AHQ Founder David Johnson

David Johnson is a Licentiate of the Royal College of Music in London. He is currently professor of horn at the
Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland and has held principal horn positions in the Boston
Opera Orchestra, Niedersaechsisches Staatsorchester Hannover, Philharmonia Hungarica, Radio Symphony Orchestra of
Basel and the Bern Symphony. Before moving to the Conservatorio in Lugano, Mr. Johnson taught at the
Musikhochschule in Freiburg, Berne and Winterthur-Zurich. As a solist, he won the Geneva International Horn
Competition and the Swiss Prize in 1985 and with the American Horn Quartet, which he founded in 1982, he has won
competitions in Hungary (1989), Belgium (1991) and Japan (1992) in addition to recording 8 CDs to date. Mr.
Johnson has served as a judge for many prestigious horn competitions, regularly conducts master classes around the
world and hosts two summer horn workshops.
Personal Photos of David Johnson



David & Heather at their wedding in August 2005



Sight seeing on the Cape, David was the only one of us smart enough to wear a cap, Charlie and Geof paid the price
with some painful sunburns!

David
likes to play on the computer when he has time to relax. Here he is
enjoying TimWin's Game Suite. You can get your copy at:

Here
are Geof, David and Kerry enjoying an Indian take-away in Geof's back
garden in Oberdrees, Germany.
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