Jeffrey Lang
Horn
Performance
Jeffrey Lang, associate principal horn of the Philadelphia Orchestra, has enjoyed an international career as principal horn with major orchestras and as a sought-after soloist and chamber musician.
Jeffrey Lang serves as associate principal horn of the Philadelphia Orchestra and maintains a thriving horn studio at the renowned Curtis Institute of Music. A New Jersey native, he has enjoyed an international career as principal horn of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the American Symphony Orchestra, and guest principal with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and New York City Opera. As an in-demand soloist, he has appeared with conductors Zubin Mehta, Mung-Whun Chung, Kurt Masur, and Cristian Macelaru. Chamber music performances in the U.S. and abroad have included concerts with pianists Bella Davidovitch, Simone Dinnerstein, Melvin Chen, Natalie Zhu, and Sarah Rothenberg, and chamber groups Israel Piano Trio, Wister Quartet, Canadian Brass, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. He has also performed at the Kingston Chamber Music Festival, Bard Summerscape, OK Mozart, and the Spoleto Festival.
Mr. Lang studied at the Juilliard School and Temple University, and has given masterclasses in Israel, Finland, Korea, China and the U.S. He has recorded for several TV, film, and commercial artists in the NY 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.
He is a Conn-Selmer artist, and an active member of the Recording Academy, the International Horn Society, and the American Federation of Musicians. Mr. Lang joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 2012.
