Erik Ralske
Biography
Erik Ralske is an American classical horn player. He has been principal horn of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 2010, following seventeen seasons as third horn of the New York Philharmonic. He was featured horn soloist of the MET's production of Wagner's Ring Cycle, and was a soloist on several occasions with the New York Philharmonic. He is also a member of the orchestra's Philharmonic Quintet of New York. Ralske, a native of Long Island, New York, studied at the Juilliard School where he received his Bachelor of Music Degree in 1980 and his Master of Music in 1982. Prior to joining the New York Philharmonic in 1993, he was associate principal of the Houston Symphony as well as principal of the Vancouver Symphony, Florida Symphony Orchestra, and Tulsa Philharmonic. In July 2010 he was offered two principal horn positions in the same week—with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He opted to remain in New York and took up his appointment with the Met at the start of the 2010/2011 season. He has been a member of the faculty at the Juilliard School since 2012 and also teaches at Mannes College The New School for Music, and the Manhattan School of Music.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
OK Human
2021
More Than You Think You Are
2002
Exile On Mainstream
2007
Faith Hope Love
1990
Joker (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2019
In The Heights (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2021
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (Original Motion Picture Score)
2013
In The New Age (The Atlantic Recordings 1988-1995)
2023
Credited work
104 releases · 21 albums · active 1987–2023
- Performance · 108
- Other credits · 1
Studios: Bearsville Studios · The Hit Factory · Rampart Studios · Abbey Road Studios