Francis Orval (born 1944, in
Liège
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) is an American classical horn player.
Career
Orval has recorded albums with artists such as
Arthur Grumiaux,
Gyorgy Sebok, and
Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden. He has been featured on the cover of ''Horn Society'' magazine. He studied music at the Liege Conservatory, where he has also taught for many years. By the age of 16, he was playing with the
National Orchestra of Belgium
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(''Orchestre National de Belgique'').
In the 1970s he was a horn soloist with the
Radio Luxemburg Orchestra (''Orchestre Symphonique de Radio Luxembourg''). He has taught in the United States at the
University of Delaware and at the
University of the Arts. For many years he taught at the ''Hochschule für Musik'' in
Trossingen, Germany.
Professor of Horn at the Liège Conservatory (1977-1983)
References
1944 births
Living people
Belgian classical musicians
University of the Arts (Philadelphia) faculty
Musicians from Liège
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