Bruno Schneider comes for the love of horns

Swiss horn player Bruno Schneider is set to perform a concert in Istanbul on Feb 28They say practice makes perfect, but it certainly helps when you're a natural. Bruno Schneider picked up the horn when he was just 9 and has never looked back. 

Now, the master Swiss horn player will play in Istanbul on Feb. 28.

One of the most popular musicians in the classical music scene, having first received virtuosity with distinction in 1981 at the Music Academy in Detmold under the oversight of Michael Hoeltzel, Schneider began playing the horn at the Music Conservatory in La Chaux-de-Fonds with Robert Faller. The founder of the famous Horn Academy La Chaux de Fonds and the Swiss Horn Society, Schneider is also vice president of the International Horn Society. The musician has not only performed in all the world's biggest concert halls as a soloist but is also a brilliant figure in chamber music. Schneider also has a book, titled "Horn Fundamentals," which was published in 2012. During the Istanbul show at the Cemal Re?it Rey (CRR), Schneider and the Modigliani Quartet will be accompanied by clarinet player Sabine Meyer, bassist Knut Erik Sundquist and bassoonist Dag Jensen. Luckily, I had a chance to ask some questions about his career and his story with the horn just before the upcoming Istanbul gig.  

You are one of the most popular horn players on the classical music scene, but do you remember what attracted you most about playing the horn when you were a kid?

Yes I remember very well! I received my first instrument when I was 7. It was a clarion, you know, a trumpet without valves, and I started to blow the hell out of it; obviously my lips were doing a good job from the beginning. When I was 9, I decided to play the horn after...