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Barry Tuckwell

Australian French horn player, conductor and educator at the University of Melbourne after retiring in 1997. Born: 5th March 1931 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died: 16th January 2020 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 3rd Horn with the [a=Melbourne Symphony Orchestra] (aged 15) and then 5th in the [a=Sydney Symphony Orchestra]. Principal Horn of [a=London Symphony Orchestra] (1955-1967). He founded the [a7658518] in 1982 and was the first president of the International Horn Society from 1970-1976 and again in 1992-1994. Appointed OBE (1965) & Companion of the Order of Australia (1992).