Creative Leadership

 

Music Director

Carolyn Kuan

 

Assistant Conductor

Adam Kerry Boyles

Joyce C. Willis Artist In Residence, underwritten by the Roberts Foundation for the Arts

Clayton Stephenson

Orchestra

First Violin

Leonid Sigal, concertmaster
Sponsored by David and Linda Roth

Lisa Rautenberg,
associate concertmaster
Sponsored by Barbara and Jerry Hess

Gary Capozziello, assistant concertmaster

Jamie Andrusyak

Linda Beers

Michael Eby

 

Perry Elliot

 

Karin Fagerburg

Lu Sun Friedman

Jihye Joelle Maree

Romina Kostare

Millie Piekos

Deborah Tyler
Sponsored by Bob & Frankie Goldfarb

 

Katalin Viragh

Second Violin

Michael Duffett
principal

Jaroslaw Lis,
assistant principal
Sponsored by Kristen Phillips & Matt Schreck

Simon Bilyk

Diane Frederickson

Krzysztof Gadawski

Martha Kayser

 

Yuri Kharenko-Golduber

Virginia Kramer

Benjamin Kremer

Yukiko Kuhara 

Selah Kwak

Candace M. Lammers

Nathan Lowman

Alicia Rattin

Viola

Michael Wheeler,
principal

Aekyung Kim*,
assistant principal
Sponsored by Wes & Chloe Horton

Nick Borghoff, acting assistant principal

Patricia Daly Vance

Kyle Davis

Devon Duarte

Gretchen Frazier

Nickolas Kaynor

Andrew Knebel

Martha Knieriem

Arthur Masi
Sponsored by Bob Bausmith and Jill Peters-Gee

Wanxinyi Huang

Cello

Amy Ward Butler,
principal

Jia Cao,
assistant principal

Esther Benjamin,
HSO musician fellow

Cara Cheung

Jennifer Combs

Tom Hudson

Yoonhee Ko

Adam Willson

Peter Zay

Bass

Edward R. Rozie,
principal
Sponsored by Brook & Charlotte Jason

Robert Groff,
assistant principal

Tony Connaway

Samantha Donato,
HSO musician fellow

Joseph Messina

Julianne Russell*
Sponsored by Beth & Rick Costello

Alexander Svensen

Mark Zechel

Woodwinds

Dominique Kim,
principal
flute

Barbara A. Hopkins,
assistant principal
flute

Jeanne Wilson
Sponsored by Gary & Diane Whitney
piccolo

Erik Andrusyak,
principal
oboe

Stephen Wade,
assistant principal
oboe

Marilyn Krentzman

English horn

Sangwon Lee,
principal
clarinet

Curt Blood,
assistant principal
clarinet

 

Paul Wonjin Cho
Sponsored by Wes & Chloe Horton
bass clarinet

Yeh-Chi Wang,
principal
bassoon

Jensen Bocco,
assistant principal
bassoon

 

Rebecca Noreen
contrabassoon

Brass

Barbara Hill,
principal
The Claire & Millard Pryor Orchestra Committee Co-Chair
horn

John Michael Flavetta,
assistant principal
horn

Justin Ruleman
horn

 

Nick Rubenstein
horn

 

Joshua Michal
horn

Dovas Lietuvninkas,
principal
trumpet

John Charles Thomas,
assistant principal, trumpet

Alison Marseglia
trumpet

Brian L. Diehl,
principal
trombone

Robert Hoveland,
assistant principal
trombone

Jarrod Briley,
principal
tuba

Percussion

Eugene Bozzi,
principal
Sponsored by Carlotta & Bob Garthwait, Jr.
timpani

Robert McEwan,
principal

Susan Knapp Thomas,
principal
Sponsored by Beth & Rick Costello
harp

Evan Glickman

Yujin Lee
Sponsored by Kristen Phillips & Matt Schreck
Piano

Production Staff

Jaroslaw Lis
personnel manager

Nathan Lowman
librarian

Jeremy Philbin, I.A.T.S.E.
stage manager

*On leave for the 2024-2025 season

+ 1 year contract for the 2024-2025 season

After the first two desks of violins and cellos, and the first desk of violas and basses, the remaining string musicians participate in rotational seating and are listed in alphabetical order

AFM Local 400
The musicians of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

Stagehands Local 84
The Stagehands of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra are members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.).