Featured Artists

Andrew Bain is Principal Horn of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where he has been a member since 2011. Born in Australia, his early career included tenured principal posts with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House, as well as serving as Solo Horn with the Münchner Symphoniker in Germany.

His orchestral career has taken him to the stages of many of the world’s leading ensembles, with frequent guest appearances throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, and the United States.

In addition to his classical work, Andrew is widely recognized for his contributions to film and television. He has been featured as Principal Horn on more than 50 major Hollywood soundtracks, including Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker, Oppenheimer, Frozen, and Minions.

As a soloist, Andrew has performed extensively across Europe, Asia, Australia, and the United States, giving world premieres of new horn concertos written for him and appearing in major works ranging from Britten’s Serenade to Strauss and Schumann concertos.

He is deeply engaged in the international horn community and served as host of the 2015 International Horn Symposium in Los Angeles. A dedicated teacher and mentor, Andrew is Professor of Horn at the Colburn School and serves on the faculties of the Aspen Music Festival and the Pacific Music Festival in Japan.

Andrew earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the Elder Conservatorium of Music at the University of Adelaide, studying with Patrick Brislan. He furthered his studies first with Geoff Collinson in Sydney, then with Hector McDonald in Vienna. In 2003, he also completed a Graduate Diploma in Chamber Music under Will Sanders in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Outside of music, Andrew enjoys spending time with his wife, Rupal, and their two sons, Jasper and Sebastian, and is an avid golfer.

Saar Berger is an internationally active horn soloist and educator, and Professor of Horn at the Trossingen State University of Music. He is known for his distinctive musical voice, combining a deeply personal sound with an imaginative approach to the horn repertoire, with a strong focus on the development of modern horn playing, solo horn practice, and extended techniques.

For seventeen years, Berger was a member of the international soloist ensemble, Ensemble Modern, collaborating closely with leading and emerging composers from around the world. Through numerous premieres written for him—including solo works, concertos, and chamber music—he has made a significant contribution to the expansion of the modern horn repertoire.

He has taught for many years at the Lucerne Festival Academy, and in 2019 was appointed Professor of Horn at the Trossingen State University of Music, where he also co-leads the Positively Brass & Percussion Institute and its annual symposium. Berger regularly gives masterclasses and workshops at festivals and institutions worldwide and is engaged in a wide range of artistic collaborations.

In addition to his concert and teaching activities, Berger is highly active as an artistic creator in digital media. Through original video productions, new horn compositions, and innovative online formats, he continues to explore new artistic possibilities and to share creative perspectives on the horn with a broad international audience.

His discography includes the contemporary solo album Traveling Pieces, the solo video project Horn Around the World, and the Baroque duo album Sonorous, produced in cooperation with Gebr. Alexander Horns.

Together with horn maker Klaus Fehr, Berger has contributed to the development of a further modern double-horn model within Fehr’s instrument line.

Gabriel Betancur is a Professor of French Horn at the National University of Colombia and the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. He is currently a horn player with the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra. He is a founding member of the Qiru Wind Ensemble and an Artist for Buffet Crampon–Hans Hoyer, performing on a Hans Hoyer Triple Horn C23.

In 2011, he was awarded Third Prize at the International Brass Competition in Timișoara, Romania. He completed his French horn studies at the University of Antioquia in Medellín, Colombia, graduating in 2009. He later earned his degree as a classical horn player cum laude from the Conservatory Maastricht (The Netherlands) in 2010, studying with the renowned professor Will Sanders. In 2012, he obtained a Master’s degree in French horn, also cum laude, from the same institution under Prof. Sanders.

As a soloist, he has performed on Dutch Radio 4; for the European cultural television channel Brava; with the Opera Nationala Romana Timișoara; the 11th International Music Festival of Tarragon (Spain); the III Seminar with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra; the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela; the Maule Classical Orchestra in Chile; and the Rancagua Symphony Orchestra in Chile. He has also appeared as a soloist with the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra; the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra in Colombia; the Cali Philharmonic Orchestra in Colombia; the II International Perú Horn Tage Festival in Lima; the international horn festival and competition, “Cornombia,” in Bogotá; the EAFIT University Symphony Orchestra; the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra; the UNAB University Symphony Orchestra in Colombia; the Intermediate Symphony Orchestra of the Medellín Music Schools Network; and the International French Horn Festival of Manizales in Colombia, among others.

