1. Barry Tuckwell is generally considered to have been one of the world's leading horn players.
22 Facts About Barry Tuckwell
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Barry Tuckwell was born on 5 March 1931 in Melbourne, son of Charles Tuckwell, an organist, and his wife Elizabeth.
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Barry Tuckwell had an older sister, Patricia, a violinist and fashion model widely known as "Bambi".
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Barry Tuckwell married the photographer Athol Shmith and later George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Barry Tuckwell studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music under Alan Mann, one of Australia's most influential brass players.
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Barry Tuckwell related an anecdote regarding his choice of instrument: sitting in a cafe one day with his sister Patricia, Charles Mackerras and a horn player from the local symphony, Patricia speculated on what Barry Tuckwell's future in music might be.
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At 15, Barry Tuckwell was appointed by Joseph Post as third horn with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
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Barry Tuckwell resigned from the orchestra in 1968 to pursue a career as a soloist and conductor.
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Barry Tuckwell was one of the most recorded horn soloists, having made over 50 recordings.
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Barry Tuckwell formed a wind quintet in 1968, which toured internationally.
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Barry Tuckwell was well known as a conductor, appearing with leading orchestras in Europe and the United States.
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Barry Tuckwell enjoyed a long association with the Northern Sinfonia and was appointed their Guest Conductor following an acclaimed fourteen-concert tour of North America.
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Barry Tuckwell wrote three important books on the horn and horn playing.
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Barry Tuckwell was Artist-in-Residence at Dartmouth College and Pomona College in the United States, and was Professor of Horn at the Royal Academy of Music in London from 1963 until 1974.
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Barry Tuckwell served as Distinguished Visiting Faculty at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Barry Tuckwell held the position of Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne and for several years hosted the annual Barry Tuckwell Institute at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado.
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Barry Tuckwell died in Melbourne, aged 88, on 16 January 2020 of complications from heart disease.
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Barry Tuckwell was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1965 and a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1992.
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Barry Tuckwell was an honorary member of both the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
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Barry Tuckwell was the first president of the International Horn Society and was honorary president of the British Horn Society and the patron of the Melbourne International Festival of Brass.
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Barry Tuckwell was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity.
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In 2007, Barry Tuckwell received the JC Williamson Award, the LPA's highest honour, for their life's work in live performance.