Gary Graffman with Barry Tuckwell

Barry Tuckwell is the most recognizable name in solo horn playing in the latter half of the 20th century, but he is also revered as a conductor, educator, and author. He was present at the first horn workshops and was the first president of the IHS. At age 15, Barry joined the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as third horn, moving to Sydney a year later to study with Alan Mann at the Sydney Conservatorium and play assistant to Mann in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

Tuckwell will perform alongside Gary Graffman, a major figure in the music world since his debut with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra at the age of eighteen. For the next three decades he toured almost continuously, playing the most demanding works in the piano literature.