Eric Ruske
Horn

Horn soloist Eric Ruske was named Associate Principal Horn of The Cleveland Orchestra at the age of 20. He also toured and recorded extensively during his six-year tenure as hornist of the Empire Brass Quintet. His solo career began when he won the 1986 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and First Prize in the 1987 American Horn Competition. An active chamber musician, he has appeared with the The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Moab Music Festival, the Newport Music Festival, the Spoleto Festival, Music from Angel Fire, the Boston Chamber Music Society, and the Festival Pablo Casals both in Puerto Rico and in France. A student of Dale Clevenger and Eugene Chausow, he grew up in LaGrange, Illinois and is a graduate of Northwestern University. An Associate Professor and member of the faculty of Boston University since 1990, Mr. Ruske also directs the Horn Seminar at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute.