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MANFRED HONECK BIOGRAPHY

FEATURED ARTISTS' BIOGRAPHIES

Emanuel Ax
Piano
Gregg Baker
Baritone
Chatham Baroque
Mason Bates
Electronica
Nicola Benedetti
violinist
Jonathan Biss
Piano
Herbert Blomstedt
conductor
Yefim Bronfman
Piano
Angela Brown
Soprano
Betsy Burleigh
Music Director, Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Sarah Chang
Violin
Sa Chen
Piano
Children’s Festival Chorus
David Conrad
Actor
Sasha Cooke
Mezzo-Soprano
Michelle DeYoung
Mezzo-Soprano
Renée Fleming
soprano
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
Conductor
Matthias Goerne
baritone
Helene Grimaud
pianist
Viviane Hagner
violinist
Hilary Hahn
Violin
Benjamin Hochman
Piano
Stephen Hough
Piano
Sunhae Im
Soprano
Stefan Jackiw
Violin
Marek Janowski
Otto Klemperer Guest Conductor Chair
Christine Jordanoff
Conductor
Leila Josefowicz
Violinist
Olga Kern
pianist
Liang Li
bass
Valentina Lisitsa
Piano
John Lithgow
Narrator
Yo-Yo Ma
Cello
Denis Matsuev
pianist
Susanna Mälkki
conductor
Lauren McNeese
Mezzo-Soprano
Angela Meade
Soprano
Ivan Moravec
Piano
Ludovic Morlot
conductor
Johannes Moser
cellist
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Violin
Rebecca Nelsen
actress
Andris Nelsons
Conductor
Gianandrea Noseda
Conductor
Garrick Ohlsson
Piano
Jorge Federico Osorio
pianist
Eric Owens
Bass
Robert Page
Conductor
Danielle Pastin
Singer
Itzhak Perlman
Violin
Nicholas Phan
Tenor
Dimitri Pittas
tenor
Hila Plitmann
soprano
André Previn
Conductor
Marina Prudenskaya
mezzo-soprano
John Relyea
Bass
Arild Remmereit
conductor
Simone Schneider
Soprano
Gil Shaham
Violin
Alek Shrader
Tenor
Leonard Slatkin
Principal Guest Conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Piano
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Conductor
Joan Tower
composer
Sara Trapnell
actress
Juraj Valcuha
Conductor
Lars Vogt
Piano
Yuja Wang
pianist
Chee Yun
Violin
Serge Zimmermann
Violin

PSO BIOGRAPHIES             A - C  |  D - F  |  G - I  |  J - L  |  M - O  |  P - R  |  S - V  |  W - Z

A - C
Timothy K. Adams, Jr.
Principal Timpanist
Christopher Allen
Associate Principal Timpanist
Scott Bell
Oboe
Neal Berntsen
Trumpet
Jeremy Black
First Violin
Sarah Brough Blomquist
Second Violin
Jeremy Branson
Associate Principal
Penny Anderson Brill
Viola
Damian Bursill-Hall
Co-Principal Flute
Cynthia Busch
Viola
William Cabellero
Principal Horn
Ronald Cantelm
Bass
Andrés Cárdenes
Concertmaster
Tatjana Mead Chamis
Associate Principal Viola
Ellen Chen-Livingston
First Violin
Irene Cheng
First Violin
Rebecca Cherian
Co-Principal Trombone
Sarah Clendenning
First Violin
Jennifer Conner
Flute
Murray Crewe
Principal Bass Trombone
Gail Czajkowski
Cello

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D - F
Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida
Principal Oboe
Carolyn Edwards
Second Violin
Donald H. Evans, Jr.
Associate Principal Bass
Linda Fischer
Second Violin
Alison Peters Fujito
First Violin

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G - I
David Gillis
First Violin
Marylène Gingras-Roy
Viola
Dame Evelyn Glennie
Percussion
Nancy Goeres
Principal Bassoonist
James Gorton
Co-Principal Oboist
Jeffrey Grubbs
Bass
Peter Guild
Bass
Marvin Hamlisch
Principal Pops Conductor
Lorien Benet Hart
Second Violin
Betsy Heston
Assistant Principal Bass
Manfred Honeck
Music Director
Thomas Hong
Assistant Conductor
Micah B. Howard
Bass
Mark Huggins
Associate Concertmaster
Mikhail Istomin
Cello

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J - L
Mariss Jansons
Conductor
Hong-Guang Jia
Assistant Concertmaster
Huei-Sheng Kao
Assistant Concertmaster
Holly D. Katz
First Violin
Irvin Kauffman
Principal Fretted Instruments/Assistant Principal Cello Laureate
Randolph Kelly
Principal Viola
Rhian Kenny
Principal Piccolo
Sylvia Kim
Craig Knox
Principal Tuba
Stephen Kostyniak
Associate Principal Horn
Erina Laraby-Goldwasser
Viola
Robert Lauver
Horn
Louis Lev
Associate Principal Second Violin
Michael Lipman
Cello
Charles Lirette
Co-Principal Trumpet
Adam Liu
Assistant Principal Cello
Lawrence Loh
Resident Conductor
Louis Lowenstein
Cello

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M - O
Claudia Mahave
Second Violin
Hampton Mallory
Cello
Lauren Scott Mallory
Cello
John Moore
Bass
Laura Motchalov
Second Violin
James Nova
Trombone
Dennis O'Boyle
Second Violin
Jennifer Orchard
Assistant Principal Second Violin

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P - R
Richard Page
Principal Bass Clarinetist
Philip Pandolfi
Bassoon
Susanne Park
First Violin
David Premo
Associate Principal Cello
Andrew Reamer
Associate Principal Percussion
Chen Reiss
Soprano
James Rodgers
Principal Contrabassoonist
Charlotta Klein Ross
Cello
Jennifer Ross
Principal Second Violin
Joseph Rounds
Horn
Michael Rusinek
Principal Clarinet

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S - V
Ron Samuels
Clarinet
Ronald Schneider
Horn
Paul Silver
Viola
Zachary Smith
Assistant Principal Horn
Harold Smoliar
Principal English Horn
Peter Snitkovsky
Second Violin
David Sogg
Co-Principal Bassoon
Peter Sullivan
Principal Trombone
Lawrence J. Tamburri
President and CEO
Albert Tan
Second Violin
Thomas Thompson
Co-Principal Clarinet
Stephanie Tretick
Viola
Jeffrey Turner
Principal Bass
Yuko Uchiyama
Second Violin
Gretchen Van Hoesen
Principal Harp
Joen Vasquez
Assistant Principal Violist
George Vosburgh
Principal Trumpet

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W - Z
Rui-Tong Wang
Second Violin
Meng Wang
Viola
Aaron White
Bass
Andrew Wickesberg
Viola
Anne Martindale Williams
Principal Cellist
Chad Winkler
Trumpet
Christopher Wu
First Violin
Shanshan Yao
First Violin
Kristina Yoder
First Violin
Isaias Zelkowicz
Viola

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