He has served as principal horn in numerous orchestras and ensembles, including the Medellín Philharmonic Orchestra for ten consecutive years; the Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck  in Austria; the Orchester der Schlossfestspiele Zwingenberg in Germany; the Flanders Symphony Orchestra in Belgium; the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra; The Young Generation Orchestra of Rastatt, Germany; Junges Klangforum Mitte Europa in Germany; the Flexible Horn Ensemble in  the Netherlands; the Latin American Youth Orchestra in Venezuela; the Zulia State Orchestra in Venezuela; the Bolivarian Countries Orchestra (CAF); the National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia; the EAFIT Symphony Orchestra; and the Bolivian Philharmonic Orchestra.

His dedication to horn pedagogy has led him to give masterclasses, workshops, and participate in specialized festivals in Venezuela, Perú, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Spain, and France. Among his distinctions, in 2003 the Colombian government awarded Mr. Betancur the Ambassador for Peace Medal, in recognition of his contribution to the social and cultural transformation of Medellín and Colombia through music. That same year, through the Medellín Youth Orchestra, he received the“Colombiano Ejemplar” award granted by the newspaper El Colombiano.

He has participated in masterclasses with distinguished horn players such as Hermann Baumann, Erich Penzel, Alessio Allegrini, Marie-Luise Neunecker, Marcel Sobol, and Joel Arias, among others. He has performed under the baton of internationally renowned conductors including Claudio Abbado, Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Gustavo Dudamel, Bram Sniekers, Robin O’Neill, Karsten Husch, Klaus Eisenmann, Jan Hofmann, Christoph Altstaedt, Francesco Belli, Guerassim Voronkov, Francisco Rettig, Rubén Cova, Cecilia Espinosa, Alejandro Posada, and Luis Biava.

Christoph Eß is regarded as one of the leading horn players of his generation. In addition to his position as principal horn of the Bamberg Symphony in Germany, he is a prizewinner of numerous international competitions and appears regularly as a sought-after soloist and chamber musician. From 2017 to 2020, he was Professor of Horn at the Lübeck Academy of Music and, in 2021, was appointed to the same position at the University of Music Würzburg. Since 2024 he has also served as Artistic Director of the horn festival Hornissimo in Staufen im Breisgau.

He began his musical training with Peter Hoefs at the Tübingen Music School and continued his studies with Prof. Christian Lampert and Wolfgang Wipfler at the conservatories in Basel and Stuttgart, where he graduated with distinction in June 2008.

With his expressive and distinctive playing, Christoph Eß quickly gained attention and has been awarded prizes at numerous national and international competitions. He is a laureate of the Klassik-Festival-Ruhr, the “1° Concorso Internazionale per Corno di Sannicandro di Bari,” the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, and the “Richard Strauss Competition.” In 2007, he won the renowned Prague Spring International Music Competition, receiving no fewer than seven special prizes. The following year he was awarded the WEMAG Soloist Prize at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, and in 2009, he received a scholarship from the German Music Competition. In 2011, he was accepted into the “Orpheum Foundation for the Advancement of Young Soloists” in Zurich, where he subsequently made his debut at the Tonhalle Zurich. In 2021, he received the Punto Award from the International Horn Society, for which he serves as the German representative.

As a soloist, Eß has appeared with leading orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Bamberg Symphony, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the chamber orchestras of Munich, Stuttgart, and Salzburg. He made his debut at the Berlin Philharmonie in 2007 with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. In the 2017/2018 season, he was Artist in Residence with the Neubrandenburg Philharmonic and recorded all of Mozart’s horn concertos with the Folkwang Chamber Orchestra Essen for the GENUIN classics label. In October 2024, the Strauss horn concertos with the Aachen Symphony Orchestra were released on Naxos. Highlights of the upcoming season include performances with the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, the Hofer Symphoniker, and the Rheinische Philharmonie Koblenz. He has collaborated with conductors such as Paavo Järvi, Jonathan Nott, Michael Sanderling, Christopher Ward, and Christoph Poppen.

Numerous CD and radio productions—among others with Sony Classical, GENUIN classics, Praga Digitals, Bavarian Radio, Deutschlandradio Kultur, Czech Radio, and Swiss Radio DRS— document the breadth of his artistic work.

Eß is equally devoted to chamber music in a wide variety of formations. As the founder of the horn quartet german hornsound, established in 2010, and in collaboration with artists such as Christian Zacharias, Albrecht Mayer, the Fauré Quartet, the Zemlinsky Quartet, Quatuor Ébène, Boris Kusnezow, and Viviane Hagner, he performs regularly at major international music festivals.

