This is not an auction, it is a fixed price sale for $6.50. Why wait? This fine Telarc CD includes the 4 Mozart Horn concertos, the concert Rondo, the Fragment in E major adn "Ill Wind" by Flanders and Swann. Horn soloist Eric Ruske has established himself as an artist of international acclaim. Named Associate Principal horn of The Cleveland Orchestra at the age of 20, his impressive solo career began when he won the 1986 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, First Prize in the 1987 American Horn Competition, and in 1988, the highest prize in the Concours Internation d’Interprétation Musicale in Reims, France.
Of his recording of the complete Mozart Concerti with Sir Charles Mackerras and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the New York Times stated, "Mr. Ruske’s approach, firmly positioned with the boundaries of balance, coherence and good taste that govern the Classical Style, enchants by virtue of its confidence, imagination and ebullient virtuosity."
Performances as soloist include appearances with the Baltimore Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Shanghai Radio Broadcast Symphony, The Cleveland Orchestra, the European Camerata, the Boston Pops Orchestra, and Seoul Philharmonic and a tour with the Israel Chamber Orchestra throughout Israel. His recitals have been presented in venues such as the Louvre in Paris, the 92nd Street Y in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and Dukes Hall in London.
An active chamber musician, he has appeared at the Newport Music Festival, the Spoleto Festival, the OK Mozart Internation Festival, the Evian Festival, La Musica in Sarasota, Bargemusic in Brooklyn, and the Festival Pablo Casals both in Puerto Rico and in Fance. Mr. Ruske is in demand as a teacher and clinician, and in addition to having worked at many universities in the United States, he has taught at the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, and the College of Music at Seoul National University.
A native of LaGrange, Illinois and a graduate of Northwestern University, Eric Ruske has been the recipient of grants from Boston University, the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts and the International Institute of Education. A member of the faculty of Boston University since 1990, Mr. Ruske also directs the Horn Seminar at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.