New York Philharmonic Roster

2020–2021 SEASON
JAAP van ZWEDEN, Music Director
Leonard Bernstein, Laureate Conductor, 1943 – 1990
Kurt Masur, Music Director Emeritus, 1991 – 2015

VIOLINS
Frank Huang
   Concertmaster
   The Charles E. Culpeper Chair
Sheryl Staples
   Principal Associate Concertmaster
   The Elizabeth G. Beinecke Chair
Michelle Kim
   Assistant Concertmaster
   The William Petschek Family Chair
Quan Ge

Hae-Young Ham
   The Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. George Chair
Lisa GiHae Kim
Kuan Cheng Lu
Kerry McDermott
Su Hyun Park
Anna Rabinova
Fiona Simon
   The Shirley Bacot Shamel Chair
Sharon Yamada
Elizabeth Zeltser
   The William and Elfriede Ulrich Chair
Yulia Ziskel
   The Friends and Patrons Chair

Qianqian Li
   Principal
Lisa Kim†
   In Memory of Laura Mitchell
Soohyun Kwon
   The Joan and Joel I. Picket Chair
Duoming Ba
Hannah Choi

Marilyn Dubow
   The Sue and Eugene Mercy Jr. Chair
Dasol Jeong
Hyunju Lee
Kyung Ji Min
Joo Young Oh Marié Rossano
Na Sun
   The Gary W. Parr Chair
Jin Suk Yu
Andi Zhang

VIOLAS
Cynthia Phelps
   Principal
   The Mr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Rose Chair
Rebecca Young†
   The Joan and Joel Smilow Chair
Cong Wu††
   The Norma and Lloyd Chazen Chair
Dorian Rence

Leah Ferguson
Katherine Greene
   The Mr. and Mrs. William J. McDonough Chair
Vivek Kamath
Peter Kenote
Kenneth Mirkin
Robert Rinehart
   The Mr. and Mrs. G. Chris Andersen Chair

CELLOS
Carter Brey
   Principal
   The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Chair
Eileen Moon-Myers†
   The Paul and Diane Guenther Chair
Patrick Jee

Elizabeth Dyson
   The Mr. and Mrs. James E. Buckman Chair
Alexei Yupanqui Gonzales
Maria Kitsopoulos
   The Secular Society Chair
Sumire Kudo
Qiang Tu
Nathan Vickery
Ru-Pei Yeh
   The Credit Suisse Chair in honor of Paul Calello

BASSES
Timothy Cobb
   Principal
Max Zeugner†
   The Herbert M. Citrin Chair
Blake Hinson††
Satoshi Okamoto

Randall Butler
   The Ludmila S. and Carl B. Hess Chair
David J. Grossman
Orin O’Brien
   The Secular Society Chair
Isaac Trapkus
Rion Wentworth

FLUTES
Robert Langevin
   Principal
   The Lila Acheson Wallace Chair
Alison Fierst†
Yoobin Son
Mindy Kaufman
   The Edward and Priscilla Pilcher Chair

PICCOLO
Mindy Kaufman

OBOES
Liang Wang
   Principal
   The Alice Tully Chair
Sherry Sylar†
Robert Botti
   The Lizabeth and Frank Newman Chair
Ryan Roberts

ENGLISH HORN
Ryan Roberts

CLARINETS
Anthony McGill
   Principal
   The Edna and W. Van Alan Clark Chair
Pascual Martínez Forteza†††
   The Honey M. Kurtz Family Chair
Amy Zoloto

E-FLAT CLARINET
Pascual Martínez Forteza

BASS CLARINET
Amy Zoloto

BASSOONS
Judith LeClair
   Principal
   The Pels Family Chair
Kim Laskowski†
Roger Nye
   The Rosalind Miranda Chair in memory of Shirley and Bill Cohen

CONTRABASSOON
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HORNS
Richard Deane
   Acting Principal
Leelanee Sterrett†††
R. Allen Spanjer
   The Rosalind Miranda Chair
[      ]
   The Ruth F. and Alan J. Broder Chair

TRUMPETS
Christopher Martin
   Principal
   The Paula Levin Chair
Matthew Muckey†
Ethan Bensdorf
Thomas Smith

TROMBONES
Joseph Alessi
   Principal
   The Gurnee F. and Marjorie L. Hart Chair
Colin Williams†
David Finlayson
   The Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen Chair

BASS TROMBONE
George Curran
   The Daria L. and William C. Foster Chair

TUBA
Alan Baer
   Principal

TIMPANI
Markus Rhoten
   Principal
   The Carlos Moseley Chair
Kyle Zerna††

PERCUSSION
Christopher S. Lamb
   Principal
   The Constance R. Hoguet Friends of the Philharmonic Chair
Daniel Druckman†
   The Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Ulrich Chair
Kyle Zerna

HARP
Nancy Allen
   Principal

KEYBOARD
   In Memory of Paul Jacobs

   HARPSICHORD
   Paolo Bordignon

   PIANO
   Eric Huebner
      The Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Piano Chair

   ORGAN
   Kent Tritle

LIBRARIANS
Lawrence Tarlow
   Principal
Sara Griffin††

ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
DeAnne Eisch
   Orchestra Personnel Manager

STAGE REPRESENTATIVE
Joseph Faretta

AUDIO DIRECTOR
Lawrence Rock

†Associate Principal
††Assistant Principal
†††Acting Associate Principal

The New York Philharmonic uses the revolving seating method for section string players who are listed alphabetically in the roster.

HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY
Emanuel Ax
Stanley Drucker
Zubin Mehta

Instruments made possible, in part, by The Richard S. and Karen LeFrak Endowment Fund.

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