Here are the facts about David Pyatt:

• David Pyatt became the youngest person ever to win the "BBC Young Musician of the Year" at the age of 14.
• He also became the only horn player to win this competition, although there have been several horn finalists.
• Last year, he won the "Gramophone Young Artist of the Year" award, and is now recognised as of the of the leading horn players of the present generation.
• At the moment, he is a freelance horn player, and has made several CDs, which have all got high commendations.
• At present, he plays on a Paxman B flat/F alto horn, but he is also experimenting with Englebert Schmid horns.
• For his recording of the Mozart Horn Concertos, he used an Alexander horn, in memory of the death of a fellow horn player.
• He is often thought of as "The next Dennis".

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