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Lisa Maria Cooper

Teacher, French Horn

Principal Horn of Aarhus Symphony orchestra since 2010 and has performed regularly as a Solist. Since 2014 she  is also member and principal

Horn of World Orchestra of Peace, UNESCO Artist of Peace with which she has performed across Europe including Germany , Austria and BBC Promenade concerts , London . 

In demand as Principal Horn Lisa has performed recently with Icelandic Symphony, Stavanger Symphony,  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Danish orchestra. 

Aged only 20 years old Lisa toured the Balkans with Jeunesse musicale Welt Orchester as principal horn and joined the Deutsche Oper am Rhein for one year internship shortly afterwards. 

Further employments followed as Principal Horn with Nürnberger Symphoniker and as third horn with Essener Philharmoniker from 2006-2010. 

Lisa has performed with Bayerische Staatsoper, Gürzenich Orchester, Oper Frankfurt, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra as well as with conductor and artists : Sir Colin Davis, René Fleming, Valery Gergiev, Kirill Gerstein, Mstislav Rostropovich, Donald Runnicles, Yan Pascal Tortelier among others. 

In 2017 Lisa was appointed an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music, London.