Jerry Horner holds an esteemed legacy as the violist of the Fine Arts Quartet, one of the most distinguished ensembles in chamber music today.  Throughout his lengthy career, he enjoyed a brilliant history of performing success and an extensive recording legacy.  Prior to joining the Fine Arts Quartet in 1980, he was the violist of the Vermeer, Claremont and Berkshire quartets.  As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed in the major musical centers of the United States, Europe and Asia.

Recently retired, Mr. Horner retains the honor of Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  A native of Los Angeles and a Magna cum Laude graduate of Indiana University, Bloomington, he studied viola and chamber music with David Dawson, William Primrose, Josef Gingold, Daniel Guilet and Misha Schneider.  He has held principal violist positions in the Pittsburgh and Dallas Symphonies and has appeared as soloist more than fifty times with these and other orchestras throughout the world, with such conductors as William Steinberg, James Levine, Cazimir Cord and Donald Johanos.  He has performed chamber music with Pinchas Zuckerman, Joshua Bell, Menahem Pressler, Emanuel Ax, Josef Gingold, Lucas Foss, Kim Kashkashian, Yuri Bashmet, Janos Starker, Bernard Greenhouse, Shlomo Mintz, the Guarneri Quartet, the Borodin Quartet and the Borodin Trio.

Likewise, he has held guest professorships and performing residencies at such prestigious institutions as, le Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris, le Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Lyon, Hochschule fur Musik in Stuttgart, the Royal Conservatory at the Hague, the Moscow Conservatory, Yale University, University of Southern California, and the Mexican National Conservatory.

Mr. Horner now devotes himself to performing, teaching viola and chamber music, giving master classes and coaching promising young musicians throughout the world. Currently, he resides in Bloomington, Indiana.

To contact Mr. Horner by e-mail, click here.
(HornerJer@aol.com)

Debussy, Quartet No. 1, Op. 10: Andantino, doucement (8'45") (track 3 on Lodia CD 7702)
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Dvorak, Quartet No. 12, Op. 96 "American":
       I. Allegro ma non Troppo (7'12") (track 1 on Lyrinx (France) CD 184)
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       IV. Finale (5'44) (track 4 on Lyrinx CD 184)
               Download 5.5MB mp3 file
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Haydn, Quartet, Op.64, No.5: Finale (2'03) (track 4 on Lodia CD 7701)
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Mozart, Quintet in C Major, K. 515: Andante (10'30") (track 2 on Lodia CD 7703)
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Mozart, Quintet in G Minor, K. 516:
       II. Menuetto - Allegretto (5'41) (track 6 on Lodia CD 7703)
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       III. Adagio ma non troppo (9'16") (track 7 on Lodia CD 7703)
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Ravel, Quartet: Finale (5'15) (track 8 on Lodia CD 7702)
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Shostakovitch Quartet No.3: 1st movement (5'06) (track 1 on Adès CD141612)
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Wolf, Italian Serenade (6'40") (track 5 on Lodia CD 7701)
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Beethoven Quartet Op.18, No.4, Saga Records (London) TBR
Beethoven Quartet Op.59, No.3, Lodia (Geneva) CD 7701
Debussy Quartet Op.10, Lodia CD 7702
Dvorak Quartet Op.96 ("American"), Gasparo Records LP GS-223
Dvorak Quartet Op.96 ("American"), Lyrinx (France) CD 184
Dvorak Quartet Op.105, Lyrinx CD 184
Haydn Quartet Op.54, No.1, Saga Records TBR
Haydn Quartet Op.64, No.5, ("Lark"), Lodia CD 7701
Haydn Quartet Op.77, No.l, Lyrinx CD 196
Haydn Quartet Op.77, No.2, Lyrinx CD 196
Mendelssohn Quartet Op.44, No.1, Koss Classics CD TBR
Mendelssohn Quartet Op.44, No.2, Koss Classics CD TBR
Mozart Quartet K.465 ("Dissonant"), Lodia CD 7700 and 7704
Mozart Quintet K.174, Lyrinx CD TBR Super Audio format
Mozart Quintet K.406, Lyrinx CD TBR Super Audio format
Mozart Quintet K.406, Lodia CD 7704
Mozart Quintet K.515, Lodia CD 7703
Mozart Quintet K.515, Lyrinx CD TBR Super Audio format
Mozart Quintet K.516, Lodia CD 7703
Mozart Quintet K.516, Lyrinx CD TBR Super Audio format
Mozart Quintet K.593, Lyrinx CD TBR Super Audio format
Mozart Quintet K.614, Lyrinx CD TBR Super Audio format
Rachmaninoff Quartet No.1, Lodia CD TBR
Ravel Quartet, Lodia CD 7702
Schubert Quartet No.14 ("Death and the Maiden"), Lodia CD 7700
Shostakovitch Quartet No.1, Op.49, Gasparo Records LP GS-223
Shostakovitch Quartet No.l, Op.49, Lyrinx CD TBR Super Audio format
Shostakovitch Quartet No.3, Op.73, Adès (Paris) CD 14.161-2
Shostakovitch Quartet No.4, Op.83, Lyrinx CD TBR Super Audio format
Shostakovitch Quartet No.7, Op.108, Adès CD 14.161-2
Shostakovitch Quartet No.8, Op.110, Lyrinx CD TBR Super Audio format
Shostakovitch Quartet No.11, Op.122, Adès CD 14.161-2
Shostokovitch Quintet in g minor, Op. 57, Chados (with Borodin Trio)
Turina: La Oracion del Torero, Gasparo Records LP GS-223
Wolf: Italian Serenade, Lodia CD 77
Wolf: Italian Serenade, SWF (Germany) CD TBR
Wolf: Quartet in D Minor, SWF CD TBR

TBR =  to be released

Many of the recordings on the Lyrinx, Lodia, and Adès
labels can be ordered at:

La Boite à Musique, 10, rue du Palais, 34000 Montpellier, France
Tel: (011)-33-4-67-60-69-92
Fax: (011)-33-4-67-60-65-64

or at these websites:

http://www.cybercd.fr/artist/Fine+Arts+Quartet

http://www.jpc-music.com/2288134.htm

http://www.amazon.de/  (type “fine arts quartet” in search box)

www.opernmusik.de/FineArtsQuartet.htm

For the Lyrinx recordings, one can also contact Lyrinx directly at:

Suzanne.gambini@wanadoo.fr   Fax: (011) 33.4.91.54.21.98