MUSIC DIRECTOR

Carolyn Kuan

ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

Adam Kerry Boyles

JOYCE C. WILLIS ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

Melissa White

ORCHESTRA

First Violin

Leonid Sigal, concertmaster
Sponsored by David and Linda Roth

Lisa Rautenberg,
associate concertmaster
Sponsored by Barbara and Jerry Hess

Assistant Concertmaster

Linda Beers

Perry Elliot

 

Karin Fagerburg

Romina Kostare

Millie Piekos

Cyrus Stevens

Deborah Tyler
Sponsored by Bob & Frankie Goldfarb

 

Katalin Viragh

Second Violin

Jaroslaw Lis,
principal+

Martha Kayser,
assistant principal+

 

Lu Sun Friedman

Simon Bilyk

Gary Capozziello
Sponsored by Kristen Phillips & Matthew Schreck

Diane Frederickson

Krzysztof Gadawski

Yuri Kharenko-Golduber

Virginia Kramer

Candace M. Lammers

Yinbin Qian

Alicia Rattin

Viola

Michael Wheeler,
principal

Aekyung Kim,
assistant principal
Sponsored by Wes & Chloe Horton

Nick Borghoff

Patricia Daly Vance

Gretchen Frazier

James Gustafson

Bethany Hargreaves

Martha Knieriem

Arthur Masi
Sponsored by Bob Bausmith and Jill Peters-Gee

Cello

Principal

Jia Cao,
assistant principal

Carole Olefsky 
Sponsored by Kristen Phillips & Matthew Schreck

Laura Kane*

Cara Cheung

Jennifer Combs

Tom Hudson

Yoonhee Ko

Peter Zay

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

Mark Zechel

Woodwinds

Dominique Kim,
principal
flute

Barbara A. Hopkins,
assistant principal
flute

Jeanne Wilson
Sponsored by Gary & Diane Whitney
piccolo

Heather Taylor*,
principal
oboe

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

John Charles Thomas,
assistant principal
trumpet

Kenny Piatt+
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

piano

Production Staff

Jaroslaw Lis
personnel manager

Scotia Switzer
librarian

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

*On leave for the 2022-2023 Season

+One-year appointment for the 2022-2023 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.).