Featured Artist: Richard Todd
Internationally renowned concert, jazz, and recording artist Richard Todd has earned acclaim as one of the finest horn soloists today. Gold medal winner of the 1980 Concours Internationale Toulon, he is a Pro Musicis International Foundation Award winner and is continually expanding the boundaries of the horn world. He has performed under the batons of such luminaries as Bernstein, Guilini, Marriner, Abravanel, Ozawa, Previn, Rilling and Schuller. As a classical artist Todd's rigorous schedule includes recitals and solo engagements across North America, his position as principal horn with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, work in the film industry where he has been a recording artist on over 1,000 motion picture soundtracks, and on recording projects with performers such as Streisand, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Manhattan Transfer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Natalie Cole and Dave Grusin. As a jazz artist he has appeared in concerts and recordings with such artists as Clark Terry, Ray Brown, Woody Herman, Lalo Shifrin, McCoy Tyner and Andre Previn. He has performed as guest soloist with orchestras in the United States and abroad, including the Saarbrucken Radio Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Saint John's Smith Square London, and the New Orleans, Santa Barbara, Lima, Northeast Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Akron, Long Beach, San Luis Obispo, Pasadena and Santa Rosa Symphonies. Festival appearances include the Oregon Bach, Mostly Mozart, Tanglewood, Casals, La Jolla, Tucson, Chatauqua, Sedona, Sandpoint, Music Academy of the West, Grand Teton, Green Festival and the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival. His versatility is evident as a recording artist as well. He has recorded two CD's with Andre Previn, one jazz: What Headphones, the other classical: French Chamber Music and was personally selected by Gunther Schuller to record his 'Concerto No.1' on an album entitled Three Concertos with the Saarbrucken Radio Orchestra. His solo albums: New Ideas a crossover album of both classical and jazz and Rickterscale, prompted Todd to step into the spotlight as a "star among jazz hornists". Recent solo recording projects include Rhapsody for Horn and Orchestra (commissioned by and recorded with the San Luis Obispo Symphony specifically for Richard Todd), an album of horn sonatas entitled Horn Sonatas of Three Centuries, and a new jazz album With A Twist . Todd is one of the only horn soloists to perform at both Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl. Website of Richard Todd
