Episode 45: Tommi Hyytinen

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