10/17/2022
Thomas Jöstlein will be the soloist in the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's performance at Jesse Auditorium on October 25th!
Jöstlein has been the Associate Principal Horn of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra since 2010. Previously, he was the New York Philharmonic's Assistant Principal Horn under Lorin Maazel. He was on three major tours, including the historic live broadcast from North Korea (2008). He has held positions with the Honolulu, Omaha, Richmond, and Kansas City Symphony Orchestras, and performed in the Brevard, Napa Valley, Classical Tahoe, Britt, and Eastern Music Festivals, among others.
Jöstlein loves spreading the lessons of his mentors: Arnold Jacobs, Roger Rocco, and William VerMeulen. He was Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Illinois, taught several weeks at Indiana University in 2014 in both natural and un-natural (valved) horn, and has held adjunct positions at Saint Louis University, the University of Hawaii and at Virginia Commonwealth University.
As a soloist, Jöstlein won first prize in the professional division of the American Horn Competition (2003), and the grand prize at the Hugo Kauder Music Competition at Yale University (2005), earning a recital at Merkin Concert Hall in NYC. He has appeared with the SLSO as a soloist on several occasions, playing Schumann's Concertstück for Four Horns and Orchestra and the Vivaldi Double Concerto with Chris Dwyer under Nicholas McGegan.
He appears on several recordings, notably Tony Bennett’s Duets II album, along with his sister, Barbara Jöstlein Currie, Fourth Horn of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. On the natural (classical) horn, he has performed the Haydn D-Major concerto and the Brahms Trio with Stephanie Chase and Brian Connelly, and with the Boulder Bach Festival.
Jöstlein performs on a triple horn by J. Patterson, on natural horns by R. Seraphinoff and L.J. Raoux (ca. 1820), and on a Vanon alphorn.
He lives in University City with wife and fellow horn player, Tricia, and sons, Klaus and Max.
Hear him play R. Strauss's Horn Concerto No. 1 October 25th. Tickets are available at concertseries.org or at 573-882-3781.
Thanks Missouri Arts Council, City of Columbia- Office of Cultural Affairs, Visit Columbia MO, KBIA 91.3 FM, and KMOS-TV for sponsoring this show!
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