MARTIN HACKLEMAN
Martin Hackleman began playing the horn at the age of sixteen, studying with Caesar LaMonaca in Houston, Texas. His studies continued at the University of Houston until 1972 when, at the age of nineteen, he won the Principal Horn chair in the Calgary Philharmonic. Other teachers have included Barry Tuckwell and Roland Berger of the Vienna Philharmonic. He then served as principal of the Vancouver Symphony under Kazuyoshi Akiyama from 1974 to 1983 when he left to join the world-renowned Canadian Brass. Remaining with them for three years, he then joined the Empire Brass, which also gave him time to pursue a solo career and his special interest in the Vienna horn. In 1989, Marty returned to Vancouver to resume his previous position of principal horn of the Vancouver Symphony. Mr. Hackleman served as principal of the Montreal Symphony for the 1999-2000 season. In 2000, Mr. Hackleman assumed his present position as principal horn of the National Symphony in Washington, DC.
Mr. Hackleman has had an extensive recording career with the Vancouver Symphony, Canadian Brass (seven recordings for CBS Masterworks, including Brass in Berlin with the brass section of the Berlin Philharmonic as well as the CB’s first video), Tidewater Brass and Empire Brass. In 1996 he recorded two solo CDs: one of his own arrangements for solo horn with piano and string accompaniment; one of five Romantic concertos with the CBC Vancouver Orchestra. In addition, a recording of chamber music for two horns and bassoon was released in the spring of 1996. In November of 1998 a Christmas recording with horn quartet was released, and in the same month a disc of the Brahms Horn Trio with other chamber music was recorded, which was released in the summer of 2001. A disc of music of his own arrangement for horn and organ is due for release in early 2002. In 1990, Mr. Hackleman helped launch the nationally broadcast chamber music series CURIO, featuring chamber music of rare combinations and forgotten composers.
No stranger to the field of music education, Mr. Hackleman has published etude books (now in their second printing) that are required repertoire at such institutions as the Royal Conservatory in London, England and the University of Michigan. He has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of British Columbia and at McGill University in Montreal and he now teaches at the University of Maryland. He is also a frequent juror for the Canada Council.
It was a pleasure to welcome Marty Hackleman to the faculty for the second week of KBHC 2002 and we are anticipating another successful second week with him at KBHC 2003.