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Erik Ralske

American hornist and music educator

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Erik Ralske was an American horn player and music educator.

Erik Ralske is an American classical horn player. He has been principal horn of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 2010, following seventeen seasons as third horn of the New York Philharmonic. He was featured horn soloist of the MET's production of Wagner's Ring Cycle, and was a soloist on several occasions with the New York Philharmonic. He is also a member of the orchestra's Philharmonic Quintet of New York.

Ralske, a native of Long Island, New York, studied at the Juilliard School where he received his Bachelor of Music Degree in 1980 and his Master of Music in 1982. In July 2010 he was offered two principal horn positions in the same week—with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He opted to remain in New York and took up his appointment with the Met at the start of the 2010/2011 season.

He has been a member of the faculty at the Juilliard School since 2012 and also teaches at Mannes College The New School for Music, and the Manhattan School of Music.

Recordings Ralske's recordings as solo or principal horn include: Moravec: Cool Fire. Naxos Records 8559393 Take 9 (American Horn Quartet, New York Philharmonic Horns). MSR Classics 1089 Audra McDonald: Build A Bridge. Nonesuch Records 79862

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Horn player, music educator
Nationality
Education
Juilliard School
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Juilliard School

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Erik Ralske

· Wikidata: Q16199507

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