Episode 45 of The Horn Call Podcast features Tommi Hyytinen, a member of the Finnish Radio Orchestra and horn and natural horn faculty at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki.
Episode Highlights
- Starting out on the horn
- Finnish horn playing tradition
- Attending the Sibelius Academy
- The path from student to professional
- Balancing school and professional work
- Musical inspirations, legacy of Holger Fransman
- Studying with Radovan Vlatkovic
- Audition process in Finland
- Instruments used in horn sections in Finnish orchestras
- The “Finnish Horn Sound”
- Chamber music work
- Golden Horns Quartet, performing on television in Helsinki
- Pop music influences
- Playing from the Core book
- Work with Pilates
- Breathing misconceptions
- Lieksa Brass Week