A scholarship holder of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation and the German Music Foundation, he has served as principal horn of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and the European Union Youth Orchestra. He has also been invited to perform with the Berlin and Munich Philharmonics, the Staatskapellen of Dresden and Berlin, the Bavarian State Opera, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, and German Brass. Following engagements with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Essen Philharmonic, Christoph Eß has been principal horn of the Bamberg Symphony since 2007.

Takeshi Hidaka is a horn player whose sound and artistry connect orchestral performance, solo expression, and teaching.

After graduating with a degree in economics from Nagasaki University, he began his horn studies at the Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai). In 1996, he continued his training at the Conservatorium Maastricht in the Netherlands.

He studied with Erich Penzel and Will Sanders in Maastricht, and with Kozo Moriyama, Makoto Yamada, and Yasunori Tahara in Japan.

In 2000, he joined the Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra. He later performed with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, and joined the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo, in 2004.

Alongside his orchestral work, Hidaka is active as a soloist and in interdisciplinary projects that explore connections between horn performance, sculpture, and the visual arts.

He is a member of the horn ensemble Tsunobue Shudan (Tokyo) and The Horn Quartet. The CD Sparkling Horns was released by Con anima (CONR16-001).

Since April 2013, Hidaka has served as Associate Professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts. He also serves as Guest Professor at Nagoya College of Music, and teaches at Kunitachi College of Music and Showa University of Music.

He has given recitals at major international horn festivals and presented masterclasses in Europe and Asia, including at the Conservatorium Maastricht, the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and Tianjin Juilliard School.

His discography includes etude recordings Kopprasch: Sixty Selected Studies for French Horn and Belloli: Eight Studies, as well as solo albums Variations for Horn (Fontec), HORIZON (Camerata Tokyo), and Richard Strauss Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Octavia Records).

“My work brings new people into my life, lets me discover new places, and often provides me with unforgettable experiences.”

A leading Czech horn player, the laureate of the 2019 Jiří Bělohlávek Prize, and a member of the acclaimed Belfiato Quintet, Kateřina Javůrková began playing the French horn at age nine under Tomáš Krejbich at the Na Popelce Elementary School of the Arts. She had already been playing the recorder since she was three years old. “Dad introduced us to music when we were little, and we got our start under Professor Václav Žilka in his famous project Merry Whistling – Healthy Breathing. Once we were older, my father more or less pushed the horn on me because it was his dream that someone would play it, and my brother had already chosen the clarinet. I hated the French horn until I was 15,” she recalls.

In the end, she reevaluated her childhood opinion of the horn and graduated from the studio of Prof. Bedřich Tylšar at the Prague Conservatoire and from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where her teachers were Zdeněk Divoký and Radek Baborák. Her development as a musician was advanced significantly by a half-year study visit to Paris’s Conservatoire Nationale Supérieur de Musique et Danse in the studio of Prof. André Cazalet. She has won many awards at competitions including first prize at the 2013 Prague Spring International Competition and second prize at the ARD International Competition in Munich in 2016.

From age 17, Javůrková played in the Prague Philharmonia, and she has now been in the Czech Philharmonic horn section for over ten years. “I’m glad my work is also my biggest hobby. My work brings new people into my life, lets me discover new places, and often provides me with unforgettable experiences. Besides purely musical ones, there were times like the concert when my colleague Karel Kučer’s tailcoat caught on fire, the concert with Misha Maisky that I missed in the dressing room, the concert at Carnegie Hall when I couldn’t find my horn three minutes before the start, or the time the Empress of Japan accompanied me at the piano,” the horn player recalls.

She has made solo appearances with the Czech Philharmonic as well as with the Prague Philharmonia, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. She premiered Krzysztof Penderecki’s Horn Concerto with the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice and then in Prague. She collaborates regularly with Radek Baborák, the Panocha Quartet, and the Altenberg Trio, and she receives invitations to chamber music festivals abroad. For many years she has played in the Belfiato Quintet, earning honours including third prize at the Henri Tomasi International Wind Quintet Competition in Marseille.

“During the day, I can switch between Bach and electro, Gregory Porter, Janáček, and Jacob Collier in my headphones,” says Javůrková. She enjoys spending time in natural surroundings “with her eyes and ears open.”

She plays an Alexander model 103 horn.

