The Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, and the huge audience in attendance at their latest concert at the Thailand Cultural Centre earlier this month, were once again blessed to be in the presence of true musical greatness as world renowned French horn player Stefan Dohr took to the stage for a flawless performance of Richard Strauss' uplifting Horn Concerto No.2 In E-flat Major.
His name instantly recognised among musicians the world over, the excelsior soloist can truly be said to be one of the few living French horn players to have attained genuinely legendary, household-name status in musical circles. A principal member of the Berlin Philharmonic for three decades since 1993, he was handpicked by Claudio Abbado for the same position with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra -- an honour of the highest order -- as well as being regular principal French horn for the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra.
