Gunther Schuller
Born: 1925
The composer Gunther Schuller is, famously, a man of
many musical pursuits. He began his professional life as
a horn player in both the jazz and classical worlds,
working as readily with Miles Davis and Gil Evans as with
Toscanini; he was principal horn of the Cincinnati
Symphony from age sixteen and later of the Metropolitan
Opera Orchestra until 1959.
In the 1950s he began a conducting career focusing
largely on contemporary music, and thereafter conducted
most of the major orchestras… Continue