Kristina Mascher-Turner, former principal horn of the Brussels Philharmonic, is an internationally acclaimed hornist whose career spans six continents and over 30 countries. Originally from Albany, Oregon, and now based in Brussels, she holds dual US-Luxembourg citizenship and maintains an active presence throughout Europe and beyond as a sought-after orchestral guest, chamber musician, and pedagogue.

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she studied with the legendary Douglas Hill, Kristina completed both her Orchesterdiplom and Konzertexamen with distinction at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin under Prof. Kurt Palm. She also undertook extensive private studies with Fergus McWilliam of the Berlin Philharmonic. Early in her career, she held positions with the Odense Symfoniorkester in Denmark and toured three times as principal horn with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester under Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, and Kent Nagano. She spent six years as principal horn of the Brussels Philharmonic and subsequently served for several years with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. She remains a regular guest with leading European orchestras including La Monnaie/De Munt, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Belgian National Orchestra, the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège.

Since 2009, Kristina has been a member of the world-renowned American Horn Quartet, with whom she has recorded and toured extensively, performed at major international festivals, and recorded critically acclaimed albums for Naxos, Albany Records, and MSR Classics. She is also a core member of Luxembrass (formerly the Ni Ensemble of Luxembourg), first prize winners at the 9th International Passau Competition for Brass Ensembles, and co-founder with her husband, composer Kerry Turner, of the Virtuoso Horn Duo, whose recordings appear on Naxos and MSR Classics. Her festival appearances include Davos, Aspen, Brass Explosion Singapore, the Alba Music Festival, the International Chamber Music Festival Wassenaar, and the Tucson Winter Chamber Music Festival, among many others. As a Featured Artist, she has appeared at International Horn Symposia in Brisbane, London, Los Angeles, Natal, Kingsville, and Montreal, as well as at numerous festivals throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

A dedicated educator, Kristina joined the faculty of the KASK Conservatorium in Ghent, Belgium in 2025 and serves on the artist faculty of the Rafael Méndez Brass Institute/Summit Brass in Denver, Colorado. She has given masterclasses and residencies at institutions throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and South Africa, and is widely recognized for her compelling musicality, beautiful sound, and insightful teaching.

Kristina served two terms as vice president of the International Horn Society (2015-2021) and was editor of the IHS digital newsletter “Horn and More.” In 2022, she received the prestigious Punto Award in recognition of her distinguished contributions and service to the art of horn playing. She has served on juries for international competitions in Italy, Singapore, and the United States, and as a guest juror at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel.

Kristina performs on a Ricco Kühn W393X triple horn. Beyond the horn, she sings with a semi-professional vocal octet and enjoys travel, food, languages, and her practice as a certified Reiki master.

Will Sanders was born in the Netherlands. He comes from a musical family and received his first music lessons from his grandfather and father. He started his horn studies very early with Hubert Crüts at the Hogeschool Zuyd in Maastricht, where he later continued his studies with Prof. Erich Penzel.

In 1986, he graduated with distinction and became a member of the European Union Youth Orchestra under Claudio Abbado. In the same year he became deputy solo horn player at the National theater Mannheim and got to know the opera repertoire from Mozart’s Così fan tutte to Strauss’ Die Frau ohne Schatten. In 1988, he was appointed solo hornist in the Radio Symphony Orchestra of the SWR Baden-Baden. In 1990, he won the position of Solo-Hornist of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Munich.

In addition to his work in the orchestra and as a soloist, Will Sanders was also a member of various chamber music ensembles such as the Linos Ensemble, the Wind Art Ensemble, and German Brass. Together with Stefan Dohr, he co-founded the German Horn Ensemble, where he played first horn.

The Bayreuth Festival appointed him solo hornist in 1992 and in 1996, he became successor of Gerd Seifert in the position of leader of the Bayreuth Festival horn group and Siegfried’s-Call horn player. He was often invited as a guest on solo horn by the Vienna Philharmonic. Working with great personalities such as Leonard Bernstein, Georg Solti, Carlos Kleiber, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Metha, Riccardo Muti, James Levine, and Daniel Barenboim shaped his musical career.

Will Sanders has taught horn at the Hogeschool Zuyd in Maastricht since1995. In 1999, he was appointed professor at the Karlsruhe University of Music. Teaching classical music, horn, chamber music, and conducting has become his passion. Will Sanders’ innovative nature is evident not only in the development of new playing techniques for the horn, but also in the development of mouthpieces, a new patented rotary valve, and new horn models.

