“Microtonal French Horn” by Tommi Hyytinen
25.03.25 from 18:00-19.00

In this lecture horn artist Tommi Hyytinen demonstrates the microtonal French horn. Hyytinen shows through musical examples how traditional horn is often used in microtonal contexts and how the recently innovated microtonal horn can enrich the modern sound palette even more and open new possibilities for musicians and composers.

Tommi Hyytinen is Finnish horn soloist, chamber musician and pedagogue. He is one of the most versatile horn players of his generation. Hyytinen is specialized both in modern music and in period instrument playing. Hyytinen works at the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra as a horn player and at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki as a horn and natural horn teacher. He is also a member of the Finnish Baroque Orchestra. He has studied in Sibelius Academy, in Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien and in Universität Mozarteum Salzburg. Hyytinen graduated as Doctor of Music from Sibelius Academy in 2009.

Hyytinen is an active chamber musician and has performed in several festivals in Finland and abroad. He is a founding member of Arktinen Hysteria Quintet, The Golden Horns quartet and Helsinki Brass Quintet. He is also active in the contemporary music scene and has premiered several pieces for horn, including seven concertos for horn. He has released three critically-acclaimed solo discs. Northlands album in which Hyytinen plays Matthew Whittall’s Northlands, Album for Horn and Strings with Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Nils Schweckendiek was chosen as the Album of the Year 2017 by Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE.