Nicholas Busch

English hornist. Born November 4, 1939 in north Devon, England, UK; died July 24, 2013. He studied at the Royal College of Music, London. At the age of 19, he was First Horn player with the Sadler's Wells Orchestra. He played with The BBC Concert Orchestra, and made his name as 2nd Principal Horn of the Philharmonia Orchestra, then Principal Horn of the New Philharmonia Orchestra, joining the ensemble in 1963. But it was at the London Philharmonic Orchestra, which he joined as Principal Horn in 1972, that Busch settled and indeed flourished. He retired in 2006. Son of composer William Busch.