
Doc Severinsen: “If Youâre Going to Play What You Feel Like Playing Without a Goal of Some Kind Then Youâre Not Going to Make It”
In this interview, Doc Severinsen shares with Trumpet Magazine his multi-faceted experiences as a musician. Through the interview, you get tastes of Doc Severinsen on The Tonight Show, playing in Orchestras, as well as playing Latin Jazz in Mexico.
- Gretchen Mayer Yehâ
- 6 April 2021â

Davy DeArmond: “Good Teachers Are Definitely Part of That Process to Help Point You in the Right Direction”
Dr. DeArmond currently serves as trumpet instrumentalist and section leader with the United States Naval Academy Band. As an educator, he holds a faculty position at The Catholic University of America.
- Gretchen Mayer Yehâ
- 23 March 2021â

Reinhold Friedrich: “I Want to Earn the Respect of the Real Music World”
You shouldn't miss this in-depth interview with Reinhold Friedrich in which we talk about many trumpet-related issues: his career, his advice, his approach to music... Quite valuable.
- Arthur Zaninâ
- 9 March 2021â

Benjamin Wright: “You Should Always Be Listening to Yourself and Trying to Create the Sound Youâre Hearing in Your Head”
Benjamin Wright is a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and shares his prolific idea to create an online seminar for trumpet players; this seminar gives an abundance of information on various topics to challenge trumpet players and help them improve. Benjamin also shares his insights on teaching, technique, and advice for teachers and students.
- MTD Magazineâ
- 16 February 2021â

âThe Most Important Thing as a Trumpet Player Is That Weâre Able to Be Adaptable to Our Current Environmentâ
In this interview, we have Louis Dowdeswellâan amazing musician whose career spans multiple genres.
- MTD Magazineâ
- 4 January 2021â

“The Student Himself Is His Best Teacher; One Must Think Very Well What and How He Is Playing”
Finnish trumpeter, Jouko Harjanne, is one of Europeâs trumpeters with the largest international career, with more than 30 recordings as a soloist, and renowned for his role as a juror in many prestigious music competitions all over the world.
- MTD Magazineâ
- 3 March 2020â

“Etudes Will Show Your Weaknesses and Help You Understand Music Making as Well”
He has participated in two Grammy award-winning recordings, has performed with such artists as Neil Diamond, Neil Young, James Brown, Bon Jovi, Whitney Houston, and his trumpet can be heard in a number of movie soundtracks. Today he teaches at CalArts and is a Yamaha Performing Artist. Ladies and gentlemen, John Fumo.
- MTD Magazineâ
- 18 February 2020â

“Every Note We Play With the Trumpet Has to Sound Like Music”
He has been nothing less than a soloist of the Berlin Philharmonic since 2004. He recently left the position to teach full time at the Berlin University of the Arts (the students of that university are lucky!). And today he is with us here at Trumpet Magazine for an interview: the incomparable, Gåbor Tarkövi.
- MTD Magazineâ
- 4 February 2020â

“The Trumpet Requires Time to Learn, and Becoming a Fine Musician Takes Even More Effort and Time”
Today we have Dave Bacon, Trumpet Instructor and Jazz Band Director at Grand Canyon University, and a student of great masters such as Bill Pfund, Keith Johnson, Arnold Jacobs or Uan Rasey.
- MTD Magazineâ
- 21 January 2020â

“Always Think About the Musical Line, Not Each Separated Note!”
When he is not giving classes in the Claudio Monteverdi Conservatory in Bolzano, he is performing concerts with his brass quintet, the Gomalan Brass, or as a soloist, with his brilliant Yamaha trumpets. Ladies and gentlemen: the great Marco Pierobon!
- MTD Magazineâ
- 7 January 2020â

“Great Students Find Success, No Matter Where They Study”
Today we have an interview with Steve Leisring, who has been teaching at the University of Kansas for 17 years, after having been principal trumpet of the Tenerife Symphony for 14 years. Donât miss everything he shares with us!
- MTD Magazineâ
- 24 December 2019â

“If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It”
Today, we have another renowned European trumpeter, a teacher of many great trumpeters that occupy coveted seats in orchestras and universities all over the world: the great Max Sommerhalder. Thank you generously giving a part of your time, Max!
- MTD Magazineâ
- 10 December 2019â