Musicians
2008-2009 Season
Charles Dutoit, Chief Conductor and Artistic Adviser
Walter and Leonore Annenberg Chair
- Wolfgang Sawallisch, Conductor Laureate
- Rossen Milanov, Associate Conductor
- Danail Rachev, Assistant Conductor
- David Hayes, Music Director, The Philadelphia Singers (Resident Chorus of The Philadelphia Orchestra)
- FIRST VIOLINS
- David Kim, Concertmaster
Dr. Benjamin Rush Chair - Juliette Kang, First Associate Concertmaster
Joseph and Marie Field Chair - José Maria Blumenschein, Associate Concertmaster
- Nancy Bean, Assistant Concertmaster
- Herbert Light *
Larry A. Grika Chair - Barbara Govatos
Wilson H. and Barbara B. Taylor Chair - Herold Klein
- Jonathan Beiler
- Hirono Oka
- Richard Amoroso
Robert and Lynne Pollack Chair - Yayoi Numazawa
- Jason De Pue
- Lisa-Beth Lambert
- Jennifer Haas
- Miyo Curnow
- Elina Kalendareva
- Daniel Han
- Marc Rovetti
- Noah Geller
- SECOND VIOLINS
- Kimberly Fisher, Principal
Peter A. Benoliel Chair - Paul Roby, Associate Principal
Sandra and David Marshall Chair - Dara Morales, Assistant Principal
- Philip Kates
Mitchell and Hilarie Morgan Family Foundation Chair - Virginia Halfmann *
- Louis Lanza
- Booker Rowe
- Davyd Booth
- Paul Arnold
Lorraine and David Popowich Chair - Yumi Ninomiya Scott
- Dmitri Levin
- Boris Balter
- Jerome Wigler
- William Polk
- Amy Oshiro-Morales
- VIOLAS
- Choong-Jin Chang, Principal
Ruth and A. Morris Williams Chair - Kirsten Johnson, Associate Principal
- Kerri Ryan, Assistant Principal
- Judy Geist
- Renard Edwards
- Anna Marie Ahn Petersen
Piasecki Family Chair - Stephen Wyrczynski
- David Nicastro
- Burchard Tang
- Che-Hung Chen
- Rachel Ku
- Marvin Moon
- CELLOS
- Hai-Ye Ni, Principal
Albert and Mildred Switky Chair - Efe Baltacıgil , Associate Principal
- Yumi Kendall, Assistant Principal
Wendy and Derek Pew Foundation Chair - Richard Harlow
- Gloria de Pasquale
Orton P. and Noël S. Jackson Chair - Kathryn Picht Read
Winifred and Samuel Mayes Chair - Robert Cafaro
Volunteer Committees Chair - Ohad Bar-David
Catherine R. and Anthony A. Clifton Chair - John Koen
Mollie and Frank Slattery Chair - Derek Barnes
- Alex Veltman
- BASSES
- Harold Robinson, Principal
Anonymous Chair - Michael Shahan, Associate Principal
- Neil Courtney, Assistant Principal
- John Hood
- Emilio Gravagno
- Henry G. Scott
- David Fay
- Duane Rosengard
- Robert Kesselman
- Some members of the string sections voluntarily
- rotate seating on a periodic basis.
- FLUTES
- Jeffrey Khaner, Principal
Paul and Barbara Henkels Chair - David Cramer, Associate Principal
Rachelle and Ronald Kaiserman Chair - Loren N. Lind
- Kazuo Tokito, Piccolo
- OBOES
- Richard Woodhams, Principal
Samuel S. Fels Chair - Peter Smith, Associate Principal
- Jonathan Blumenfeld
Edwin Tuttle Chair - Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia, English Horn
Joanne T. Greenspun Chair - CLARINETS
- Ricardo Morales, Principal
Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Chair - Samuel Caviezel, Associate Principal
Sarah and Frank Coulson Chair - Raoul Querze
Peter M. Joseph and Susan Rittenhouse Joseph Chair - Paul R. Demers, Bass Clarinet
- BASSOONS
- Daniel Matsukawa, Principal
Richard M. Klein Chair - Mark Gigliotti, Co-Principal
- Angela Anderson
- Holly Blake, Contrabassoon
- HORNS
- Jennifer Montone, Principal
Gray Charitable Trust Chair - Jeffrey Lang, Associate Principal
- Jeffry Kirschen
- Daniel Williams
- Shelley Showers
- TRUMPETS
- David Bilger, Principal
Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest Chair - Jeffrey Curnow, Associate Principal
Gary and Ruthanne Schlarbaum Chair - Robert W. Earley
- Roger Blackburn
- TROMBONES
- Nitzan Haroz, Principal
Neubauer Family Foundation Chair - Matthew Vaughn, Associate Principal
- Eric Carlson
- Blair Bollinger, Bass Trombone
- TUBA
- Carol Jantsch, Principal
Lyn and George M. Ross Chair - TIMPANI
- Don S. Liuzzi, Principal
Dwight V. Dowley Chair - Angela Zator Nelson, Associate Principal
Patrick and Evelyn Gage Chair - PERCUSSION
- Christopher Deviney, Principal
Mrs. Francis W. De Serio Chair - Anthony Orlando, Associate Principal
Ann R. and Harold A. Sorgenti Chair - Angela Zator Nelson
- PIANO AND CELESTA
- Kiyoko Takeuti
- HARPS
- Elizabeth Hainen, Principal
Patricia and John Imbesi Chair - Margarita Csonka Montanaro, Co-Principal
- LIBRARIANS
- Robert M. Grossman, Principal
- Steven K. Glanzmann
- STAGE PERSONNEL
- Edward Barnes, Manager
- James J. Sweeney, Jr.
- James P. Barnes
- *On leave
- Contact Information:
- The Philadelphia Orchestra
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- Suite 1600
- Philadelphia, PA 19102
- 215.893.1999
- musicians@philorch.org