Karl Kramer-Johansen

Norwegian horn player, Karl Kramer-Johansen is a member of the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players. He is a winner of many prizes and awards in the American Horn Competition (1997 and 1999) and in 2001 won the American Scandinavian Society Cultural Award.

Mr. Kramer is also active as a recitalist, lecturer, conductor and composer. He has recorded for the Philips and Aurora labels. The New York Times wrote of his performance of Milton Babbitt’s Around the Horn, “This is essentially a stand-up routine for a virtuoso soloist, excellently communicated by Karl Kramer.” He joined DWQ in 2005.

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