Education
Stefan Dohr studied with Professor Wolfgang Wilhelmi at the Musikhochschule in Essen and with Professor Erich Penzel in Cologne before obtaining the Solo Horn position of the Frankfurt Opera House at the age of 19.
Stefan Dohr studied with Professor Wolfgang Wilhelmi at the Musikhochschule in Essen and with Professor Erich Penzel in Cologne before obtaining the Solo Horn position of the Frankfurt Opera House at the age of 19.
He held the same position with the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. In 1993 Stefan Dohr was chosen to play principal horn of the Berlin Philharmonic. As soloist Stefan Dohr has worked with many celebrated conductors, among them Daniel Barenboim, Bernard Haitink and Christian Thielemann as well as Claudio Abbado, who also invited him to appear as principal horn with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
Besides the solo-repertoire of the classic and romantic period, Stefan Dohr’s interest is focused on contemporary works e.g. by György Ligeti, Oliver Knussen and Volker David Kirchner.
In March 2008 he played the world premiere of a horn concerto specially composed for him by Austrian composer Herbert Willi. This Group celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2008 with a series of concerts, among them one at the Lucerne Festival where the ensemble performed the world premiere of a new piece by Australian composer Brett Dean.
He is also a constant member of the Ensemble Wien-Berlin.