Due to Will Sanders’ diverse musical and educational insights, many of his students have positions in first-class orchestras such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, NHK Orchestra Japan, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Nacional de España, Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, and Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá.

His students also work in professorships and teaching positions at universities around the world such as Tokyo University of the Arts Geidai, the Colburn School Los Angeles, the Conservatory of Music Shanghai, the National University of Colombia, the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and the Academy of Music in Kraków.

Will Sanders has been mentor of the German Youth Orchestra since 1998, and has organized the Alemanha–Brasil Festival annually on behalf of the DAAD since 2002. He is regularly invited to international competitions and festivals in the USA, Japan, China, Europe, Russia, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.

Anneke Scott is a leading exponent of historical horn playing. Her work takes her throughout the globe and throughout the centuries of music with a repertoire incorporating music and instruments from the late seventeenth century through to the present day. She is principal horn of a number of internationally renowned period instrument ensembles including the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and The English Baroque Soloists, Ensemble Pygmalion, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra and Dunedin Consort. She is similarly in great demand as a guest principal horn regularly appearing with orchestras and ensembles worldwide including the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Basel Chamber Orchestra. 

Anneke enjoys an international solo career and discography embracing three centuries of virtuosic horn works. Her expertise in baroque horn repertoire ensures that she is frequently to be heard performing the famous obligato arias of composers such as Bach and Handel as well as solo concertos from this period. Her solo recordings include Voices from the Past, a survey of the horns housed in the Bate Collection; early nineteenth century Viennese sonatas with fortepianist Kathryn Cok; chamber music by, and stolen from, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with Australian ensemble Ironwood; Vivaldi's concertos for the Dresden orchestra with Les Ambassadeurs and the sonatas of Franz Danzi with ensemble F2. Anneke also features on ensemble Pygmalion's Harmonia Mundi recording Les Filles du Rhine/Rheinmädchen, which includes the famous Richard Wagner Siegfried Long Call, performed on an original 1860/70s single B-flat rotary horn. Her most recent solo recordings include Bach’s Horns with Solomon’s Knot and Beyond Beethoven with fortepianist Steven Devine.

In 2010, she was awarded a Gerard Finzi Travel Scholarship to undertake research in Paris in preparation for her ground breaking recording of the Jacques-François Gallay Douze Grands Caprices on natural horn (Resonus Classics, October 2012). This was to form the first disc, Préludes, Caprices & Fantaisies, Concerts Cachés, in a series of three, all featuring the works of Gallay. The second, Jacques-François Gallay: Chamber music for natural horn ensemble, with the natural horn ensemble Les Chevaliers de Saint Hubert, was released in 2013 whilst the third, Songs of Love, War and Melancholy, featuring operatic fantasias with Steven Devine (piano) and Lucy Crowe (soprano) was released in 2015. Subsequently, Anneke undertook a doctorate on Gallay and 19th century performance practice and was awarded her PhD from the University of Birmingham in 2025.

Anneke enjoys collaborating with a wide group of musicians and is a key member of a number of chamber music ensembles including nineteenth century period brass ensemble, The Prince Regent's Band, and the harmoniemusik ensemble, Boxwood & Brass. She regularly works with leading period keyboardists including Steven Devine, Neal Peres da Costa, Geoffrey Govier, and Kathryn Cok and period harpist Frances Kelly.

She teaches at the specialist early music department at Koninklijk Conservatorium - Royal Conservatoire Den Haag, as well as at the Royal Conservatoire Scotland, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. In 2018, Anneke was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music and in 2020, she was awarded the International Horn Society's Punto Award. In 2021 she was awarded a Royal Philharmonic Society Enterprise Fund grant that financed a series of filmed performances of key works in the horn repertoire which can be found on her YouTube channel or via her website. www.annekescott.com

Arkady Shilkloper (born 17 October 1956) is a Russian multi-instrumentalist (horn, alphorn, flugelhorn, corno da caccia, kuhlohorn, didgeridoo, shofar...) and composer. He is known as one of the best jazz performers on horn and alphorn.

Shilkloper was born in Moscow and started playing alto horn at the age of six and switched to horn in 1967. At the age of eleven, he entered the Moscow Military Music School. After two years of military service (1974–76), he studied at the Moscow Gnessin Institute (Gnessin Russian Academy of Music; 1976–81).

At the same time, he began his career in the orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre (1978–85) and also began his first jazz activities. In 1984, he formed a duo with his colleague from the Bolshoi Theatre, bassist Mikhail Karetnikow, with whom he recorded the LP Move. (Melodiya, С60 26043 003).

