​Praised by the Singapore Straits Times as “a supremely confident artist, one whose well-projected and warm tone brought much life and humanity to the music” hornist Austin Larson enjoys an international career as a soloist, orchestral musician, and teacher. Successful in many competitions, Austin won both the University and Professional Divisions in the International Horn Competition of America and took prizes in the International Brass Instruments Competition in Gdansk, Poland and the Jeju International Brass Competition in South Korea. Austin has also won the International Horn Society Premier Soloist Competition, Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition, Wisconsin Public Radio Young Artists Competition, and the International Horn Competition “Citta di Chieri” in Italy.
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Austin Larson is currently Principal Horn of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra since 2023. A regular guest with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Austin has also performed with the US National Symphony, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, and as Guest Principal Horn with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony, Korean Broadcast Symphony in Seoul, Royal Philharmonic in London, BBC Philharmonic in Manchester, Iceland Symphony in Reykjavik, and São Paulo Symphony in Brazil. Before moving to Singapore Austin held full-time positions in the Cincinnati, Baltimore, and Colorado Symphonies in the United States.
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​Austin and taught and given masterclasses throughout the Asia Pacific region including in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand in addition to over 10 US states. Austin also appeared as a soloist and/or clinician at the International Horn Symposium, Jeju International Wind Ensemble Festival, Thailand International Brass and Percussion Festival, on Wisconsin Public Radio, and as a soloist with orchestras in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
A native of Neenah, Wisconsin in the mid-western USA, Austin studied at the University of Cincinnati and the Curtis Institute of Music and his teachers include Randy Gardner, Jennifer Montone, Julie Landsman, Jeffrey Lang, Duane Dugger, Elizabeth Freimuth, Bruce Atwell, and Donald Krause. A strong believer in music education, Austin taught with the OrchKids program for inner-city youth in Baltimore and has raised funds for music scholarships at the University of Cincinnati in addition to musicians’ relief funds during the COVID-19 pandemic.