Creative Leadership

 

Music Director

 

Assistant Conductor

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

Melissa White

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
Sponsored by Kristen Phillips & Matthew Schreck

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

Simon Bilyk

Diane Frederickson

Krzysztof Gadawski

Martha Kayser

 

Yuri Kharenko-Golduber

Sean Klopfenstein 

Virginia Kramer

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

Nick Citro+

Patricia Daly Vance

Devon Duarte

Gretchen Frazier

Bethany Hargreaves

Martha Knieriem

Brandin Kreuder+

Arthur Masi
Sponsored by Bob Bausmith and Jill Peters-Gee

Cello

Jia Cao,
acting principal

Peter Zay

acting assistant principal

Carole Olefsky
Sponsored by Kristen Phillips and Matthew Schreck

Cara Cheung*

Jennifer Combs*

Tom Hudson

Yoonhee Ko

Eva Roebuck+

Adam Willson

Ssu-Yang Yu+

Bass

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

Robert Groff,
assistant principal

Tony Connaway

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

Stephen Wade,
acting principal
The Claire & Millard Pryor Orchestra Committee Co-Chair
oboe

Marilyn Krentzman

acting assistant principal (oboe & English horn)
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

John Charles Thomas,
acting principal
trumpet

Jack Farnham,
acting assistant principal
trumpet

Brian L. Diehl,
principal
trombone

Robert Hoveland,
assistant principal
trombone

Gabriel Rice+
bass trombone

Jarrod Briley,
principal
tuba

Percussion

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

Robert McEwan,
principal

David West+

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

Gary Chapman
Piano

Production Staff

Jaroslaw Lis
personnel manager

Nathan Lowman
librarian

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

*On leave for the 2023-2024 Season

+One-year appointment for the 2023-2024 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.).