From 1985 to 1989, he played with Arkady Kirichenko and Sergey Letov in the band Tri-O (LP Three Holes). During the same period, he was a member of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.

Since 1986, he has collaborated with pianist Mikhail Alperin. Their first album, Wave of Sorrow (1990), was the first Russian album on ECM. Later, Shilkloper participated in three more Alperin recordings for ECM: North Story (1997), First Impression (1999) and Her First Dance(2008).

In 1990, the Alperin-Shilkloper duo invited Sergey Starostin, a Moscow Conservatory-educated clarinetist and a researcher of Russian authentic folklore music, which resulted in the creation of the Moscow Art Trio. It was one of the most interesting and well-known Ethno Jazz groups from Russia between 1990 and 2018.

In 1990, Shilkloper visited US for the first time. According to Leonard Feather from the Los Angeles Times, “The Soviet horn virtuoso was one of four Jazzmen from the Soviet Union who arrived here last week to take part in the 23rd annual University of Idaho Jazz Festival at his home town's namesake city. Shilkloper, 33, on his first visit to the United States was the artistic sensation of the four-day event."

Since 1995, Arkady Shilkloper has played in the international quartet Pago Libre. Since 1998, Arkady has played the alphorn. His Pilatus (2000), Presente Para Moscou (2003) and Zum Gipfel und zurück (2006) albums feature a lot of his alphorn playing.

From 1998 to 2002, Shilkloper performed with Europe's leading big band, the Vienna Art Orchestra.

In 2000, Arkady put together the Mauve Trio with Alegre Corrêa (guitar) and Georg Breinschmid (double bass). Their debut album Mauve (Quinton Records, 2002) was awarded the prestigious Hans Koller Prize of Austria as the "CD of the Year."

In 2004, he gave the first performance of the Concerto for Alphorn and Orchestra by Daniel Schnyder, a work commissioned by the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad.

In 2019, the Advisory Council of the International Horn Society, in recognition of significant contribution to the science and art of the horn, designated Arkady Shilkloper as an Honorary Member of the International Horn Society.

He is known for his unique approach to the instrument, bold interpretations, and experiments with sound. Shilkloper combines the traditional classical school with jazz improvisation and elements of world musical folklore, creating a distinctive sound and expressive style of performance.

According to Leonard Feather, his control of the horn and his creativity have set a new standard.

Bernardo was born in Porto, Portugal, and is one of the most prominent Portuguese horn players.

He studied with Jonathan Luxton and Ab Koster in Lisbon and Hamburg, and attended classes with Radovan Vlatkovic and Hermann Baumann, among others. 

Bernardo is soloist of the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, in Portugal. He has collaborated with other symphonic orchestras such as the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra, the Gran Canaria Philharmonic Orchestra, the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, the Galicia Symphony Orchestra, the Bochumer Symphoniker, MusicAeterna, and the Gulbenkian Orchestra.

He has performed as a soloist in recitals, chamber music and orchestra in many countries such as Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany, England, Finland, Luxembourg, Czechia, Russia, Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, China, and the USA.

Bernardo teaches at the University of Aveiro and at ESMAE - Porto School of Music and Performing Arts. He has led more than fifty masterclasses in Portugal and more than forty in countries such as Germany, Spain, Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands, Poland, Brazil, Mexico, the USA, Canada, and China.

He is regularly invited to be on the jury of national and international horn competitions and has been in competitions in Portugal, Spain, Finland (Lieksa Brass Competition), Canada, USA, and China (Shenzhen International Horn Competition). He was awarded the First Prize in the Farkas Competition organized by the IHS, in Finland in 2002.

His discography includes several solo works and chamber music. Bernardo is also a very active chamber musician, often performing in a duo with piano and in horn quartets. He is a founding member of the Trompas Lusas Horn Quartet. The group frequently performs at concerts in Portugal and abroad.

He frequently performs at symposia, congresses and meetings of the International Horn Society, the Spanish Association of Horn Lovers, and the Catalan Association of Horn Players. He has maintained a close relationship with several composers in order to expand the original repertoire for the instrument, having premiered numerous works. Composers like Samuel Adler, Anne Victorino d’Almeida, Sérgio Azevedo, Telmo Marques, Luís Carvalho, João Carlos Alves, Ricardo Pereira, João Gaspar, and Liduino Pitombeira have dedicated works to him.

He is vice-president of the International Horn Society. Bernardo is a DürkHorns and Romera Brass artist.