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