Torsten Schwesig

Born in Edinburgh, Torsten Schwesig first came into contact with brass instruments through a trombone choir and moved on to the horn via a school orchestra. While still studying music in Stuttgart, he gained his first orchestral experience with the Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom he performed at Carnegie Hall in New York, among other venues. Since 1988 he has been a member of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra. Here he first held the position of 2nd horn and then switched to the position of Wagner tuba and 4th horn in 2009. From 1998 to 2014 he was a member of the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra.