The Horn Call Podcast

Episode 75: Xiao-Ming Han

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Join us in Episode 75 for a conversation with 2025 IHS Punto Award Winner Xiao-Ming Han! Xiao-Ming recently retired from the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and returned to his native China to teach at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

Episode Highlights

  • Growing up in China in the 1960s in a musical family
  • Choosing between music and sports
  • Attending conservatory in Beijing at age 14.
  • Joining the China Philharmonic at age 17.
  • Early meeting with Richard Mackey, replacing Richard Mackey at the last minute on Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony conducted by Seiji Ozawa.
  • Leaving China at 18 to pursue horn at Tanglewood and the New England Conservatory.
  • Studying in Germany and winning an orchestral position at the age of 21.
  • Coming back to his roots in Shanghai as a professor to mentor the next generation of players
  • Promoting the IHS in China
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