Melvin Chen, Natalie Zhu, Juliette Kang, the Israel Piano Trio, the Wister Quartet, the Canadian Brass, the Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. He has participated in the Kingston Chamber Music Festival, Bard Summerscape, OK Mozart, and the Spoleto Festival.
Mr. Lang records for several TV, film, and commercial artists in the metropolitan area and was principal horn of Disney’s long running Broadway hit Beauty and the Beast. His solo horn album, One World Horn, is a project for charity presenting unaccompanied horn works from around the world. A live recording of Richard Wilson’s Triple Concerto for Horn, Marimba, and Bass Clarinet with the American Symphony Orchestra is also available on Apple Music.
Mr. Lang is a Conn-Selmer Artist and an active member of the Recording Academy, the International Horn Society, and the American Federation of Musicians.
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